"I don't want to die before I had the pleasure of fucking some girl."
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Robert Poulin (1957 - 27 October 1975) was an 18-year-old former student responsible for a rampage-style school shooting at St. Pius X High School which saw the death of a classmate and wounding five others before he took his life by a single shotgun blast to the head. [1][2]
Before the shooting, Poulin had lured a neighbor, 17-year-old Sri Lankan girl named Kim Rabot to his bedroom. It was there where he had raped, sodomized, stabbed and asphyxiated her before setting fire to his house. [1][2]
Early Life
Robert Poulin was born to Stuart and Mary Poulin. Stuart was a former pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force working as an elementary teacher whilst his mother worked as a nurse. By all accounts they were loving parents. The Poulin family resided at 5 Warrington Drive, a two-and-a-half story Tudor-style home in South Ottawa.[1][3]
Robert was noted as being a studious and keenly intelligent young man. He greatly enjoyed war-gaming with his small circle of friends in person or over the telephone. Another interest Robert pursued was assembling model airplanes. [3]
Robert was described as "someone who would not hold a grudge". He went to church regularly, and had jobs delivering newspapers and working in a pizza shop. His parents described him as a very conscientious paperboy who at one time had two routes and never missed a day.[1]
While not a loner, Robert had a small circle of friends and was noted as being somewhat socially awkward and quite shy, especially around girls.
Hailing from a military family with his being pilot with the Royal Canadian Air Force, Robert had asperations of following in his father's footsteps. These asperations were dashed after being rejected from the training program due to psychological immaturity and physical conditions such as his poor eyesight and convex chest deformity.[1]
This rejection hit Robert especially hard, leading him into a downward spiral of depression that slowly fermented into resentment.
Obsession with Pornography
One of Robert Poulin's other hobbies was pornography which became a consuming obsession. Unknown to his parents, Robert had rented a post office box for the delivery of the pornography, which he purchased with the earnings from his paper route.
Day of the Rampage
Victims
Killed
- Kimberly Rabot (17)
- Mark Hough (17)
Wounded
- Marc Potvin (18)
- Terry Vanden Handenberg (18)
- Michael Monette (17)
- Barclay Holbrook (16)
- Kurniadi Benggawen (16)