Delivered from Evil: True Stories of Ordinary People Who Faced Monstrous Mass Killers and Survived (48 page)

writings of,
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Unruh, Samuel (father),
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Ursin, Mary (wife),
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Ursin, Tim

at Charity Hospital,
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–126

as charter boat captain,
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children of,
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,
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father of,
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final confessions of,
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as firefighter,
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at Howard Johnson Hotel,
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–122,
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Huey Brown and,
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injuries of,
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last rites of,
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Mark Essex and,
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nickname of,
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odd jobs of,
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recovery of,
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–140

religion of,
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voting hall conversation of,
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Van Camp, Kathy,
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Vaughan, Tommy,
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–110

Victoria, Alicia,
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Victoria, Miguel,
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Warner, Connie,
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Wells, Jimmy,
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Whitman, Charles

airplane target of,
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autopsy of,
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,
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as bank teller,
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brain tumor of,
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bungalow of,
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burial of,
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Cap Ehlke and,
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–156,
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childhood of,
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clothing of,
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counseling of,
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Dave Mattson and,
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death of,
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education of,
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emergency response targets of,
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father of,
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footlocker of,
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gambling habit of,
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Gary Lavergne on,
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Homer Kelley and,
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Houston McCoy and,
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marksmanship of,
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marriage of,
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media coverage of,
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military service of,
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,
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,
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Morris Hohmann and,
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psychiatric evaluation of,
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Ramiro Martinez and,
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random victims of,
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,
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shootout with citizens,
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spousal abuse of,
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substance abuse of,
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Thomas Ashton and,
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total casualties of,
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Tower building and,
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visit with friends,
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weapons of,
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writings of,
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Whitman, Kathy Leissner (wife),
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Whitman, Margaret (mother),
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Williams, Don,
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Wolf, Curtis,
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Wolf, Emma,
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Yoder, Carrie Lynn,
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Zegrino, Helga,
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Zegrino, Tom,
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Text © 2011 by Ron Franscell

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ISBN-10: 1-59233-440-7

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Franscell, Ron, 1957-

Delivered from evil : true stories of ordinary people who faced monstrous mass killers and survived / Ron Franscell.
   p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-1-59233-440-7

ISBN-10: 1-59233-440-7

1. Mass murder—United States—Case studies. 2. Serial murders—United States—Case studies. 3. Victims of violent crimes—United States—Biography. I. Title.

HV6529.F73 2011

364.152’34092273—dc22

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Cover image: © Bettmann/CORBIS. A women hides behind a statue from Charles Whitman’s bullets.

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