“This is the story of how I, Elliot Rodger, came to be. This is the story of my entire life. It is a dark story of sadness, anger, and hatred. It is a story of a war against cruel injustice,” says the document attributed to the shooter. Warning: Graphic and disturbing content.
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In the aftermath, a 141-page document surfaced that appears to be Rodger's story in his own words. The document is called "My Twisted World: The Story of Elliot Rodger."
It's a meticulously detailed document of Rodger's life, and an astonishingly disturbing one; in the handful of passages below, Rodger becomes increasingly violent, misogynistic, and vengeful.
So a word of warning: This content is graphic.
Mourners leave flowers at the site where Rodger shot one of his victims.
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Page 9: "I remember crying. All the happy times I spent with my mother and father as a family were gone, only to remain in memory."
Page 11: "Because of my father's acquisition of a new girlfriend, my little mind got the impression that my father was a man that women found attractive..."
