Young woman 'devastated' after alleged Santa Barbara shooter Elliot Rodger blames her for his bloodthirsty misogyny

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Young woman 'devastated' after alleged Santa Barbara shooter Elliot Rodger blames her for his bloodthirsty misogyny
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The "pretty blonde girl" who alleged Santa Barbara killer Elliot Rodger blamed for his bloodthirsty misogyny is "devastated," her father said Monday. Rodger, 22, said in a manifesto he sent to his parents and others before the deadly rampage, in which police say he killed six people and injured 13 in Santa Barbara on Friday, that the girl was his first crush in middle school, and that he had "started to hate all girls" after she teased and ridiculed him. "She doesn't even remember this guy," her father said.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.