Family background is important. Thomas said he still hopes to set up a meeting with the couple. When the stress and the pressure of all this is a little bit less, I think they may decide they do want to talk to us. Klebold and Harris apparently took their own lives shortly after bombing the school and gunning down fellow students and a teacher. The suppliers of a semiautomatic pistol used by the two teen-agers could face criminal charges in the case.
Authorities expect to make at least one arrest in the coming days.
Bob Ransome, an attorney representing the person who sold the TEC-9 to the killers, said there will be a major development in the case this week. At the same time, investigators are looking into the possibility of a wider conspiracy. Jefferson County Sheriff John Stone said it's likely that others had specific knowledge of the assault that Harris had apparently planned for more than a year. A diary confiscated from Harris' house included a detailed plan for the attack. His writings also talked about his desire to kill 500 people and, if he and Klebold escaped the school alive, hijack a plane and crash it into New York City.