Posted on 10/02/2005 3:46:04 PM PDT by WestTexasWend
A University of Oklahoma student died in an explosion Saturday night near a stadium packed with 84,000 people. Although the investigation is not complete, the medical examiner believes Joel Henry Hinrichs III, 21, of Colorado Springs, Colo., perished in the blast, said Salvador Hernandez, special agent in charge of the FBI in Oklahoma .
Hinrichs died about 8 p.m. when an explosive detonated near the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.
According to the university’s Web site, Hinrichs was a junior in the college of engineering.
There were no reports of any other injuries and university officials have said the spectators at the game were in no danger at any time.
Initially, police believed there were two explosives -- the one that detonated and another that didn't -- but a later search found no other device.
University President David Boren said a police bomb squad did detonate an item found at the blast site to ensure that it was not an explosive.
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In an interview just shown on KWTV-9, OU president David Boren said this student had a history of emotional problems.
He added that, contrary to popular speculation, classes are NOT cancelled for OU students tomorrow.
How long until we find out his converted Muslim name?
Also, Hinrichs apparently lived directly across the street from the site of the explosion. Residents of his building were awakened in the wee hours this morning and relocated to area hotels by the university so that investigators could sweep the entire building.
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"Student who died in blast identified"
The Oklahoman ^ | Sunday, October 2, 2005 | Jesse Olivarez
Posted on 10/02/2005 3:46:04 PM PDT by WestTexasWend
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"Buses vacated from scene of bombing
UPDATE: Only signs of bombing left are a white limo and yellow tape surrounding the area where OU engineering junior Joel Hinrichs, 21, died"
By Ryan McGhee, Rhett Brackeen, Dawndee Hudson, Scooby Axson and Althea Peterson
October 02, 2005
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BellaCio.com: "DAVID BOREN UNDERMINES INVESTIGATION OF UNIVERSITY
OF OKLAHOMA BOMB" -Commentary by Michael P. Wright, Norman, Oklahoma
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MICHELLE MALKIN.com - WEBLOG: "SUICIDE BOMBER IN OKLAHOMA"
October 2, 2005
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http://www.kfor.com/Global/story.asp?S=3925606
"One dead after explosion outside OU stadium
Report: Shortly after scene of suicide bomber at OU Football game"
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October 2, 2005
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From: Lan Lamphere
October 2, 2005 5:10 AM
Good grief! There's a 21 yr old student dead--he apparently suffered from mental illness of some sort--and somehow, you tie him in with Muslims?
A Colorado kid going to school at the University of Oklahoma? No wonder he wanted to blow himself up. That would be like a kid growing up in Columbus, Ohio going to the University of Michigan.
That is dad or granddad.
How sad. Prayers for his family.
"How long until we find out his converted Muslim name?"
How long until all the people posting unsubstantiated rumour and wild speculation in the earlier threads fess up?
"Joel Henry Hinrichs"
That was the guy's name as KWTV-9 reported it.
Anyone know if this Hinrichs fellow was a Muslim? Possibly a convert?
Check out the other thread. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1495058/posts
Have you heard of Jose Padilla, John Walker Lindh, Richard Reid, and Adam Gadham. Don't let Boren's press releases fool you. I have been following this story since last night and Boren's performance has been pathetic and slimy.
Yes, so I figured.
I think the kid was a third. But he was an engineering student. Sounds like a real loon. They are searching his whole apartment complex now.
By the way Gadham's real birth last name is Pearlman
It took a while before we knew that the kid in Florida crashed the plane into a building did it in "honor" of Bin Laden.
Must admit that blowing oneself up is an unusual way to commit suicide. He had to know that people would suspect terrorism.
You think they could keep that quiet?
I wonder whose backback the police blew up.
OU has put out some of the best engineers in the country. I am personally related to some.
Yes and there still wasn't a public uprise demanding the U.S. confront Islamofascists here in America when that happened because the media had a way of downplaying it, and the FBI kept so much a secret. But I and most other FReepers can see right through the bull s&^%
I'm 60 and have seen guys commit suicide in high school, college, the service, and later....because of pressure, fear, sadness, and women.
I really never understood it. Too much pressure and I crack and become catatonic, too much fear and I cry like a little girl, too much sadness and I get drunk to hide the weepies, too much women and I ask my wife what to do. Never have I thought suicide was an option.
If someone is going to commit suicide, they arn't going to blow themself up...unless it's in the name of Allah or something...
Remember the brown car full of Muslim guys the cops tried to chase down after the OKC bombing?
Good grief! There's a 21 yr old student dead--he apparently suffered from mental illness of some sort--and somehow, you tie him in with Muslims?
Right, sounds like profiling to me, but he does fit the profile.
Glad to have the ID on the deceased. Thank God no one was killed but him.
Growing up, I had a good friend whose idea of fun was mixing chemicals just to see what could be made to go "boom!"
Nutty, wacky, goofy brilliant kid, but not muslim. More like a nominal hardshell baptist.
Hinrichs? He must be one of those Bavarian terrorists. Was he wearing lederhosen?
I have heard of "suicice by cop" but "suicide by aggrieved wife" is new to me . . .
PING........
"You think they could keep that quiet?"
The DC snipers aren't considered terrorists even though the Malvo kids drawings make it clear he intended to punish the infidels.
The LAX shooter isn't considered a terrorist even though he was an Egyptian (I think) who opened fire on an Israeli ticket counter.
The Egyptian pilot who dove his planeload of passengers into the Atlantic while he praised Allah wasn't considered a terrorist.
It's not a matter of keeping it quiet, it's a matter of discounting it if true.
Well, someone has to validate an entire thread to this being a terrorist. Over 2000 posts I believe.
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Finland mall bomber died in blast
Nope, never happens, well, everynow and then, maybe.
Thanks for the ping.
Can we say Hossam Armanious?
He may very well be a convert, but if I were a gambleing man I'd put my money on a kid with...issues.
What did they say about Joel? Was he under a lot of pressure? What do they attribute his suicide to?
So looks like we jumped to a conclusion. But we should all never be too quick to accept everything we hear from the media, we have to stay vigilant and on top of these things!
Always good advice. When did the media say anything about him being a convert to Islam? As I recall it was some freepers.
They didn't know why he'd do it, probably just crazy in the head. I do feel better now, but am quite upset as to the medias lack of coverage
Bad joke? I'm an Ohio State fan first ... but I'm a Colorado fan having lived there for 18 years. :)
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