Mental Illness, the Killer

"Mental illness: The Cause of Violence?" "The first thing that hit me was I could smell blood. And looked, and quiet, but saw a lot of kids down, a lot of wounds, blood spurting out of legs ("The Killer")." This is what Don Stone, a football coach at Thurston High School, said as he approached the Cafeteria. Kip Kinkel, a fifteen-year-old student at the high school, had just murdered four people two students and wounded …

…of violence. Many may be able to be protected as well. Works Cited "An Experts Opinion. Frontline: The Killer at Thurston High." http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/kinkel/trial/#4 .12 December 2000. 11 November 2000. "A Psychological/Medical Testimony. Frontline: The Killer at Thurston High." http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/kinkel/etc/opb.html. 12 December 1999. 11 November 2000. The Killer at Thurston High. Produced by Michael Kirk, Miri Navasky, Karen O'Connor. PBS Video, 18 January 2000, 90 minutes.