Kip Kinkel Research Paper

I. Kip Kinkel, was born in Springfield Oregon on August 30, 1982, to Bill and Faith Kinkel, Kip had a sister Kristin, which was 6 years older than him. When Kip was 6 his parents who were both Spanish teachers wanted to study abroad for a year so the family moved to Spain. Kip had a difficult time because his teacher did not speak English, once the Kinkels moved back to the United States Kip was far behind in school and failed first grade. Kip’s family was very active, but kip was not so he struggled to fit in. In fourth grade Kip found out he had dyslexia, and his parents started studying with him many hours a night to help make him better in school, and even though he understood it was difficult for him to comprehend. Kip felt lost when his
Kips mother arrived home at around 6 kip waited for her, because he did not want her to find out what he had done. He shot her 6 times in the head, and face he put a sheet over both of his parents and waited till morning. That morning kip left the house with music from Romeo and Juliet playing loudly, he wanted to kill himself but could not do it. Kip loaded the glock, taped bullets to his chest, a knife to his ankle, and extra ammo in his backpack. He wrote a note about the voices in his head telling him to do kill everyone. He arrives to school with a trench coat, and a baseball hat. His friend Adam sees him in the hall way and kip tells him to get out of the school, kip then sees ben walker at his locker and shoots him in the head. Kip then reaches the cafeteria, he shoots 48 shots and hits 24 students, he pulls the glock from his belt and screams just kill me now, police get kip to the ground when he pulls the knife from his leg and attacks one of the police men. Police go to Kips house where they find loud music, bullets on the floor, kips dad on the bathroom floor and his mother on the garage floor. Kip is charged with 4 first degree murders and 26 attempted murders, which get him 111 years in prison, with no chance of
Kips family treated him very different than they did his sister. Even though kip came from a loving home his parents expected a lot from him. They wanted kip to be perfect, the kinkel family was very athletic, but kip was not and they used to push him to try harder. Also Kip was very small, and did not have many friends since he lived in the country. Kip got involved with the wrong crowd, and started doing very bad things. The things that Kips friends introduced him to took kip on the wrong path. He started stealing, and beating up kids on the bus, he also learned how to make explosive devices from them. Kips teachers pushed him in school, when kip screamed out in class about the voices he heard in his head, and when he wrote the troubling essay after watching Romeo and Juliet the teacher brushed it off. Coaches of kips new he wasn’t good, even though they still let him play. Kip was ridiculed on his team and he played positions that were not suited for him. I feel like that kips parents could of enticed kip to do more positive things. When they noticed that kip was not doing well at sports they should of enrolled him in group activities such as boy scouts or maybe something kip had an interest in. Also I feel like his parents treated him unfairly and compared him to his sister to much. They should of congratulated Kip when he did something rewarding, rather than saying you can do better. Also his dad had a very hot temper and he yelled at kip for very small things,