Final Project: Psychological Aspects of Offender Behavior By Day 7 Write an 8- to 10-page interview strategy that includes the following: A summary of the murder case you selected An analysis of the offender’s personality, including any personality disorders or comorbidity that may be present An explanation of how aggression, attachment, and empathy factor into the offender’s personality An explanation of how “state” versus “trait” factors into the case Recommendations for the interview, including the following: Selection of the interviewer Environment of the interview How to manage the interviewer’s response Description of how to ask the interview questions Austin (Tex.). Police Department Records of the Charles Whitman Mass Murder Case An Inventory of the Collection Collection Summary Creator: Austin (Tex.). Police Department Title: Austin (Tex.). Police Department Records of the Charles Whitman Mass Murder Case Dates: 1941-2000 Dates (Bulk): 1966 Abstract: Charles Joseph Whitman (1941-1966) was an ex-Marine and student at the University of Texas at Austin who shot and killed 14 people and wounded at least 33 others from the UT Tower observation deck on August 1, 1966. In the early morning hours prior to the UT attack, Whitman also murdered his beloved mother and his wife. Another individual died years later of complications from a gunshot wound inflicted during the UT attack, bringing the total death toll to 17. The collection (1941-2000, undated) documents the Austin Police Department (APD) investigation into the mass murder and is composed of reports generated by APD and other investigating bodies, photographs, negatives, digital images, correspondence, personal writings, notes, and clippings. Accession number: AR.2000.002 Quantity: 7.25 linear feet (14 boxes) Location: Archives Stacks, qAR, Outer Vault Language: English Repository: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library ,  810 Guadalupe, PO Box 2287, Austin, TX 78768 Biographical Note Charles Joseph Whitman (1941-1966) was an ex-Marine and student at the University of Texas at Austin who shot 15 people and wounded at least 33 others from the UT Tower observation deck on August 1, 1966. Whitman was born in Lake Worth, Florida in 1941 to Charles Adolphus, a financially successful plumbing contractor, and Margaret Hodges Whitman. Whitman was the eldest of three siblings. His two brothers were Patrick, born 1945, and John Michael, known as "Johnnie Mike", born 1949. He grew up in an authoritarian household in which his father was emotionally and physically abusive to his wife and children. As a boy, Whitman was involved with the Boy Scouts, playing piano, and hunting. At age 12, he received national recognition by becoming the youngest Eagle Scout in the world. He had a large paper route in the Lake Worth, FL, area delivering the Miami Herald. Although he was described as intelligent (with an IQ of 138.9) and had a history of good grades.

1. Final Project: Psychological Aspects of Offender Behavior
By Day 7
Write an 8- to 10-page
interview strategy that includes the following:
A summary of the murder case you selected
An analysis of the offender’s personality, including any
personality disorders or comorbidity that may be present
An explanation of how aggression, attachment, and empathy
factor into the offender’s personality
An explanation of how “state” versus “trait” factors into the
case
Recommendations for the interview, including the following:
Selection of the interviewer
Environment of the interview
How to manage the interviewer’s response
Description of how to ask the interview questions

2. Austin (Tex.). Police Department Records of the Charles
Whitman Mass Murder Case
An Inventory of the Collection
Collection Summary
Creator:
Austin (Tex.). Police Department
Title:
Austin (Tex.). Police Department Records of the Charles
Whitman Mass Murder Case
Dates:
1941-2000
Dates (Bulk):
1966
Abstract:
Charles Joseph Whitman (1941-1966) was an ex-Marine and
student at the University of Texas at Austin who shot and killed
14 people and wounded at least 33 others from the UT Tower
observation deck on August 1, 1966. In the early morning hours
prior to the UT attack, Whitman also murdered his beloved
mother and his wife. Another individual died years later of
complications from a gunshot wound inflicted during the UT
attack, bringing the total death toll to 17. The collection (1941-
2000, undated) documents the Austin Police Department (APD)
investigation into the mass murder and is composed of reports
generated by APD and other investigating bodies, photographs,
negatives, digital images, correspondence, personal writings,
notes, and clippings.
Accession number:

3. AR.2000.002
Quantity:
7.25 linear feet (14 boxes)
Location:
Archives Stacks, qAR, Outer Vault
Language:
English
Repository:
Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
,
810 Guadalupe, PO Box 2287, Austin, TX 78768
Biographical Note
Charles Joseph Whitman (1941-1966) was an ex-Marine and
student at the University of Texas at Austin who shot 15 people
and wounded at least 33 others from the UT Tower observation
deck on August 1, 1966.
Whitman was born in Lake Worth, Florida in 1941 to Charles
Adolphus, a financially successful plumbing contractor, and
Margaret Hodges Whitman. Whitman was the eldest of three
siblings. His two brothers were Patrick, born 1945, and John
Michael, known as "Johnnie Mike", born 1949. He grew up in
an authoritarian household in which his father was emotionally
and physically abusive to his wife and children. As a boy,
Whitman was involved with the Boy Scouts, playing piano, and
hunting. At age 12, he received national recognition by
becoming the youngest Eagle Scout in the world. He had a large
paper route in the Lake Worth, FL, area delivering the Miami

4. Herald. Although he was described as intelligent (with an IQ of
138.9) and had a history of good grades in school, during his
final two years of high school his grades dropped. He graduated
from Saint Ann High School in West Palm Beach, Florida in
1959.
On July 6, 1959, Whitman joined the United States Marine
Corps. Beginning in December, 1959 he was stationed at
Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. He earned a Good Conduct
Medal, a Sharpshooter's Badge, and the Marine Corps
Expeditionary Medal. While at Guantanamo Bay, he was
awarded a Naval Enlisted Science Education Program (NESEP)
scholarship, which was designed to increase the number of
scientists in the U.S. military. As part of this program, Whitman
was sent to The University of Texas to begin in the Fall 1961
semester. During this time at UT, he lived at the Goodall-
Wooten Dormitory and served as a dorm counselor. It was also
during this period that Whitman and two other students were
fined for illegally poaching a deer and butchering it in his
dormitory bathroom.
Whitman earned poor grades during his first semester. In
November, 1961, friend and fellow UT student, Francis Shuck,
Jr. introduced Whitman to his future wife, student Kathleen
"Kathy" Leissner. On August 17, 1962, the couple were married
at St. Michael's Catholic Church in Needville, Texas, Kathy's
hometown. Although his grades improved after marriage, they
still were not up to the standards set by the NESEP. The
Marines withdrew his scholarship in the Spring 1963 semester.
Whitman responded by dropping out of UT in February, 1963,
and was returned to active duty with the Marines with a
promotion to Lance Corporal. Kathy graduated from UT and
stayed in Austin to teach at Lanier High School.
In November, 1963, he was court martialed and found guilty of
gambling, usury, and the unauthorized possession of a non-

5. military pistol. He was busted to the rank of Private and served
90 days of hard labor. In December, 1964, he was honorably
discharged from the Marines and returned to Austin. In January,
1965, he re-enrolled in UT and maintained a respectable grade
point average. During this time, he was employed in a number
of jobs and served as a scoutmaster while still receiving
financial support from his father.
In February, 1966, his parents' ongoing marital problems came
to a head. Whitman drove to Lake Worth, Florida in March to
help move his mother to her own apartment in Austin. He was
so concerned that his father would resort to violence while his
mother was moving that he requested a local policeman stand
guard while she moved her belongings out of the home. In
April, 1966, she accepted a position in Austin as cashier at
Wyatt's Cafeteria. Over the next few months, Whitman's father
repeatedly phoned his wife and son pleading for his wife to
return home. On July 30, two days before the shootings, the
elder Whitman withdrew his financial support from his wife and
son.
During 1965, Whitman visited several different doctors at the
University of Texas Health Center for headaches. In March,
1966, he sought medical treatment there once again,
complaining of mental health issues. He obtained a prescription
for Valium and requested a psychiatric referral from general
practitioner Dr. Jan D. Cochrum. He was referred to psychiatrist
Dr. Maurice Dean Heatly. During his only session with Dr.
Heatly, Whitman, whom Heatly later described as "oozing with
hostility", expressed concern and fear about "overwhelming
periods of hostility with a very minimum of provocation" and
conveyed his reoccurring fantasy of, "...going up on the Tower
with a deer rifle and shooting people". Whitman also spoke at
length about his childhood, his father and his distress over his
parent's recent separation. Heatly concluded that Whitman was
not dangerous enough for involuntary commitment but asked

6. him to return one week later and/or call anytime that he needed
help. Whitman never returned for treatment.
On August 1, 1966 Whitman first killed his mother, Elizabeth
Whitman, at 12:30 a.m. at her residence in the Penthouse
Apartments at 1212 Guadalupe Street. Later, he killed his wife,
Kathleen, at 3:00 a.m at their residence on 906 Jewell Street.
Around 11:30 a.m. he ascended to the top of the Tower
observation deck at The University of Texas at Austin and
began shooting at people on campus below. The shooting spree
lasted approximately 95 minutes before he was killed by police.
Two Austin Police Department officers, Houston McCoy and
Ramiro Martinez, both claimed to have shot fatal rounds at the
sniper. At the time, sixteen people were killed (including his
wife and mother, APD officer Billy Speed, and an unborn baby)
and at least 33 people were injured. In November, 2001, David
Gunby died in Fort Worth, Texas, from gunshot wounds he
received from Whitman in 1966. Dr. Nizam Peerwani, the
Tarrant County medical examiner, ruled Gunby's death a
homicide, bringing the total dead to 17.
Whitman's body was embalmed 24 hours before an autopsy was
conducted and conclusive toxicology tests could be performed
for evidence of drugs. Dexedrine, a potent
amphetamine/stimulant widely used in the military to combat
fatigue, was found on his body at the time of death and was a
drug that Whitman ingested on a regular basis for all-night
study sessions. The initial autopsy, performed by Dr. Coleman
de Chenar, a Travis County medical examiner, revealed the
presence of a brain tumor. De Chenar concluded that the tumor
did not have an effect on Whitman's behavior. Shortly after the
shootings, Texas Governor John Connally assembled a team of
medical experts, known as the Connally Commission, to
investigate whether the tumor could have had an impact on
Whitman's behavior. It found that the tumor had features
suggesting a glioblastoma multiforme, an aggressive, malignant

7. brain cancer. The Commission concluded that the relationship
between the brain tumor and his actions were unclear, but
conceded that the mass could have influenced his ability to
control his actions and emotions.
Family members and friends mentioned in this records set
include:
Charles Adolphus "C. A." Whitman - Charles Joseph Whitman's
father
Margaret Whitman - Charles Joseph Whitman's mother
John Michael "Johnnie Mike" Whitman - Charles Joseph
Whitman's brother
Patrick Grady Whitman - Charles Joseph Whitman's brother
Kathleen Leissner Whitman - Charles Joseph Whitman's wife
Kathleen Leissner Whitman - Charles Joseph Whitman's wife
Nelson Leissner - Kathleen Whitman's brother
Ray Leissner - Kathleen Whitman's brother
Adam Leissner - Kathleen Whitman's brother
Carol Leissner - Kathleen Whitman's cousin
Linda Leissner - Kathleen Whitman's grandmother; called
Mama.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Thornbury - Friends of Charles and Kathleen
Whitman

8. Jim Poland - Friend of Johnnie Mike Whitman's from Florida
Schocie - Pronounced "sko-shee". Charles and Kathleen
Whitman's dog. According to Nelson Leissner, dog did not
disappear nor was it murdered. Schocie was taken to live with
the Leissner family. Source:
Report to the Governor, Medical Aspects, Charles J. Whitman
Catastrophe" (PDF). September 8, 1966.
Accessed: 2015 Aug 15
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Scope and Contents
The Austin Police Department Records of the Charles Whitman
Mass Murder Case (1941-2000, undated) contains reports,
correspondence, photographs, negatives, digital images,
personal writings, notes and clippings generated primarily
during the investigation of the Charles Whitman mass murder
event and includes work done by several local, state, and
federal agencies working in conjunction with the Austin Police
Department such as the Texas State Department of Public
Safety, Travis County, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Many of the records produced by other agencies were provided
as a courtesy between agencies. Researchers should not assume
that the Austin History Center holds the complete set of
investigatory records from any of those agencies except those of
the Austin Police Department.
Records Created by the Austin Police Department
(1966, 2000, undated), is comprised of material, primarily
murder and assault reports, generated as a result of the multi-
homicide investigation which took place in August, 1966. Of
note in this series is material used as evidence in these reports
including Whitman's suicide letter, personal notes to his

9. brothers, copies of his UT health records, invoices for weapons
and equipment acquired in preparation for the mass attack and
the note he left behind at the home on Jewell Street requesting
that two rolls of camera film be developed. The photographs
subseries includes crime scene images taken by the Austin
Police Department as well as black and white prints developed
by police from the undeveloped film Whitman left behind. The
developed photographs capture a more personal side of
Whitman, depicting scenes of him with family and friends,
sitting on the porch with his dog, Schocie, and a trip to San
Antonio he took with his wife just one week before the murders.
Copies of Records from Other Institutions
(1941-1966, undated), contains Whitman's educational records
and correspondence related to his estate. A substantial portion
of material in this series is composed of records created by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with courtesy copies
furnished to the Austin Police Department. The records
available to researchers were provided by the FBI as the result
of a Freedom of Information Act request made of original,
sealed FBI documents transferred to the Austin History Center
from the Austin Police Department. The copies provided by this
request were redacted by the FBI and are freely available to
researchers. All original (unredacted) copies of this material
have been transferred back to the FBI. Other material of note in
this series includes the report of Whitman's autopsy, performed
by Dr. Coleman de Chenar, who worked under the Travis
County coroner's system. The autopsy was not performed until
approximately 24 hours after death and after the body already
had been embalmed. Therefore, conclusive toxicology testing
could not be conducted. However, Dr. de Chenar did find
evidence of a brain tumor.
The
Writings and Personal Effects
series (1941-1966, undated) is composed of material either

10. sieged from the Whitman's rented home on Jewell Street or were
recovered from his wallet following his death. Personal writings
contained in hand-printed motivational sayings and journal
entries in items such as the Green Memoranda notebook (1963)
and the Daily Record of C.J. Whitman (1964) provide context
and insight into his life prior to the shootings, encompassing his
struggles and impending court martial from the Marines, as well
as his relationships with his wife and other family members.
Meticulous handwritten notes and drawings, a Marine Corps
score book and training handbills clearly document his training
and expertise as a military sharpshooter.
The final series,
Newspaper articles, Post event Interest and Other Records
(1965-1985), is comprised chiefly of magazine articles and
newspaper clippings gathered in the aftermath of the tragedy;
many concern the two police officers, Ramiro Martinez and
Houston McCoy, both of whom apprehended and shot Whitman
on the Tower observation deck. Several articles document the
controvesy surrounding which officer actually fired the fatal
shots that ended Whitman's rampage. This series also contains
the police statement of Allen Crum, the University Co-op floor
manager who first helped save a boy who had been wounded in
the gunfire and then accompanied Martinez and McCoy up to
the tower in pursuit of Whitman.
The Austin History Center is not the official archives repository
for the State of Texas nor its agencies, such as the Department
of Public Safety. Nor are we the official archives repository for
the United States of America or its agencies, such as the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Drug Administration.
Individuals wishing more information on those agencies'
investigations of the Charles Whitman mass murder event may
choose to place a Freedom of Information request directly with
each agency. Alternatively, they may choose to place a Freedom
of Information request with the Texas State Archives or the

11. National Archives and Records Administration. Return to the
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Bartol, C. R., & Bartol, A. M. (2017).
Criminal behavior: A psychological approach
(11th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.
Chapter 9, “Homicide, Assault, and Intimate Partner and Family
Violence” (pp. 247–287)
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