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Giovanni '''of course''' capitalized as hard as possible on the shooting after it happened. | Giovanni '''of course''' capitalized as hard as possible on the shooting after it happened. | ||
==Rejection by escort== | ==Rejection by escort== | ||
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Frye said she thought Cho looked familiar when she saw his face in the coverage of the Virginia Tech killings. She got a call from the FBI, which she said tracked her down through Cho's credit card receipts. Frye said that during a weekend interview, investigators asked her to describe Cho using three words. She chose "dorky," "timid" and a "little pushy." She also called Cho "creepy." | Frye said she thought Cho looked familiar when she saw his face in the coverage of the Virginia Tech killings. She got a call from the FBI, which she said tracked her down through Cho's credit card receipts. Frye said that during a weekend interview, investigators asked her to describe Cho using three words. She chose "dorky," "timid" and a "little pushy." She also called Cho "creepy." | ||
==Analysis== | ==Stalking allegation== | ||
Cho had written those words in a whiteboard outside the room of a female classmate<ref>Suicidal Mass Murderers: A Criminological Study of Why They Kill | |||
By John Liebert, William J. Birnes</ref> | |||
, who had exchanged messages earlier: | |||
<blockquote> | |||
By a name<br> | |||
I know not how to tell thee who I am<br> | |||
My name, dear saint is hateful to myself<br> | |||
Because it is an enemy to thee<br> | |||
Had I it written, I would tear the word.<br> | |||
</blockquote> | |||
Cho probably intended it to be a poem to show his interest. But the girl was creeped out. Then the police filed a restraining order against Cho. Cho then became depressed and said he wanted to "kill himself". He was put into a psychiatric ward for one night.<ref>[http://www.kwesthues.com/vtmassacre.htm Mobbing And The Virginia Tech Massacre]</ref> | |||
===Analysis=== | |||
Stalking [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking#United_States_2 was legal] until the 90's. | Stalking [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalking#United_States_2 was legal] until the 90's. | ||
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Emily Hilscher felt "stalked" which led to a restraining order against Cho. The restraining order against him is probably the reason Cho shot Hilscher in the dorm room. There was a similar case of a restraining order leading to a shooting. | Emily Hilscher felt "stalked" which led to a restraining order against Cho. The restraining order against him is probably the reason Cho shot Hilscher in the dorm room. There was a similar case of a restraining order leading to a shooting. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||