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APARTMENT WATCH: Security guards now patrol the Capri Apartments on Seville Road in Isla Vista, where Elliot Rodger (below) lived and murdered three of his victims.
CONT'D FROM P. 25 describing his loneliness and dislike for young couples in love and women who scorn him in general; some feature him driving around Santa Barbara, listening to 1980s pop songs by Whitney Houston, George Michael, and Phil Collins. He is caught up in his inability to attract members of the opposite sex. “My life is lonely and mundane,” he says while walking through Sandpiper Golf Course in western Goleta and watching the sunset.“I have no friends, no girlfriends, no love, no sex. All I have is this, being able to walk in a beautiful place like this.” MISOGYNIST, RACIST RANTINGS: In his videos,
as well as on other online forums, Rodger reveals his deep hatred of women.“When you hit puberty, life either becomes heaven on earth or a living hell,” he says.“It all depends on how many girls like you, or if girls like you at all. My life turned into a living hell. No girls liked me, and I hate them all for it.” He details his contempt of young couples in love and also expresses insecurity about being half-Asian as well as animosity toward full-blooded Asians, such as the roommates he killed after calling them “repulsive” in his 141-page manifesto, which was sent to his therapists and parents and published online just hours before the rampage. He was also recently active on a bodybuilding forum (where he wrote, “I am a drop dead gorgeous, fabulous, stylish, exotic gem among thousands of rocks”); a chat site called Wizardchan, which was apparently dedicated to sexual virgins; and one called PUAHate.com, filled with sexually frustrated people.
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ARROGANT, COMBATIVE IN PERSON: Rodger had numerous run-ins with other people in Isla Vista, splashing coffee on couples and women, squirting kickballers with orange juice, and, in August 2013, provoking a fight that left him with a broken ankle. George Duarte, a KCSB . FM radio deejay who goes by the name Xtek Overload, remembers Rodger from the SBCC Math Lab last fall. “He was always talking about the same thing: how annoying his roommates were, how he’s gonna move to a different place,” said Duarte, who thought Rodger was “arrogant” but did not find him to be “bonkers.” Instead, Duarte recalled thinking, “Some of the stuff he said sounded right-on — he was very logical, very well spoken. This kid is one of those successes. He’s gonna go places. He had that aura about him and the ego to go with it.” —MATT KETTMANN AND KELSEY BRUGGER
Santa Barbara Response Network:
Call 699-5608 or email sbrncommand@gmail.com.
Victims of Isla Vista Fund: Donations taken at any Heritage Oaks Bank (17 locations on Central Coast, including State St. in Santa Barbara) or by visiting sbfoundation.org. Isla Vista United: Isla Vista Screen Printing donating net proceeds to the fund. See uniteislavista.com.
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