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Elliot Rodger

Elliot Rodger Bio
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Date of Birth:
January 1, 1900

Bio:
Elliot Rodger was a British-born American student at Santa Barbara City College. At 22 years old, he was the perpetrator behind the 2014 Isla Vista shootings that took six lives and injured seven others; his motive being that he was still a virgin whom girls didn’t like, he revealed in a video on his YouTube account. One week prior to the shooting, his parents expressed concern over the content on his YouTube channel. One day before the shooting, Elliot posted a video titled “Elliot Rodger’s Retribution”, in which he said “Tomorrow is the day of retribution, the day in which I will have my revenge. … You girls have never been attracted to me. I don’t know why you girls aren’t attracted to me, but I will punish you all for it.” His 140-page manifesto, My Twisted World, also revealed his future plans. “On the day before the Day of Retribution, I will start the First Phase of my vengeance: Silently killing as many people as I can around Isla Vista by luring them into my apartment through some form of trickery.” He was found dead of a bullet wound to the head; police have stated that the wound was self-inflicted.

Best Known For:
Elliot Rodger was the perpetrator behind the 2014 Isla Vista shootings.

Personal Life:
Elliot was the son of filmmaker Peter Rodger, most notably and recently the assistant director on the Hunger Games. His mother was Li Chin, and his stepmother actress Soumaya Akaaboune.

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Elliot Rodger: Friend Can’t Believe He Was Close With A ‘Mass Murderer’

Philip Bloeser, one of Elliot Rodger’s only friends and who was named often in Elliot’s 140-page manifesto, has opened up about what it’s like having unknowingly been ‘friends with a psychopathic, mass murderer’.
Before Elliot Rodger opened fire on the University of California, Santa Barbara campus and murdered 6 people and 13 others, he wrote a 140-page manifesto titled My Twisted World in which he revealed his future intentions. In the manifesto, he names a friend — Philip Bloeser — who is now speaking out about what it was like being “friends with a psychopathic, mass murderer” and how he is coping in the face of this tragedy.

May 29, 2014
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UCSB Shooting: Why Sorority Didn’t Open The Door For Elliot Rodger

On May 23, Elliot Rodger headed to a sorority house and knocked on the door with the intent to kill each one of them. However, they didn’t open — and now HollywoodLife.com knows exclusively why.
The Alpha Phi sorority house was the target for 22-year-old Elliot Rodger when he went on a mass shooting in Isla Vista, Cali. The students of the house, as well as those in Tri Delta, the house that victims Katie Cooper and Veronika Weiss belonged to, are not speaking out at the time, but HollywoodLife.com spoke to a student in the greek system about what happened that horrifying day.

May 29, 2014
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Elliot Rodger: Virgin Killer’s Parents Apologize, ‘This Is Hell On Earth’

Peter Rodger and his ex-wife, Li Chin, have finally broken their silence. The heartbroken parents claim that knowing their son, Elliot, is responsible for so much tragedy ‘can only be described as hell on earth.’
After their son, Elliot Rodger, 22, went on a murderous rampage and killed 6 people and then himself, director Peter Rodger and his ex-wife, Li Chin, have made it very clear they will only acknowledge the loss of the victims — not the loss of their son. In a statement read by a family friend on Good Morning America on Thursday, May 29, the devastated parents expressed their sadness and heartache for the families of those who lost their children due to their son’s horrific actions.

May 29, 2014
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Elliot Rodger’s Disturbing Mental Illnesses: Mom Also Claims Autism

Is it possible that Elliot Rodger was autistic? According to court documents from his parents divorce in 1999, his mother, Li Chin Rodger, claimed her son was a ‘high-functioning’ autistic child with special needs.
New information about Elliot Rodger, 22, has been revealed from his parents 1999 divorce. According to his mother, Li Chin Rodger, her son was a “high-functioning autistic” child who could be considered special needs. However, Elliot’s father, Peter Rodger, countered Li’s claims, stating that he had not been made aware of this diagnosis. Could Elliot have been autistic on top of the alleged mental illnesses he suffered from?

May 28, 2014
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Elliot Rodger: UCSB Shooter Planned To Burn Down Sorority House

When Elliot Rodger knocked on the door of the UCSB Alpha Phi sorority house on May 23 and then proceeded to open fire on passersby, his disturbing manifesto revealed that his original plan was to set the house on fire.
Elliot Rodger, 22, murdered six people and injured 13 others on May 23 when he opened fire on the University of California, Santa Barbara campus. Before the murder, Elliot wrote a disturbing 140-page manifesto which detailed his supposed reasons for the killings, as well as his various alternate plans. Read on, but beware that the content below is very disturbing.

May 27, 2014
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Elliot Rodger’s Parents ‘Crippled By Grief’ For Victims Of UCSB Shooting

This is so sad. Elliot Rodger’s parents, Peter and Chin Rodger, are ‘absolutely crippled by grief’ after the UCSB massacre, and they are foremost upset for the families of the slain more so than the death of their son.
After posting a video on YouTube in which 22-year-old Elliot Rodger says, “I don’t know why you girls aren’t attracted to me. But I will punish you all for it,” he went on to murder six people and injure 13 others. His parents, Peter Rodger and Chin Rodger, are “absolutely crippled by grief,” according to family friend and author Simon Astaire, according to MailOnline, and their concern is not for their own son but for the families of the victims affected by this horrible tragedy.

May 27, 2014
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Elliot Rodger: UCSB Killer Planned To Murder Brother, 6 — Full Manifesto

Three days after Elliot murdered six people in a shooting/stabbing spree in Santa Barbara, his newly released 141-page manifesto revealed that he chillingly planned to murder his more popular little brother, 6, as well as his step-mother.
After videos Elliot Rodger made before killing six people in Isla Vista, Calif. were released on May 25, a 141-page manifesto has been posted online, revealing an even more shocking, disturbing look into the 22-year-old’s sick mind. In the chilling document, which he sent to friends and family before shooting up the UC Santa Barbara area, Elliot coldly writes about his plans to murder his family members, including his six-year-old step-brother, Jazz. Did he also plan to kill his mother and father, who were racing to find him when he began his killing spree?

May 27, 2014

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