Inside the Mind of the Tower Sniper: The Early Signs [0:00-0:57]

personal life. And as a result of all the pressure he was experiencing, as well as frequent migraine headaches, he injured therapy with a campus psychiatrist named Dr. Maurice Heatley. This would be the only professional psychological help Whitman pursued. The investigation also showed that at 6.45 pm on July 31, 1966, Whitman typed the first of two notes. In these, he explained how and why he would kill his wife and mother prior to the shooting spree. Another revelation was that he was interrupted while typing these suicide notes by two friends named Larry and Elaine Fuse. Both later stated that Whitman seemed particularly relieved about something, you know, as if he's solved a problem. And that, twice during the visit, Whitman had said, it's a shame Kathleen should have to work all day and then come home too, but he never completed his sentences.