the lengths that ethan blair miller went to in order to mimic eric harris and dylan klebold, especially as he was someone who eventually decided on not committing a school shooting, definitely fascinate me.
during his attack on a safeway in bend, oregon, he wore a shirt that said ‘HURT’ across the chest, which is most visible in the photo above. miller also displays many behaviors that other columbine copycats exhibit, such as dressing in a way similar to harris and klebold (black pants, black boots, t-shirt with word art). though, this specific outfit—with the red text against a black shirt—is much more reminiscent of klebold’s ‘WRATH’ shirt that he wore during the attack on columbine.
miller seemed to have more of an interest in klebold than he did in harris, in general. miller’s wattpad username was wrathofman22, most likely referencing the shirt that klebold sported on the day he attacked columbine. and it’s not like miller’s admiration of the columbine shooters was any secret, either; he cited them as a main source of inspiration for his attack. he had even originally planned to shoot up his past high school, in order to pay homage to columbine.
i’m assuming the reason many people don’t discuss ethan blair miller are because he kind of got lost in the mix of copycat crimes committed by columbine fanboys, and the body count of miller’s attack wasn’t more than five. either way, his case is very interesting (the fact that he published his manifesto on wattpad is definitely… something?) and i wish primary sources about it were more accessible!
Lara was an Argentine teenager born on February 25, 2002 in the city of La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
On August 3, 2017, she went to her school (Colegio Nacional de La Plata) and shot herself in the head with a .38 caliber revolver in Geography class.
Previously, she had announced on one of her social networks that she would commit suicide.
She also said that she would kill 3 or 4 of her classmates, which she ultimately did not do.
She was hospitalized for 4 days, but died due to complications since her condition was very serious and the damage to her head was irreversible...
She died on August 7, 2017, in a hospital in La Plata and was buried in Parque La Gloria, Berazategui, Buenos Aires.
Now, I'm going to clarify a few things with the help of some reddit posts.
When Lara passed away, some of her classmates made fun of the situation through audio recordings, but that does not mean that she had a bad relationship with the rest of her classmates or that she suffered bullying.
She may have been a little shy but she had no problems getting along in class.
For this case, the social network she used (Voxed) was blamed a lot, but it was later denied, because she really had serious mental health problems that had nothing to do with the use of social networks.
I've done some research, and Lara's parents were a bit problematic, they used to do drugs and post hateful comments on social media, maybe because they were quite young.
In any case, we don't know what led her to make that terrible decision and we can't blame anyone either.
Lara's social media is currently closed.
In the following link, you can find on Youtube a piece of the last live that Lara did, now I will transcribe it into English so that it can be better understood.
https://youtu.be/HspJQKcWKfA?si=BaHPJ6vw6OePmH2j
Transcription of Lara's latest live:
Lara reads a comment:
x: Are you happy Lara?
Lara: no, I'm not happy, I'm not happy now.
Read another comment:
X: What time are you going to commit suicide?
Lara: Later.
Lara tells a boy who was in the live:
Lara: I have weapons in my house.
the boy: Really?
Lara: Yes, it's true, I'm going to shoot myself at any moment.
Lara continues reading comments quickly, (I'm not going to transcribe this, some are insulting her)
Lara: I'm finding out things that I don't like at all about my school.
Read a message.
The boy she talks to:
Shall we do a school shooting?
Lara's mother arrives:
Lara: Hello mom.
Lara's mother: What are you doing at home?
Lara: I don't have school, I'm on vacation basically.
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