The Texas Tower Sniper Charles Whitman

A.K.A.: "The Texas Tower Sniper"

Classification: Mass murderer

Characteristics: Parricide - Shooting rampage

Number of victims: 15 + 1

Date of murders: August 1, 1966

Date of birth: June 24, 1941

Victims profile: His mother Margaret Whitman (43) / His wife Kathy Whitman (23) / Edna Townsley (47) / Mark Gabour (16) / Marguerite Lamport (45) / Paul Sonntag (18) / Claudia Rutt (18) / Roy Dell Schmidt (29) / Thomas Aquinas Ashton (22) / Thomas Eckmann (18) /Baby Boy Wilson (unborn) / Thomas Karr (24) / Karen Griffith (17) / Doctor Robert Boyer (32) / Harry Walchuk (39) / Billy Speed (22)

Method of murder: Shooting

Location: Austin, Texas, USA

Status: Shot and killed by Austin Police Officer Houston McCoy the same day