The Killer at Thurston High
2000•NR•56m•Released
Documentary
In May 1998, a year before the massacre at Columbine High, 15-year-old Kip Kinkel murdered his mother and father, and then opened fire at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, killing two fellow students and wounding 25 others. In this first in-depth television examination of a school shooter, FRONTLINE reveals the intimate inside story of how the “shy and likeable” Kip Kinkel from a solid middle-class family became the boy police call “a cold-hearted killer.”
Director
Michael Kirk
Writer
Peter J. Boyer, Michael Kirk
Languages
English
Studio
PBS
Cast
Peter J. Boyer
Self - Correspondent
Kip Kinkel
Self
Production
Company
PBS
Producer
Sam Bailey
Producer
Sharon Tiller
Producer
Karen O'Connor
Producer
Michael Kirk
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