I have made contact with the alleged boyfriend of the Wisconsin shooter.
He has very graciously provided me the full manifesto, which I verified by having him screen record himself opening it from a direct link the shooter sent to him via WhatsApp.
I told him I would do my best to dispel some of the misinformation and present things as truthfully as I was given them, and I will hold myself to that.
- Her boyfriend knew her as Samantha Rupnow.
- She also went by a different name (one which was also feminine), but adopted the name "Samantha" and this was the name her boyfriend says she had on her school identification card.
- She was a student at Abundant Life.
- She was born on November 7, 2009.
- She was born female and was not transgender. Her boyfriend was born male and is not transgender.
- Her manifesto was titled "War Against Humanity."
- Her manifesto is 6 pages long.
- In her manifesto, she spoke about having extremely difficult relationship with her parents, who she referred to as "scum."
- She also claims her family didn't love her or want her, and expresses feeling like the "wrong child" of her family.
- She says she had planned to commit suicide a long time ago, but felt committing a shooting was “better for evolution rather than just one stupid boring suicide.”
- She expresses deep admiration for Pekka Eric Auvinen, Arda Küçükyetim, and Vladislav Roslyakov.
- She offered particular praise for Küçükyetim, who was a Turkish neo-nazi who committed a mass attack in Eskişehir earlier this year, and stated he was an inspiration to her. She calls him “an ultimate saint.”
- She expressed that she got the weapons to commit the attack through "lies, manipulation, and my father's stupidity.”
More to come shortly. I will make some screenshots of the manifesto.
In the interim….
Her boyfriend says the photo that is making the rounds is not how he remembers her, and believes it was somewhat edited “to make her look worse.”
He provided me a photo of her in the same t-shirt and room.
He has very graciously provided me the full manifesto, which I verified by having him screen record himself opening it from a direct link the shooter sent to him via WhatsApp.
I told him I would do my best to dispel some of the misinformation and present things as truthfully as I was given them, and I will hold myself to that.
- Her boyfriend knew her as Samantha Rupnow.
- She also went by a different name (one which was also feminine), but adopted the name "Samantha" and this was the name her boyfriend says she had on her school identification card.
- She was a student at Abundant Life.
- She was born on November 7, 2009.
- She was born female and was not transgender. Her boyfriend was born male and is not transgender.
- Her manifesto was titled "War Against Humanity."
- Her manifesto is 6 pages long.
- In her manifesto, she spoke about having extremely difficult relationship with her parents, who she referred to as "scum."
- She also claims her family didn't love her or want her, and expresses feeling like the "wrong child" of her family.
- She says she had planned to commit suicide a long time ago, but felt committing a shooting was “better for evolution rather than just one stupid boring suicide.”
- She expresses deep admiration for Pekka Eric Auvinen, Arda Küçükyetim, and Vladislav Roslyakov.
- She offered particular praise for Küçükyetim, who was a Turkish neo-nazi who committed a mass attack in Eskişehir earlier this year, and stated he was an inspiration to her. She calls him “an ultimate saint.”
- She expressed that she got the weapons to commit the attack through "lies, manipulation, and my father's stupidity.”
More to come shortly. I will make some screenshots of the manifesto.
In the interim….
Her boyfriend says the photo that is making the rounds is not how he remembers her, and believes it was somewhat edited “to make her look worse.”
He provided me a photo of her in the same t-shirt and room.
Here I will include some screenshots of the manifesto.
I am very hesitate to post the whole thing not because the content is graphic in any way but I am worried it will violate the terms of service, and am not intending to do that.
This is page one and page two in full.
I am very hesitate to post the whole thing not because the content is graphic in any way but I am worried it will violate the terms of service, and am not intending to do that.
This is page one and page two in full.
Some more Wisconsin shooter info, and the third page of her "manifesto."
- Her boyfriend had known her for two years. They were in a long-distance relationship and had never met in person. They met on social media.
- He says she never previously expressed any desire to commit a shooting, and only sent him her manifesto the day of the shooting.
- Timestamps of their messages shown to me demonstrate she sent it to him via WhatsApp at approximately 10:30 am (eastern). She posted it to Twitter at 11:50 am (eastern). The shooting occurred around 11:57 am (eastern).
- He did not see her message until 1:12 pm (eastern), at which point the act had been committed and she was already deceased.
- He describes her as being kind, generous towards him, and cheerful. He describes her as always making him gifts and never expecting anything in return.
- Her boyfriend had known her for two years. They were in a long-distance relationship and had never met in person. They met on social media.
- He says she never previously expressed any desire to commit a shooting, and only sent him her manifesto the day of the shooting.
- Timestamps of their messages shown to me demonstrate she sent it to him via WhatsApp at approximately 10:30 am (eastern). She posted it to Twitter at 11:50 am (eastern). The shooting occurred around 11:57 am (eastern).
- He did not see her message until 1:12 pm (eastern), at which point the act had been committed and she was already deceased.
- He describes her as being kind, generous towards him, and cheerful. He describes her as always making him gifts and never expecting anything in return.
On page four of her manifesto, Samantha says that she acquired the weapons to commit the shooting through “lies, manipulation, and my father’s stupidity.”
Her boyfriend says he was aware that there was a gun safe in her house, but does not know how she got access to it.
Her boyfriend says he was aware that there was a gun safe in her house, but does not know how she got access to it.
NOTE:
Some news sources (ABC and AP) have incorrectly stated that Rupnow is 17 years of age.
Confirming it against her own parent’s Facebook: she was born November 7, 2009, exactly as she stated in her manifesto, making her 15 years old.
Here is a photo of her as a newborn:
Some news sources (ABC and AP) have incorrectly stated that Rupnow is 17 years of age.
Confirming it against her own parent’s Facebook: she was born November 7, 2009, exactly as she stated in her manifesto, making her 15 years old.
Here is a photo of her as a newborn:
Police have now corrected the record live and confirmed the shooter was 15, as stated in the manifesto I posted here earlier.
Previous mainstream media reports claiming the shooter was 17 were incorrect.
Previous mainstream media reports claiming the shooter was 17 were incorrect.
Okay, now that I have gotten some assurance that I will not be suspended for posting the final pages, here are pages five and six, the final two pages, of the manifesto.
Rupnow talks about her extremely difficult relationship with her father, notes that her parents had divorced multiple times, and that her mother struggled with drug addiction. She also implies her father was an alcoholic.
She expresses that she had been bullied at school, something her boyfriend emphasized to me as being a big factor in her pessimism about her life and anger towards other people.
Court records I have seen show she is telling the truth about the repeat divorces in her family and ongoing legal battles between her mother and father.
As a note, to address the dumbass comments I keep getting:
1.I watermarked them so journalists can’t steal them. Journalists don’t do any of their actual own work anymore, they just scrape social media accounts and steal whatever they can find. Watermarking things forces them to reach out to the poster. I spent 4-5 hours talking to the bf. Not them (or you). I think I deserve that much.
2.I released the information in sections a) to be clear and sequential, and b) to ensure I was not violating any rules. Posting this in one go with no commentary may have been perceived as incitement. I had to wait for confirmation that would not be the case.
Rupnow talks about her extremely difficult relationship with her father, notes that her parents had divorced multiple times, and that her mother struggled with drug addiction. She also implies her father was an alcoholic.
She expresses that she had been bullied at school, something her boyfriend emphasized to me as being a big factor in her pessimism about her life and anger towards other people.
Court records I have seen show she is telling the truth about the repeat divorces in her family and ongoing legal battles between her mother and father.
As a note, to address the dumbass comments I keep getting:
1.I watermarked them so journalists can’t steal them. Journalists don’t do any of their actual own work anymore, they just scrape social media accounts and steal whatever they can find. Watermarking things forces them to reach out to the poster. I spent 4-5 hours talking to the bf. Not them (or you). I think I deserve that much.
2.I released the information in sections a) to be clear and sequential, and b) to ensure I was not violating any rules. Posting this in one go with no commentary may have been perceived as incitement. I had to wait for confirmation that would not be the case.
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