I am just curious John Stanley, do you have any connection to the shooter, victims, or any other part of the story? I am just wondering about your search for the guns and what happened to them.
Dawico, No I do not other than what I researched the incident pretty heavily while a Criminal Justice Major at Stephen F. Austin State in the 1990s. I even had the chance to talk to Mr. Whitman (Charles' dad) in 1996 in Lake Worth, Florida. You see, the elder Whitman was the reason, at least according to Charles, Jr., that he did the whole deed in the first place. Apparently, the father was a domineering, abusive man. Charlie killed his wife and mother the night before ascending the Tower and left various notes. You can Wiki if you are interested. The mother had just moved to Austin from Lake Worth to escape the father. When I talked to Charles' dad in 1996 he was 77 years old and suffering the early stages of Alzheimer's disease but he invited myself and my female companion in at that time. His new wife fixed us tea. in his opinion Charlie was sick (there was tumor found during the autopsy). I've got a picture of myself and the elder Whitman if anyone is interested. He died in 2001. There are so many question I didn't ask that I wish I would have. For example, all of the notes left at various locations explaining various deeds have been released except for ONE- the note he wrote to his father. I asked Mr. Whitman if he still had the note and he said, "yes." In retrospect I should have asked him if I could read it.
Armybrat, would love to read your account.
Mikeinhistory, thanks for the link! I'll copy pieces of this into a coherent sequence and put a post there.
35Remington, fascinating story. Most of the Scouts that have since been interviewed thought he was a bit of a show off and somewhat mean to the Scouts. Thanks for sharing.
Stay safe all and thanks for making me feel welcome on this board.
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