By Dave Cullen December 14, 1999 10:00PM (UTC) The bottom line is a dearth of information, in comparison to the rest of the case. She is the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999. Transcript for What Happened to Dylan Klebold Over Time: Part 3 This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. His parents were pacifists and attended a Lutheran church with their children. To adult eyes, Eric was the obedient one. Eric Harris was born on April 9, 1981, in Wichita, Kansas, which is where he spent … There is just no evidence that he did. Long after I created the first draft of this page (2004), Sue Klebold published her wonderful memoir, A Mother's Reckoning. (The wound is discussed in multiple places, but here is the conclusion.) “I was never for a moment thinking that he was a danger to himself or to anyone else,” she said. Susan Klebold's 2009 essay for O, The Oprah Magazine, I Will Never Know Why. I attributed it to being an adolescent, and it is my deep regret that those behaviours might have indicated something else: depression, perhaps.”Klebold’s book, A Mother’s Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of the Columbine Tragedy, is to be published on 15 February, with all proceeds being donated to charitable foundations that focus on mental health issues. Tom’s mother was Lillian Grace Rae Klebold (1908-1953). (Here's my Vanity Fair piece on Sue's first interview, with Diane Sawyer.) She is the author of A Mother's Reckoning, a book about the signs she missed of Dylan's mental state.. Klebold was born in Columbus, Ohio, and worked in … ___"They thought they had been good parents," Don Marxhausen added. Their teenage son, along with his classmate Dylan Klebold, killed 12 students and a teacher at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, on April 20, 1999. Sue Klebold decided to speak up now because she wants to tell other parents the signs she missed and what she would do differently. Klebold still cannot believe she failed to add up the signs that Dylan was depressed to the point of being suicidal. He married Mary Elizabeth Dewees (1858-1935, born in Illinois), and their son, William Henry Klebold (born 1895 in Pearl, Texas, died 1959 in Toledo, Ohio) was Thomas Ernest Klebold’s father. (Here's, Update Feb 2017: Sue Klebold posted a brave and insightful, this tour de force gets below the who and what of a horrifying incident to lay bare the devastating why. In them, the pair spew nihilistic hatred towards family members, as well as wider society. They then killed themselves in the school library. Sue Klebold, Dylan Klebold's mother, believed that like many parents, she was sure she would have known if something were wrong with her son -- but all that changed after the tragedy. Klebold said she still loves her son and does not believe he was a monster but cannot forgive herself for not realising something was wrong. We can wish she and Tom had some magic insights, but the reality is that the vast majority of teen suicides take their parents by surprise—whether or not they kill other people on the way out. Dylan lived here with his parents Tom, a former geophysicist who ran a … Dylan was born in Lakewood, Colorado, to Thomas and Susan Klebold (née Yassenoff). Over the course of minutes, they would kill twelve students and a teacher and wound twenty-four others before taking their own lives. It is an incisive, empathetic column, not to be missed. The telecast comes nearly … In that process, they also added a few details here and there, through their attorney. Dylan Klebold, along with Eric Harris, shot and killed 13 people and injured 20 at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999. Who Was Dylan Klebold? He had two parents, an older brother; a life that has been largely overlooked in the media storm that followed the tragic shootings. I can totally believe Eric capable of killing Dylan. (A few days after the Virginia Tech tragedy, I published a New York Times op-ed suggesting a different approach with the parents there, hoping for a different outcome.). Tom Klebold was so concerned with Dylan's education that he kept his son out of the neighborhood high school, Chatfield, and sent Dylan to Columbine. ... Eric directed. But brace yourself: it's heartbreaking. Now, she spends her time advocating … Consistent with self-inflicted wound. Subject: Re: Dylan foreshadowing Columbine to his parents Wed Mar 04, 2020 10:59 pm With all due respect, I think you’re reading too much into it. Sue Klebold, whose son Dylan, 17, went on a shooting rampage with his friend Eric Harris, 18, at their high school in Colorado in 1999, says she still thinks about the victims every day. I can totally believe Eric capable of killing Dylan. "Like Capote's In Cold Blood, this tour de force gets below the who and what of a horrifying incident to lay bare the devastating why. Dylan Klebold's Wound Summary. Dylan Klebold’s great-grandfather was Leo Yassenoff, a successful construction businessman in Columbus, Ohio. She clings to the scrap of comfort that her son killed fewer people. It will be outlined here. Dylan Klebold's Toxicology. He had two parents, an older brother; a life that has been largely overlooked in the media storm that followed the tragic shootings. The two then committed suicide in t Now, another seven years on, she goes further, to talk and write in detail about coming to terms with Dylan’s willing participation in the planning of the murders. "Every formula that you can think of for being successful parents and raising decent kids, that is what the Klebolds fit into,'' he said. Just like Byron, Dylan was named after a famous poet (Dylan Thomas). I would earnestly love to learn more from them but I understand their position. ", Explore a Decade of Dave Cullen's Research. Dylan Klebold had written about a “god-like figure” dressed in black, brutally gunning down fraternity-type boys. Her perspective of a mom who sees the severity of her son's depression only in retrospect is invaluable. Sue Klebold decided to speak up now because she wants to tell other parents the signs she missed and what she would do differently. With the Klebolds' consent the teacher said she would turn the writing assignment over to the guidance counselor and see if he thought it should be followed up from but Sue said that … On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. I feel that Dylan was a victim of some kind of malfunction going on in his brain,” she said. These are the only known meetings between the parents of the killers and victims. Dylan killed himself: His blood was found inside the barrel of his gun --> that is the gun used to kill him. A Seemingly Typical Teenager: A photo of Dylan Klebold from the book "A Mother's Reckoning," by Susan Klebold. However, that leaves three other parents, so I'm keeping this page, to help readers with them. On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School and opened fire on their classmates, teachers and staff. But despite her son’s appalling place in history, Klebold still cannot but love him. She is the author of A Mother's Reckoning, a book about the signs she missed of Dylan's mental state. Dylan Klebold. None of the prominent psychologists I worked with on the case expected the Harris or Klebold parents to hold great surprises. Dylan Klebold's Toxicology. Sue Klebold, Dylan Klebold's mother, believed that like many parents, she was sure she would have known if something were wrong with her son -- … In the book, she pieces together every memory she has of Dylan’s childhood, but still finds it almost impossible to match the child she called her “sunshine boy” with the merciless sadist he became, with an expression of “sneering superiority” she had never seen before. The basis for it was for a combination of pain and suffering, added by them being accused of having been irresponsible for not “keeping an eye” on their children. The guilt one feels doesn’t fit in a room, it’s so huge.”. Eric and Dylan's parents provoke the most debate at my events, yet unfortunately, this will be the shortest section on the site. Waco, Columbine, Aurora and Newtown: 20 years of mass shootings that changed (and didn't change) America. Sue Klebold, mother of Columbine shooter Dylan Klebold, will give her first television interview to ABC News’ Diane Sawyer. The event changed the future of the parents of both the shooters, including that of Sue Klebold. He had admitted being unable to control his anger. There is just no evidence that he did. In 2009 Dylan's mother, Susan Klebold, wrote an essay for O Magazine wherein she says that Ms Kelly didn't actually show Dylan's parents the writing as she didn't have it with her during the meeting. United in their cynical view of the world, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold spent their time playing violent video games, dressing in black, and eventually, diving deeply into their mutual curiosity and affection for guns and explosives — or more generally, destruction. They had been influenced by the 1995 Oklahoma bombing, an act of domestic terrorism, and the Oliver Stone film Natural Born Killers. So this page is somewhat moot: you should just go read Sue's excellent book, and/or google the many interviews she did when it came out. Her initial reaction was to flee from all the media attention and seek privacy. A look at how the parents of mass killers cope after the incidents. Susan Francis Klebold (née Yassenoff; born March 25, 1949) is an American author and activist.She is the mother of Dylan Klebold, one of the perpetrators of the Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999. Exclusive: In her first interview since the 1999 school massacre, Sue Klebold tells the Guardian she loves her son but felt ‘self-loathing’ for failing to anticipate his actions, Read Emma Brockes’ interview with Sue Klebold, First published on Fri 12 Feb 2016 17.00 EST. Linda and her husband Tom met with the Harrises and Tom also met with the Klebolds. You love your children,” she said. There have been only three significant articles: David Brooks' 2004 New York Times column, Parents of a Killer. The parents of Columbine killers Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold have often been portrayed as disengaged from the lives of their sons and unaware of the dark paths lying ahead. Sue Klebold finally addressed those questions last October in an essay in O Magazine. It's required reading for anyone interested in the case. Susan Francis Klebold ( née Yassenoff; born March 25, 1949) is an American author and activist. the-everything-frame-of-mind:. Tom and Sue Klebold also agreed through their attorney to fact-check a list of information I compiled prior to publication of the book. Andrew Solomon's excellent, Far From The Tree. Wayne Harris Was a U.S. Air Force Pilot & Katherine Harris Was a Stay-At-Home Mother. None of the killers’ parents spoke out publicly for 10 years, then in 2009 Klebold wrote a first-person article for Oprah Winfrey’s magazine, O. Eric David Harris (April 9, 1981 – April 20, 1999) and Dylan Bennet Klebold (September 11, 1981 – April 20, 1999) were the two American high school seniors who committed the Columbine High School massacre. Dylan's mom wrote a candid, articulate, 5,000-word essay. But her son Dylan was the junior partner in the attack. His name can be found all over the town including on the Jewish Community Center. His name can be found all over the town including on the Jewish Community Center. It was based on a long conversation Brooks had with Tom and Sue Klebold. "Every formula that you can think of for being successful parents and raising decent kids, that is what the Klebolds fit into,'' he said.