The 22-year-old student at Santa Barbara City College complained about how girls were not attracted to him, throwing themselves at “obnoxious men, instead of me, the supreme gentleman.”
After just over two minutes, he said: “On the day of retribution I am going to enter the hottest sorority house of UCSB and I will slaughter every single spoiled, stuck-up blond slut I see inside there.”
Chin Rodger frantically called her ex-husband, Peter, a Hollywood director and photographer, who was dining with his wife and two friends.
Chin called Elliot’s therapist, who told her it was unrelated. He said Elliot promised retribution the following day, and his nature was to stick to such details. By the time Chin and her ex-husband reached the police station, officers confirmed it was their son, and that he and six others were dead by his hand. Astaire said he didn’t have the words to describe their emotions.