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OU student left suicide message
The Oklahoman ^ | Sun October 16, 2005 | Nolan Clay

Posted on 10/16/2005 11:02:43 AM PDT by MizSterious

Sun October 16, 2005
OU student left suicide message

By Nolan Clay
The Oklahoman

NORMAN - The University of Oklahoma student who died in an explosion Oct. 1 left a message on his computer that he was going to quit living, his father said.

The FBI read the message to the father Friday, after he came to Oklahoma to clear out his son's university-owned apartment.

Joel "Joe" Henry Hinrichs III, an engineering student, died when his bomb went off about 100 yards from the packed football stadium during the second quarter of OU's night game against Kansas State.

Hinrichs, 21, was from Colorado Springs, Colo. He had a reputation as a loner and had struggled at times with his grades. His parents had begun divorce proceedings.

Joel Hinrichs Jr. said he understood investigators found the message on the computer screen when they arrived at the apartment.

"It was a single line of text on his computer," said the father, who lives in Colorado Springs. "The cursor was still blinking at the end."

The father said he could not recall the exact wording but said his son used profanity in the message and was obviously very angry. "He wrote he was dissatisfied with the situation and was going to quit living," the father said.

His description of the message is consistent with the recollection of others who have been briefed about the investigation by the FBI.

No links to terrorist groups

FBI officials have said they may never know whether the student wanted to get inside the stadium. The student did not have a season ticket.

FBI officials also have said the investigation has not found any links between the student and terrorist organizations.

His father said he thinks his son was just committing suicide and never intended to hurt anyone else.

The father said the FBI on Friday showed him the fractured bench where his son was sitting when the bomb exploded and photos of his son's headless body and a tattered backpack.

The father said when cleaning out the apartment, he learned his son apparently had been having trouble sleeping and had bought Sominex, a sleep aid.

The younger Hinrichs had a long fascination with ammunition and bombs, his relatives and friends said. Inside his bedroom in Norman were several used metal artillery shells -- the largest about 2 feet long. He had belts of used brass shell casings, a box of spent bullets and military ammo containers.

He also had items more typical of many college students -- textbooks, empty liquor bottles, magazines and a martial arts movie videotape.

The father allowed two reporters from The Oklahoman into the bedroom briefly Thursday.

Bomb experts removed explosive-related materials from the apartment Oct. 2. Contributing: Randy Ellis


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: batf; bomb; cia; fakesuicidenote; fbi; hinrichs; homelandsecurity; normanbombing; normanbomer; ou; oubomber; oubombing; waronterror
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To: Yellow Rose of Texas

And they wanted to take alot of people with them.
susie


81 posted on 10/16/2005 12:07:36 PM PDT by brytlea (I'm not a conspiracty theorist....really.)
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To: hummingbird
Don't expect journalists to ever get all of the details right. When the reports came out that Atta and crew were whoring it up at a strip joint before the 9-11 attacks, it was said that he was playing pinball. Later the pinball machine was identified (still as a pinball machine) called Golden Tee. Well anyone who has been to a bar here or there has probably seen a Golden Tee game. it is a golf VIDEO game, not a pinball machine.

Little detail in the long run but something that is so off as to call into question any "facts" the journalist insists on reporting.

83 posted on 10/16/2005 12:08:29 PM PDT by weegee (The lesson from New Orleans? Smart Growth kills. You can't evacuate dense populations easily.)
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To: brytlea
I wonder what color google goggles go with my nice tinfoil hat?? ;)

Depends on what your color palette is: winter, spring, summer or fall. Your tinfoil hat does not have to match (in fact, it would be better that it not match) but should, at least, be in complementary colors! ?8^)
84 posted on 10/16/2005 12:08:29 PM PDT by hummingbird (21st Century Newsreporting - "Don't get me started!")
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To: MizSterious

The press has put the anthrax story to bed too but unfortunately it has no END.


85 posted on 10/16/2005 12:09:31 PM PDT by weegee (The lesson from New Orleans? Smart Growth kills. You can't evacuate dense populations easily.)
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To: weegee
Everyone leaves a virtual paper trail of their thoughts now.

...and that's the one reason I don't keep my diary there! A book with a key and "Hello, Kitty" on the cover is much, much more secure!
86 posted on 10/16/2005 12:10:48 PM PDT by hummingbird (21st Century Newsreporting - "Don't get me started!")
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To: MizSterious
One line on the computer with a blinking cursor at the end?
Maybe they should talk to this guy:

87 posted on 10/16/2005 12:12:10 PM PDT by Squeako (ACLU: "Only Christians, Boy Scouts and War Memorials are too vile to defend.")
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To: Yellow Rose of Texas

And they wanted to take alot of people with them.
susie


88 posted on 10/16/2005 12:12:10 PM PDT by brytlea (I'm not a conspiracty theorist....really.)
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To: hummingbird

Oh, I'm sure I'd need a fashion consulatant for that!!!
susie


89 posted on 10/16/2005 12:13:05 PM PDT by brytlea (I'm not a conspiracty theorist....really.)
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To: Eastbound
Isn't Kasich an old buddy of Gary Condidit, Senate Intel committee, same as the university president? Circle seems pretty tight.

I think so, and Kasich quit congress to spend more time with his kids. Standard at the time for ..... problems somewhere.

90 posted on 10/16/2005 12:13:21 PM PDT by Yellow Rose of Texas (WAR: 1/3 yes, 1/3 no, 1/3 undecided; So began the American Revolution)
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To: HoustonCurmudgeon

I corrected myself, buzz off.


92 posted on 10/16/2005 12:20:37 PM PDT by Cougar66 (If I wanted a woman to be President, I'd have voted for John Kerry)
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To: Certain_Doom

Bob Troester, first assistance U.S. attorney in Oklahoma City, said the department requested the warrant be sealed, but declined to elaborate when asked why it was necessary to do so.


93 posted on 10/16/2005 12:21:45 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (No amnesty needed...My ancestors proudly served. [remodel of an old '70s bumper sticker])
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To: hummingbird

Yes, and the Goooooooogle goggles are for people with eight eyes, too.


94 posted on 10/16/2005 12:23:33 PM PDT by ProgressiveConservative
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To: F15Eagle

Or at the screensaver. That would make sure it was on the screen, and would give a nice scrolling effect.


95 posted on 10/16/2005 12:28:25 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Certain_Doom

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46701

The warrant used to execute a search of Oklahoma University bomber Joel "Henry" Hinrichs III's apartment, where an undetermined amount of explosives were found, has been sealed by a federal court at the request of the Justice Department.

Hinrichs blew himself up yards from Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Saturday night while tens of thousands of fans watched an OU-Kansas State football game.

Bob Troester, first assistance U.S. attorney in Oklahoma City, said the department requested the warrant be sealed, but declined to elaborate when asked why it was necessary to do so given previous media reports that a depressed Hinrichs acted alone and on a whim.

"You can draw whatever assumption you like," he said. "We don't comment on any sealed indictments."

Troester also said he could not divulge details about what items were found inside Hinrichs' home, and he could not say if or when the warrant would be unsealed at some point in the future.

(snip)


96 posted on 10/16/2005 12:28:33 PM PDT by maggief
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To: MizSterious

Well I'm one of those conspiracy nuts - but I don't understand what is wrong with the blinking cursor. As I type this, the cursor blinks when I stop, it does the same thing in the address bar of netscape, and in Word when I stop - so I'm confused what that has to do with anything?


97 posted on 10/16/2005 12:29:03 PM PDT by justche (Many at FR would respond to Christ "Damn straight, I'll cast the first stone!" - MeanWestTexan)
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To: brytlea
And they wanted to take alot of people with them.

That they did, and with guns, they had the bombs all over the school for later.

This kid, Joel could never get into a game with guns, but with a bomb he could. If his intention was to "punish" all who had "made fun of him", a bomb, at a game, would make a big statement. Spiritual beliefs aside, IF the intention was to get even, it is TERRORISM and he failed, thank you GOD.

98 posted on 10/16/2005 12:29:23 PM PDT by Yellow Rose of Texas (WAR: 1/3 yes, 1/3 no, 1/3 undecided; So began the American Revolution)
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To: hummingbird

Your posts to FR are also a virtual paper trail of thoughts. As is your cache of recent searches (even ebay and Amazon remember FOR YOU what you recently searched for).


99 posted on 10/16/2005 12:32:49 PM PDT by weegee (The lesson from New Orleans? Smart Growth kills. You can't evacuate dense populations easily.)
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To: digitalbrownshirt

yup ,and I'm with ya on post #9 , much too much they're tryin' to "wallpaper over"


100 posted on 10/16/2005 12:34:07 PM PDT by Dad yer funny
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