The 15-year-old school shooter who killed two people and injured six others at a conservative Christian school in Wisconsin had a dark past, including being a member of a sick site called Watch People Die. .
But while police have yet to reveal a motive for the shooting, Natalie “Samantha” Lupenau, who also turned the gun on herself and died on the way to the hospital, apparently had a distorted view of “watching people die.” It seems that he was a fan of the “te'' site. Ominously, it boasts more than 3 million registered users.
The site contains graphic images of people being shot and run over, school shootings, and many international incidents such as the death of a 19-year-old man caught in a meat grinder. is published.
Rupnow, who reportedly posts under the handle @Crossixir, allegedly wrote the following four months ago in response to a video of an apparent hanging.
When another poster asked her to explain more, she seemed to add:
“Either you simply want to die at all, or nothing at all, or just sex, or just plain stupid. The only thing I ever bother to think about is that if I'm going to kill myself, I should just do it now.” Well, it depends on the situation. But what do you think?
A month ago, she posted a video of a man jumping out of a window with the comment “a fatter version of Liam Payne”, referring to the One Direction singer who fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aries in October. .
Other video titles on the site include “Suicidal man commits suicide in front of police” and “Employee crushed while trying to stop forklift from tipping over.”
Rapnow, who brought a handgun to the K-12 Abundant Life Christian School's Madison campus Monday and opened fire inside a study hall classroom around 11 a.m., was accused of having a fascination with other high school shooters, including a morbid fascination with other high school shooters. , and had a disturbing presence online. on social media profiles related to her.
Authorities say she fired shots at three other teens and a teacher, killing the teacher and the teen.
A photo posted on her father Jeff's Facebook page shows Samantha wearing a T-shirt from Columbine killer Eric Harris' band.
In the photo, she is seen at a shooting range wearing the shirt of the German industrial band KMFDM.
Harris also wore the band's T-shirt in a public photo before he and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people in the 1999 Columbine High School massacre.
A photo of Rapnow wearing the shirt fueled speculation that she was inspired by the Columbine massacre.
The “Watch People Die” site appears to be run by a man using an explicit screen name.
“Hello! It's really a shame because I hate this website and I also run this website,” they wrote.
“Please consider logging off,” the site administrator added. “Living here isn't going to improve in any way by looking at the trash. Go read a book or something.”
The username @Crossixir was banned by the site on Wednesday morning. The site states among its rules that it “does not post anything illegal under U.S. law” and, perhaps surprisingly, “does not post animal cruelty/abuse.”
Rapunau's school is a founding member of Impact Christian Schools, a cluster of Christian higher education centers in Wisconsin.
The organization “believes that God wants more” from education, according to its website.
Barbara Weers, director of elementary and school relations, also expressed the school's beliefs at a press conference Monday.
“Despite tragedy, God is at work. We believe that God is good in all things and turns beauty to ashes,” she said. “He is the foundation of our Abundant Life Christian School. We exist to guide and build up disciples of Jesus Christ, so we hope that Jesus will lead us through this challenge.” I completely believe that.”
Attempts to reach the girl's parents, Jeff and Melissa Rapnow, Tuesday were unsuccessful.
