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Were there any signals that he might do something like this??

Nothing I ever saw. I was one of the guys that spent too much time drunk and getting into fights. He never ran around with me, I spent a lot of time in trouble in those days. He was what I would have considered respectable. He would occasionally drink a beer or two, but was always responsible about it. That's why I remember him so well that night. It was very out of charachter for him to be that drunk.

Nothing in what I knew then but even more haunting is that even what I know about criminals now makes sense when it comes to this incident. He was never sullen or moody. No excessive foul language He was outgoing and personable

You know, now that I think about it there was one incident. A 1lt went to wake him up for duty in the middle of the night, and scared him and he popped the lt in the nose. Rob felt really bad about it and no one, even the lt ever thought anything about it.

I've heard that prople that were molested as kids will do that. That's pure speculation on my part, but this will never make sense for me.

None of us believed that he was guilty at first. But then he took a quick plea bargain and was gone.

Rob didn't bother anyone at the DB either. Not trying to say anything bad about him but he was a homosexual at the DB. He was also rumored to be HIV positive. Not sure if he was bisexual before his incarceration or what but he was definatley a homosexual by choice at the DB. I lived on the same floor as him in the minimum building.

I remember him because homosexuality was frowned upon by the majority of DB inmates and also because Rob's "boy" was white. The DB was an extremely self segregated environment divided along lines of white, black, and latino. Rob and his boy didn't blend. Also, Rob was on the "power gang", which was a powerlifting team composed of inmates.

The minimum custody inmates (at the time Rob was min custody) would compete at state and national tournaments outside the walls. They won many titles and set lots of records. To look at Rob, you would think he was the picture of health. He looked like a professional bodybuilder. Then he dies before 40. I think the rumors may have been true.