Obviously, the Powers that Be thought this was simple unstressing and didn't act on the warning signs.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bbrigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.ottumwacourier.com/site/news.cfm?brd=2575 > > > By:ERIKA RICHARDS, Courier correspondent 06/15/2005 > > FAIRFIELD - Days and hours before attacking Levi Butler last year in > the campus dining hall, Maharishi University of Management classmates > had observed "unusual behavior" by Shuvender Sem, who was found not > guilty Monday in the first-degree murder death of Butler by reason of > insanity. > More details around the death of the MUM student last year became > available this week after the court released its written verdict > along with findings of fact in the case. > According to court documents, Butler and John Killian, who also was > attacked by Sem earlier in the day of March 1, 2004, were > acquaintances of Sem while Killian shared a dormitory with his > attacker. > Apparently, there was no prior dispute or disagreement between either > Killian or Butler and Sem and court documents reveal that there > appeared to be no warning or provocation at the time of the fatal > attack against Butler. > At about 2 p.m. that day, while attending an afternoon class at the > university, Sem assaulted Killian by stabbing him in the jaw with a > ballpoint pen, resulting in the later charge of assault to commit > serious injury. > Following the attack on Killian, Sem's professors removed him from > class and escorted him to an apartment for closer observation. > At about 6:40 p.m., without anyone's knowledge, Sem left the > apartment with a kitchen paring knife and went to the dining hall. He > was found eating dinner with other students. > Butler was eating his evening meal with another group of students a > few tables away from Sem. Near the end of the meal, Sem stood up and > moved to a seat next to Butler. > Shortly thereafter, and while Butler was visiting with Sem, Sem stood > up and yelled "What the [expletive] did you just say to me? What the > hell is going on?" and then attacked Butler. > Some of the witnesses closest to the scene thought Sem was just > punching Butler but it was not until they saw Butler grab his chest > and saw blood pouring from the wound that they realized he had been > stabbed. > Witnesses said that immediately after the attack, Butler looked very > confused, and then collapsed. > Sem appeared to be angry and excited and within seconds became very > calm and seemed to be smiling with a "vacant" look on his face and at > one point said, "I'm sorry, really sorry," according to those > witnesses. > One of the students held Sem from behind until police investigators > arrived. > Police say that when he was detained in the patrol car, Sem was > crying and then seconds later, he had a big smile on his face. > After being transported by emergency personnel to the Jefferson > County Hospital, Butler was unresponsive, not breathing on his own, > and died at 8:30 p.m. > Other psychiatric reports said that Sem had engaged in unusual > behaviors in the approximately six weeks that he had been on campus. > He would often engage in sudden outbursts of aggression which were > surprising and confusing to other students. > Judge E. Richard Meadows Monday accepted the conclusions from both > the prosecution and defense that Sem was insane when he stabbed > Butler and ordered Sem to be committed to the Oakdale Correctional > Facility for further treatment and evaluation. > > > > ©Ottumwa Courier 2005 To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
