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Peter ODIGHIZUWA

The Appalachian School of Law (ASL) is a fully-accredited private law school
on a four building campus in Grundy, Virginia.

Police booking photo of suspect Peter Odighizuma.

Peter Odighizuwa is escorted into the Buchanan County General District Court for an arraignment in Grundy Va., Thursday Jan. 17, 2002. Odighizuwa has been charged in the deaths of three people at the Appalachian School of Law. The former law student who is accused of killing his dean, a law professor and another student told the judge that he is sick and needs help. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

The victims

MS. ANGELA DENICE DALES
Student

Angela Denice Dales was a life-long resident of Buchanan County. She graduated with a B.A. in History/Political Science and Creative Writing from Virginia Intermont College in 1992. She earned her M.S in Counselor Education from Radford University in 1999. While at Radford, Ms. Dales was a graduate assistant. At the time of her death, Ms. Dales was a student at the Appalachian School of Law. Angela is survived by her daughter, Rebecca.

PROFESSOR THOMAS F. BLACKWELL
Associate Professor of Law

B.S., cum laude, Mathematics, University of Texas at Arlington, 1982; M.A., Philosophy, Duke University, 1986; J.D., with Highest Honors, Duke University School of Law, 1986. He is a member of the Order of the Coif, and was an editor and Style Editor for Law and Contemporary Problems. He is survived by his wife and (his words) "longtime best friend", Lisa, their daughter, Jillian, and their sons, Zeb and Zeke.

DEAN L. ANTHONY SUTIN
Dean and Associate Professor of Law

B.A., summa cum laude, Politics & Economics, Brandeis University, 1981; J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1984. Dean Sutin served as an assistant editor for the Harvard Environmental Law Review and the Harvard Journal on Legislation. Dean Sutin was a judicial law clerk for the United States District Court, Northern District of Texas. Tony is survived by his wife Margaret Lawton and their children, Henry and Clara.