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Virginia Tech Murder 2009: Campus Locked Down, Suspect in Custody

by Jon Azpiri | January 21, 2009 at 06:02 pm

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Virginia Tech police have confirmed that a murder took place tonight on the campus of Virginia Tech. The Virginia Tech stabbing took place inside the Graduate Life Center. A male suspect is currently in custody. The police found a knife that they believe was the murder weapon.

At 7:44 pm local time, university officials sent a text message to the student body informing them of the murder and instructing them to:

"Stay where you are and stay vigilant. Stay away from the GLC."

At 8:37 pm the campus website stated that a suspect was in custody and that students were asked to avoid the GLC, but otherwise resume normal activity.

The murder comes less than two years after the Virginia Tech Massacre that saw Seung-Hui Cho takes the lives of 32 people.

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Amy Judd

at 18:53 on January 21st, 2009

I can't believe this - hasn't this school been through enough already? At least a suspect is already in custody - hopefully it's the right one.

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at 20:15 on January 21st, 2009

This will inevitably stir up memories of the massacre 2 years ago.

Emilio Lizardo

at 17:37 on January 22nd, 2009

Maybe this is running in another thread, but anyways, there's some more gruesome updates at the CNN page -

Killer decapitates Va. Tech student, police say
updated 1:33 p.m. EST, Thu January 22, 2009

A female graduate student at Virginia Tech was killed Wednesday night when a man she knew attacked her with a knife and decapitated her, a school spokesman said.

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The young woman and the suspect "were not seen arguing, or anything of that nature," he added, citing witness statements.

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The young woman arrived at the university two weeks ago to begin studies in accounting, he said in the statement.