Posted on 02/07/2015 3:17:29 AM PST by servo1969
COLUMBIA, S.C. A professor who taught anatomy and physiology and was highly regarded by both his students and fellow faculty members was shot and killed by his ex-wife in an apparent murder-suicide at the University of South Carolina, a coroner said Friday.
Sunghee Kwon shot Raja Fayad several times in the upper body Thursday afternoon in a fourth-floor office at the university's Public Health building, Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said in a news release.
Kwan then committed suicide with a gunshot to her stomach, the coroner said. A 9 mm pistol with an empty magazine was found near the bodies, State Law Enforcement Division spokesman Thom Berry said.
No one witnessed the shooting, which happened in a small laboratory and adjacent office, Berry said Friday.
Kwon, 46, and Fayad, 45, were divorced a few years ago, but continued to live together until they split up for good a few months ago, Watts said. Kwon was still living in the couple's home on Lake Murray in Lexington County, while Fayad had moved to a long-term hotel with a family member, according to the coroner.
Authorities have searched several different locations but found no notes or other writing to help them find a reason for the shooting, Berry said.
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The State Law Enforcement Division is taking the lead on this, not the Campus Cops or the Columbia PD.
“Holy crap. That is NOT the way to commit suicide. “
Women tend not to damage their face or head, which would leave an unattractive corpse. “Suicide” for women is more about communicating how unhappy they are, rather than ending their life, which is why they fail at it more than men.
Do the students “swap out”—have tele-con classes at both campuses, and share administration resources? Certainly the two places have individual identities. But I take your point.
**Do the students swap outhave tele-con classes at both campuses, and share administration resources?**
No, students do not intermingle.
Admin resources? Only at the highest level, in that they fall out under USC for administrative purposes and the students have the same ID. But there is no real intermingling. They, the medical school, may as well be on another planet as far as those of us on the main campus are concerned. They have their own library, campus specific administration, etc.
And to correct myself, they are 4 miles away, not 6-7 like I stated above.
Well, you might check on how the students attend the lecture classes and take tests.
Wasn't that a Bobbie Gentry song?
Rather unusual. It seems to me that nearly always in murder-suicides of spouses, ex-spouses or lovers, it is the man that does the killing.
It would be interesting to know what the real stats are on that. I don’t suppose the FBI has a category for that?
The photos I DID find that MAY be her are glamorous type shots which would align with my theory regarding the belly shot.
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I’ve read that’s true of most women. They are conscious of how they will look.
Incredible story of a football player who survived a torn vena cava.
http://cetir-tmc.org/8-news/165-uhfootball
Way too short for Taiwanese.
My small, and only , contribution.
Descending aorta is right there as well, be a quick pump out.
You seem to have some insight. Are you a prof or student at USC?
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