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Article Launched: 10/17/2005 01:00:00 AM
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Student who blew self up left note
By The Associated Press
The University of Oklahoma student from Colorado Springs who died after detonating an explosive device near a packed football stadium in Norman, Okla., left a message on his computer that he was going to quit living, his father said.
The FBI read the message to the father of Joel Henry Hinrichs III on Friday, after he came to Oklahoma to clear out his son's university- owned apartment.
Joel Henry Hinrichs Jr. said he understood investigators found the message on the computer screen when they arrived at the apartment.
"It was a single line of text on his computer," his father told The Oklahoman newspaper.
The elder Hinrichs said he could not recall the exact wording but said his son used profanity in the message and was obviously angry.
"He wrote he was dissatisfied with the situation and was going to quit living," the father said.
Investigators have said they may never know whether the student wanted to get inside the stadium. FBI officials also have said no links were found between the student and terrorist groups.
Joel Henry Hinrichs Jr. said he thinks his son was committing suicide and never intended to hurt anyone else.
The younger Hinrichs had a long fascination with ammunition and bombs, his relatives and friends said.
Inside his apartment in Norman were several used metal artillery shells, belts made of used brass shell casings, a box of spent bullets, military ammo containers and explosive-related materials.