[SteveK]

Growing up, if it didn't happen in my home town or the immediate area around Buffalo, NY (Where the new station was), then I never heard about it.
So if some deranged individual was upset with society he/she wasn't fed ideas through media like they are today.

You have to admit that with the speed of the media today there are many many copy cat crimes out there. And if you don't see what appeals to you on or in the media.... head to the web and do a search, it's out there. Just a shame that it gets twisted around the way that it does. That reported wants the story of the decade, but it also feeds the minds of the deranged.