Hey everybody welcome back to cold case murder mysteries. I'm your host Ryan Kraus and this is the first part in a limited series covering Elliot Roger in the Ilevista massacre that occurred on May 23rd, 2014.

Today we're going to concentrate on the early years documented in the 22-year-old killer's infamous manifesto,

in which he diagrams the course of his entire life and divulges the reasoning behind the

mysogony, narcissism, jealousy, and racial hatred to which he succumbs before indulging his murderous

rage and ultimately taking his own life in the process.

But what we want to know is the reason why this tragedy happened.

And if there's any silver lining in this case, it's that Elliot wanted us to know the answer to that

question and left ample evidence in the form of a lengthy manifesto called My

Twisted World that he emailed to certain people including his therapist before

proceeding into the streets of Ilavista for his rampage.

Yet this is a really interesting and frightening case in the sense that

Elliot Roger reveals himself neither a psychopath nor a sociopath and without a doubt someone capable of empathy.

But he doesn't seem capable of making connections with others,

even while being able to comprehend their suffering.

So what created this monster?

Let's take a look.

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