Report: Stabbing suspect took knife to school without punishment:
It seems that accused killer John Odgren had previously brought a knife to school without any kind of punishment. Apparently, he brought the knife to school and supposedly presented it to a school psychologist at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School last September. He asked the psychologist what would happen if he brought something to school that he shouldn’t have, then showed the psychologist the knife.
He says he brought the knife to school by accident. How do you bring a knife to school by accident? Anyway, what makes matters worse is that the psychologist confiscated the knife and then gave it back to Odgren at the end of the day. The psychologist only told his supervisor but did not tell the principal or police. It’s also unknown if the psychologist was employed by the school district or some other agency.
Considering that Odgren ended up stabbing James Alenson to death, I’d say there was an error in judgment on the part of the psychologist to put it politely. To put it impolitely, the psychologist is an idiot and should have his license to practice taken away.
Personally, I think Odgren was testing the waters, so to speak, to see what he could get away with. If the knife was taken away for good, that would have been no big deal since Odgren had an extensive knife collection. It just would have been one out of many.
I think this shows that Odgren may have been planning the murder for a while. Remember, Odgren was always talking about how he would get away with murder. I don’t think James Alenson was his intended target from the beginning. Personally, I don’t think Odgren had a specific target in mind at all. I think James Alenson was just in the wrong place at the wrong time when Odgren decided to fulfill his murderous fantasies.
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