Before graduating in 1996, Kevin was on the special-teams squad and was the team's kicker. Kevin now attends the University of Colorado but often returns to Columbine to work out with the football team, said coach Andy Lowry. Eric himself once played Little League baseball. Eric was kind of the total opposite of his brother,'' said Brenden LaPier, who knew the family when they lived in upstate New York from 1993 to 1996. I don't really think he wanted to play baseball all that much.
Experts say teenage killers often grow up under the shadow of a successful, more popular sibling.
Kip Kinkel's older sister was once a popular cheerleader at the same Springfield, Ore., high school where he allegedly killed two students and wounded 20 more after slaying his parents. The Denver Post. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.