R.J. Parker - The Serial Killer Compendium

The Weapons

In total, Cho fired 174 rounds of ammunition. Each student killed was shot at least three times each.

The police enter the scene to find Cho dead and in possession of a 9mm semi-automatic and a .22 caliber handgun, as well as multiple rounds of ammunition and several knives. Among the items found in Cho's backpack was prescription medication for treatment of psychological problems and a note denouncing “rich kids.”

The following is a list of Students and Professors who were killed, God bless all of them:

Ross Abdallah Alameddine , 20, of Saugus, Mass., a sophomore majoring in English, Business Information Technology, and French.

Christopher James "Jamie" Bishop , 35, taught German at Virginia Tech and helped oversee an exchange program with a German university.

Brian Bluhm , 25, a master's student in water resources, received his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering at Tech.

Ryan Clark , 22, a student from Martinez, Ga., was a fifth-year student working toward a triple-degree in Psychology, Biology, and English, and carried a 4.0 grade-point average.

Austin Cloyd , 18, a freshman, was an International Studies major. Her father is C. Bryan Cloyd, a professor of Accounting and Information Systems at Virginia Tech.

Professor Jocelyne Couture-Nowak , 49, a French instructor at Virginia Tech, was instrumental in the push to create the first French school in Truro, Nova Scotia.

Daniel Perez Cueva , 21, a Peruvian student and International Relations major.

Professor Kevin Granata , 46, head of the Engineering Science and Mechanics department.

Mathew Gregory Gwaltney , 24, of Chesterfield, Va., was on the brink of finishing his master's degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Caitlin Hammaren , 19, of Westtown, N.Y., a sophomore majoring in International Studies and French.

Jeremy Herbstritt , 27, a graduate student in Civil engineering from Bellefonte, Pa. He did his undergraduate work in Civil Engineering, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology at Penn State.

Rachael Elizabeth Hill, 18, was a graduate of Grove Avenue Christian School in Henrico County and was a freshman at Virginia Tech studying Biology.

Emily Jane Hilscher , 19, a freshman from Woodville and an animal and Poultry Sciences major, was known in rural Rappahannock County as an animal lover.

Jarrett Lane , 22, of Narrows, Va., a senior majoring in Civil Engineering.

Matt La Porte , 20, a sophomore, of Dumont, N.J.. He was majoring in Political Science and leadership.

Henry J. Lee, 20, studying Computer Engineering and French.

Professor Liviu Librescu , 76, an Israeli born in Romania, survived the Holocaust and built an international reputation for his research in aeronautical engineering. With the gunman set to enter his class, this brave professor blocked the door with his body while his students fled to safety.

Professor G.V. Loganathan , 51, an Indian-born Civil and Environmental Engineering professor.

Partahi Lumbantoruan , 34, of Medan Indonesia, a PhD student in Civil Engineering.

Lauren McCain , 20, of Hampton, Va., a freshman in International Studies.

Daniel O'Neil , 22, a graduate student in Engineering from Lincoln, R.I., was a teaching assistant.

Juan Ortiz , 26, of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, a master’s student in Civil Engineering.

Minal Panchal , 26, of Mumbai India, a master’s student in Architecture.

Erin Peterson , 18, from Centreville, Va., attended the same high school as the gunman. She was a freshman in International Studies.

Michael Pohle , 23, of Flemington, N.J., was a senior in a five-year program, majoring in Biological Sciences.

Julia Pryde , 23, a Biological Systems engineering graduate student from Middletown, N.J.

Mary Karen Read , 19, of Annandale, Va., a freshman in Interdisciplinary Studies.

Reema Samaha , 18, of Centreville, Va., a freshman in Urban Planning.

Waleed Mohammed Shaalan , 32, of Zagazig, Egypt, was a doctoral student in Civil Engineering.

Leslie Sherman , 20, a sophomore from Springfield, Va., was a History and International Studies major.

Maxine Turner , 22, a senior from Vienna, Va., was a Chemical Engineering major.

Nicole White , 20, an International Studies major from Hampton Roads, Va.

Killer

Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old student from South Korea. He was a senior English major at Virginia Tech

University of Texas

CLOCK TOWER SNIPER

August 1, 1966 (17) Dead (32) Injured

Perpetrator – Charles Whitman, an Engineering student

Background

Charles Joseph Whitman, born June 24, 1941, was a student at the University of Texas and a former Marine. He grew up in an upper-middle class family headed by a father who owned a successful plumbing business in Lake Worth, Florida. Whitman excelled academically and was well liked by his peers and neighbors. There were underlying dysfunctional issues within his family, however, that escalated in 1966 when his mother left his father and moved to Texas. The older Whitman was a controlling man who was known to become physically and emotionally abusive to his wife and children.

Preliminary Activities

Charles Whitman's frustrations with his dysfunctional family were complicated by abuse of amphetamines and health issues including headaches. A glioblastoma, a highly aggressive brain tumor, was discovered during Whitman’s autopsy. Experts have concluded that it may have played a role in his actions. Whitman was also affected by a court martial as a United States Marine, his failings as a student at the University of Texas, his ambitious personal expectations, and his psychotic mental state.

Several months prior to the shootings, he was summoned to Lake Worth, Florida, to pick up his mother who was filing for divorce from his father. The stress caused by the break-up of the family became the dominant discussion between Whitman and a psychiatrist at the University of Texas Health Center on March 29, 1966.

Whitman enrolled in the mechanical engineering program at the University of Texas on September 15, 1961, through a USMC scholarship. His hobbies at this point included karate, scuba diving, and hunting. This last hobby got him into trouble at the University when he shot a deer, dragged it to his dormitory, and skinned it in his shower. Due to this incident, and sub-standard grades, Whitman's scholarship was withdrawn in 1963.

In August 1962, Whitman married Kathleen Frances Leissner, another University of Texas student, in a wedding that was held in Leissner's hometown of Needville, Texas. The following year, he returned to active duty at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, where he was both promoted to Lance Corporal and involved in an accident in which his Jeep rolled over an embankment.

In November of 1962, Whitman was court-martialed for gambling, possessing a personal firearm on base, and threatening another Marine over a thirty dollar loan for which Whitman demanded fifteen dollars interest. He was sentenced to thirty days of confinement, ninety days of hard labor, and demoted to the rank of Private.

In December, 1964, honorably discharged from the Marines, Whitman returned to the University of Texas and enrolled in the Architectural Engineering program. He worked as a bill collector for Standard Finance and later as a bank teller at Austin National Bank. In January, 1965, he took a temporary job with Central Freight Lines and worked as a traffic surveyor for the Texas Highway Department. He also volunteered as a Scoutmaster for Austin Scout Troop five while Kathy worked as a biology teacher at Lanier High School.