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The Velveteen Ocelot

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2. According to the NYT:

Sun May 25, 2014, 10:40 PM

May 2014

They were his roommates, Cheng Yuan Hong, 20, and George Chen, 19, both of San Jose, and Weiham Wang, 20, apparently a visitor. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/26/us/parents-nightmare-failed-race-to-stop-killings.html?hp

That's all the information I've seen about them so far.

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Are there any more details on the three young men stabbed inside Elliot's apartment? [View all] Cali_Democrat May 2014 OP

names and ages posted. students at ucsb. asian, teenagers Liberal_in_LA May 2014 #1

According to the NYT: The Velveteen Ocelot May 2014 #2

A knife is a good killing instrument rustydog May 2014 #3

For the sake of consistency ... 1000words May 2014 #4

actually..His postings include rants against interracial dating + black, Asian and Indian men...... lunasun May 2014 #8

Racism and misogyny very often go hand in hand. nt redqueen May 2014 #9

Most definitely. theHandpuppet May 2014 #12

Ironically he was biracial himself. LisaL May 2014 #22

Yes he killed 3 Asians at his place He is part Chinese. He wrote lunasun May 2014 #24

This is the second time I have read that he is part Chinese wercal May 2014 #29

There is a substantial Hokkien Chinese ethnic group in Malaysia Tanuki May 2014 #33

He went with his Mom to visit her family in Malaysia. Sunlei May 2014 #39

There are thousands of Malay-Chinese n/t malaise May 2014 #40

She was Chinese descent born in Malay asia but he had hate for Asians per his rant lunasun May 2014 #41

This person was just burning in hatred for everyone nt IronLionZion May 2014 #38

Taking three people out with a knife at close quarters is no problem. Katashi_itto May 2014 #5

'Tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door, but 'tis enough... Hekate May 2014 #18

Nice Quote! Katashi_itto May 2014 #23

Same here, very curious about that treestar May 2014 #6

I'll just add that gvstn May 2014 #7

How awful theHandpuppet May 2014 #10

Oh shit. He murdered disabled adults. Ilsa May 2014 #11

They were not disabled. LisaL May 2014 #21

OMG Cali_Democrat May 2014 #13

I'm not sure where they're getting that information Abq_Sarah May 2014 #19

The Capri Apartments are regular apartments a few LibDemAlways May 2014 #27

So very horrible. TDale313 May 2014 #14

My guess is they were either sleeping or he drugged them? There's ecstatic May 2014 #15

Edged weapons are far more lethal than most people realize JJChambers May 2014 #16

The police aren't saying Abq_Sarah May 2014 #20

It's quite scary what a determined person with a knife can do Lee-Lee May 2014 #25

From the bay area Jesus Malverde May 2014 #17

They weren't disabled. SevenSixtyTwo May 2014 #26

spare me this shit�. dhill926 May 2014 #28

What the hell is that supposed to mean? arcane1 May 2014 #30

The Gungeon is that-a-way, pardner. Comrade Grumpy May 2014 #31

A gun on your nighttable wont help if your roommate stabs you to death while you sleep stevenleser May 2014 #32

They think they're so clever, don't they? But couldn't be more transparent. arcane1 May 2014 #34

Are you saying the college students who were stabbed SevenSixtyTwo May 2014 #37

They didn't live on campus Cali_Democrat May 2014 #42

Oh. SevenSixtyTwo May 2014 #43

Most pro-gun arguments are pretty pathetic and vapid stevenleser May 2014 #44

The killer's guns were delivered by a flying pink unicorn? nt IronLionZion May 2014 #35

Sounds like this disturbed individual hated everybody including himself nt IronLionZion May 2014 #36