There were two more murders, 15 miles away in the silver-racement.

We have a weird.

...by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

We would all like to believe that there is a biological reason people kill.

Something we can scan for in an effort to avoid any future tragedies.

On August 1st, a man in Texas took the lives of 17 strangers in a matter of hours.

He claimed there was a biological reason for his actions, but was he right?

So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning cup of murder.

Charles Joseph Whitman, born June 24th, 1941, was raised by a father who demanded perfection

and would grow violent when it wasn't achieved. Despite this, Charles was described as a polite child, who rarely lost his temper and was

extremely intelligent.

He was also taught to shoot, clean, and maintain weapons, and went on regular hunting trips.

From a young age, he was an accomplished marksman.

So, with his intelligence, marksmanship, and want to get away from his father, it doesn't seem

like a major leap that, upon graduation in 1959, Charles Whitman enlisted in the United States

Marine Corps.

Unfortunately, he failed to tell his father beforehand, and when he found out, he telephoned

a branch of the federal government to

have his son's enlistment canceled, with no success. Charles served for 18 months, during which he earned

a sharpshooters badge and the Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal. In 1960, the Marines gave Charles a scholarship

to the University of Texas at Austin, so he could earn a degree and thus move up in the ranks.

While in school, he was known as a practical joker, but did have some strange tendencies.

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