The Bishops seemed like an ordinary two-parent family with two kids. They owned a big Victorian in Braintree, a suburb south of Boston. Samuel was a film professor at Northeastern University. His wife Judith was active in local politics. Seth, 18, was a Northeastern University freshman. Amy, 21, was also at NU, majoring in biology.

On December 6, 1986, Amy had an argument with her father, who owned a 12-gauge shotgun which he kept in his room. After he left the house, Amy went upstairs to his room. Her mother and brother weren't home, but they returned a short time later. Amy took the shotgun downstairs.

Her mother and Seth were in the kitchen. "I have a shell in the gun and I don't know how to unload it,” Amy said. She turned to Seth and the gun went off, striking Seth. He died at the hospital. Amy was never charged. But Seth was not the last person she would kill.

In 2010, Amy, then a professor at the University of Alabama, pulled out a gun at a faculty meeting and went on a shooting rampage. Three people died and three others were critically wounded.
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