Infographic: Elliot Rodger’s laptop search history: Nazis, knives and torture devices
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office released a detailed report Thursday on the deadly Isla Vista rampage that killed seven, including gunman Elliot Rodger. A search of Rodger's laptop revealed a telling Internet search history. Here's a partial list:
May 23, 2014
Quick silent kill with a knife
How to kill someone with a knife
May 14, 2014
Xingjian railway station terrorist knife attack explosion bombing
Guangzhou train station knife attack
Nov. 30, 2012
Philosophy of a knife
Oct. 9, 2012
Did Adolf Hitler have a girlfriend
Adolf Hitler’s childhood
I’ve never had a female friend
Nazi anime
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Oct. 6, 2012
Are there any knives so sharp that if you touch it you bleed
Stabbing incident
SRK survival rescue knife
Oct. 5, 2012
Heinrich Himmler
Roommate takes very long showers
Young people are all mean
Joseph Goebbels
has a jewis [sic] name
Oct. 4, 2012
Modern torture devices
Spanish inquisition torture devices
If Hitler was born today
Blood elves are Nazis
Heinrich Himmler
Reincarnation of Hitler
Oct. 2, 2012
If you were Adolf Hitler
History of purchasing weapons
Also released in the report was information about past purchases. "The suspect's financial history shows that his planning for this tragedy, with respect to purchasing weapons, started in December of 2012," according to the report. Here are some of the transactions:
Dec. 4, 2012: $755.57 – Goleta Valley Gun & Supply, a firearms dealer in Goleta
March 12, 2013: $1,179.48 – Gun World, a firearms dealer in Burbank
March 13, 2013: $460.00 – Botach Tactical, a tactical equipment dealer in Los Angeles
March 29, 2013: $92.60 – The Target Range, a shooting range in Van Nuys
Jan. 17, 2014: $32.51 – Goleta Valley Gun & Supply
Feb. 14, 2014: $109.09 – The Target Range
Feb. 22, 2014: $1,132.00 – B&G Guns, a firearms dealer in Oxnard
Feb. 22, 2014: $121.48 – Shooter’s Paradise, a shooting range in Oxnard
Feb. 25, 2014: $39.51 – Shooter’s Paradise
March 15, 2014: $99.30 – Shooter’s Paradise
March 20, 2014: $551 – Ammo To Go, an online ammunition supplier in Houston
March 20, 2014: $489.35 – Top Gun Supply, an online firearms supplies dealer in Chesterfield, Ohio
April 18, 2014: $110.51 – Shooter’s Paradise
April 23, 2014: $226.27 – The Target Range
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