Someone told me a story about this graduate student killed his advisor using a hammer.
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Theodore Streleski was a graduate student in mathematics at Stanford University who murdered his former faculty adviser, the professor Karel de Leeuw, with a ball peen hammerin August 1978. Shortly after the murder, Streleski turned himself into the authorities, claiming he felt the murder was justifiablehomicide because de Leeuw had withheld departmental awards from him anddemeaned Streleski in front of his peers. Streleski described how atone point, de Leeuw had insulted his shoes.
Streleski had been pursuing his doctorate in the mathematics department for nineteen years and he felt that the Stanford faculty was unfairly withholding his promotion. Streleski also confessed to having the names of de Leeuw's colleagues on a "hit list".
During his trial Streleski told the court he felt the murder was "logically and morally correct." Streleski was convicted of second degree murder and he served seven years in prison for his actions.
Streleski was eligible for parole on three occasions, but turned itdown as the conditions of his parole required him to not set foot onthe Stanford campus. Upon his release, he said, "I have no intention ofkilling again. On the other hand, I cannot predict the future."
