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Claudia Marilyn Rutt, age 18
Lost to gun violence on August 1, 1966 in Austin, Texas.
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News sources:
- Murderpedia.org
- Behind the Tower: The Victims – Behind the Tower
- "Texas sniper" Charles Whitman : pictures, causes of the fire
- National Enquirer: Charles Whitman — Timeline Of The Texas Tower Bloodbath
- University of Texas tower shooting - Wikipedia
Also killed were:
- Baby Boy Wilson
- Dr. Robert Hamilton Boyer, age 33
- Edna Elnora Rose Townsley, age 51
- Harry Walchuk, age 38
- Karen Joan Griffith, age 17
- Margaret Whitman, age 43
- Marguerite Gabour Lamport, age 56
- Martin Jerome "Mark" Gabour, age 16
- Officer Billy Paul Speed, age 23
- Paul Bolton Sonntag, age 18
- Roy Dell Henry Schmidt, age 29
- Thomas Aquinas Ashton, age 22
- Thomas Frederick Eckman, age 18
- Thomas Ray Karr, age 24
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