![]() When they arrived at the desk Mike (19) and Mark (16) pushed past the desk. VictimsĪround 11:45 a family was walking up the stairs. At that point, he moved the desk to try and block the door into the reception area. At that point, two people came in from the observation deck, they saw the weapon but assumed he was there to shoot pigeons? They exited the reception area. He then dragged her body and hid it behind a couch. He hit Edna on the back of her head with the butt of his rifle splitting her skull. From there he went up the stairs towards the observation deck. An employee activated the elevator and he thanked her and went up to the 27th floor. He entered the building and went to the elevator but it wasn’t working. He left a note with the body stating, “truly sorry that this was the only way I could see to relieve her sufferings but I think it was the best.” That night, on July 31st, he went to his mother’s apartment and stabbed and shot her. Murder of Mother & WifeĪfter the separation Charles’ mother moved to an apartment in Austin, probably to be closer to her son since Kathleen had been sharing the problems Charles had been having. The friend later described Charles as relieved. In the margin, it then reads “friends interrupted” as his wife and a friend returned home. Similar reasons provoked me to take my mother’s life also.… Charles Whitman I intend to kill her as painlessly as possible. At this time, though, the prominent reason in my mind is that I truly do not consider this world worth living in and am prepared to die, and I do not want to leave her to suffer alone in it. I don’t know whether it is selfishness, or if I don’t want her to have to face the embarrassment of my actions would surely cause her. I cannot rationally pinpoint any specific reason for doing this. ![]() She has been as fine a wife to me as any man could ever hope to have. It was after much thought I decided to kill my wife, Kathy, tonight after I pick her up from work at the telephone company. These thoughts constantly recur, and it requires a tremendous mental effort to concentrate on useful and progressive tasks. However, lately (I can’t recall when it started) I have been a victim of many unusual and irrational thoughts. I am supposed to be an average reasonable and intelligent young man. I don’t really understand myself these days. Perhaps it is to leave some vague reason for the actions I have recently performed. I don’t quite understand what it is that compels me to type this letter. This is from a letter he wrote to himself on Jat 6:45 pm:
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