Posted on 12/08/2005 8:37:32 AM PST by kiriath_jearim
UR student killed by ex-boyfriend
Gunman kills himself; victim detailed 2 months of torment
BY MARK BOWES AND MARK HOLMBERG TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERS Dec 7, 2005
"I am living in fear and I want it to end."
De'Nora Hill's desperate plea came in a criminal complaint she filed a week before the person she most feared, former boyfriend Joe Casuccio, gunned her down Monday night.
The 24-year-old University of Richmond senior had just returned home from her part-time bartending job when she was shot in the face, back and lower body.
After shooting Hill, Casuccio ended his own life with a gunshot to the head, police said.
"This was so needless, so senseless, so awful," said Hill's mother, Rebecca Bieschke, as family and friends gathered last night.
She mourned not only for her daughter but for the promising young man she once hoped would become her son-in-law.
"He was the most tender and gentle man," Bieschke said. "He taught anger-management classes" as a Henrico County social worker.
It had seemed like such a fine match. Hill, an ice-skating Vermont native, had built her life around helping people, as Casuccio did. She planned to become a human-rights lawyer. "She has always been about defending the underdog," her mom said.
She said the two had known each other for six years and had dated seriously for two years.
The plan was for Casuccio to propose on Christmas Eve. "They had hopes and plans and dreams," Bieschke said.
But they watched brokenhearted as the gentle Casuccio was transformed into a man of fury.
"He was bipolar," Bieschke said. "He hid it from a lot of people for a lot of years."
Breakdowns left him institutionalized twice, she said. When he got out, "he was not himself."
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And the December Irony Award goes to ....
Goes to show it takes one to know one I guess.
Leftists.
Great!
I hope I don't run into any of his p.o.'d students.
In a sane world (no pun intended), political correcteness would never shield these human time bombs. Would I discriminate against one of these? You bet. Would my family take priority? Absolutely!
She needs a gun not a piece of paper.
He seems to have managed his anger with a lethal effectiveness. He should have been involved in anger reduction. She should have armed herself. Always a shame.
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A sad story. The fact is, though, she did make a serious mistake (as she admitted in her court filing) by not immediately pressing charges against him. I'm also very surprised that when he vandalized her apartment, he wasn't immediately arrested instead of "escorted off the property." If somebody gets that violent against property, there's a good chance they'll step up to doing it against people.
There's no mention of the circumstances of the shooting in the article, so there's no real way to know if she'd have been able to save herself had she been armed (for all we know, she might've been...but I doubt it if she was in the social work field). It couldn't have hurt, though.
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I have grown daughters in their 20's. Fortunately, they have never encountered nor dated a man similar to this one.
The more stories I read like this, the more likely I am to act pre-emptively to protect them if they ever do have a problem with one of these deranged individuals.
As for him being bipolar, that didn't matter one bit yesterday in Tampa to the Federal Air Marshalls and it doesn't mean anything to me if the man is a danger to my family members.
I enjoy my freedom just like anyone else but not at the expense of burying one of my daughters.
I understand your feelings completely.
I met a woman at the local pistol range who found herself in similar circumstances. The cops told her to buy a gun so she had just purchased a 20gauge shotgun.
I ended-up helping her learn how to shoot it.
"I know it's only a piece of paper and am fearful for her."
If this woman seriously fears for her life, she must get away from whereever she is right away. You are quite right, a piece of paper will do NOTHING to protect her. Some folks here will advise getting a gun, and I'm sure that's a fine idea. But she will still be living her life in fear.
She needs to re-locate and make sure this person cannot find her, ever. I only hope it is not a husband and they have no children together.
I've seen enough women killed in these situations, anybody mentally ill enough to threaten to kill you is mentally ill enough to do it.
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