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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (203273)	4/18/2007 10:27:52 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793843

At first the police zeroed in on the boyfriend (named Karl Thornhill) of the first girl killed, Emily Hilscher. He had dropped her off at school that morning and left the college. The police considered him their first suspect and an APB was put out for him and he was picked up driving on a nearby interstate. They were still questioning Thornhill (the wrong guy) when the second set of shootings happened. The media reports that Cho and Emily were boy-girl friends is apparently completely false. It seems more likely he was stalking her or something. news.com.au

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (203273)	4/18/2007 11:29:31 PM
From: Jaknik2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793843

Think about it M.D. In this current sue happy environment, the campus security, local cops etc. have been forced into having to find smoking gun reasons to apprehend or aggressively seek out potential perpetrators. It appears this kid was a walking time bomb for quite some time but the "system" failed to truly acknowledge and address it. I'm not making excuses for what happened, or failed to happen, but just an observation. A first time event, I finally heard Oprah agree with a survivor from the Columbine shootings about the media focusing on the shooters and not the victims. Plastering the faces and stories of and about the shooters makes them famous for a day or 2. Gives them their few moment of glory. None to be had by the victims. Jak