An unidentified female student at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia, told CNN that she had received 'creepy' instant messages from Cho Seung Hui more than a year ago.
The student was so shaken, she reported the incident to police at the time. However, the student is still too shocked to talk about the instant messages to reporters at this time.
Other reports from the Associated Press claim that two female students were apparently intimidated and harassed by Cho and filed complaints with the authorities.
In 2005, Cho was subsequently declared by a Virginia court to be an "imminent danger to himself." But apparently, there were no follow-ups to check on Cho's condition, leaving Cho extremely vulnerable to what appeared to be a severe mental illness.
However, the extent of Cho's preparation and premeditation for the massacre suggests he was not only a sociopath, but may have suffered from schizophrenia, a severe paranoid condition that can be effectively treated with medications. CNN reported that Cho wrote instant messages (shown in bold at the end of this article) to the female student, but failed to mention that the words come from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Scene II - Capulet's Orchard :
Note: To put Cho Seung Hui's alleged instant messages to the female student into context, here is a portion of the Capulet's Orchard scene with the bold lettering showing what Cho reportedly instant messaged. JULIET 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself.
ROMEO I take thee at thy word: Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized; Henceforth I never will be Romeo.
JULIET What man art thou that thus bescreen'd in night So stumblest on my counsel?
ROMEO By a name I know not how to tell thee who I am: My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself, Because it is an enemy to thee; Had I it written, I would tear the word. *
* Police-reported instant messages sent to female student. There will be more links and discussions on what all this might mean later. Check back to this page for continuous updates or subscribe to this site's feed easily in just seconds.
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