By Chuck Hustmyre
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April 18, 2007
BLACKSBURG, Va. (Crime Library) — Two words, "Ismail Ax," scrawled in red ink, like blood, on the arm of the Virginia Tech killer Cho Seung-Hui, have sparked a firestorm of blogosphere speculation and Internet searches, and even prompted one Texas television shop owner to register the words as a Web domain name.
The words were likely the last the 23-year-old English major ever wrote. However, Cho's earlier writings were so disturbing they frightened some of his professors and pushed school officials to recommend him for psychological counseling.
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| Cho Seung-Hui |
A year and a half ago, English Professor Lucinda Roy, then the head of Virginia Tech's creative writing program, was so concerned about Cho's work that she took him out of class and taught him one-on-one until the end of the semester.
Tutoring Cho privately made Roy nervous.
"I had my assistant ready, ready to call for help if I needed it," she told The Roanoke Times.
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| Professor Lucinda Roy |
When he was in class, Cho wore dark glasses and a hat. He rarely spoke and took an unusually long time to respond to direct questions, Roy said. When he did speak, it was only in a whisper.
Cho also sometimes used his cell phone to snap photos of other students without asking their permission.
Roy said she felt that a poem Cho wrote for a class assignment and a letter he penned directly to her contained veiled threats.
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