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Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger was born on July 24, 1991 in London, England,[{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-document-20140524-story.html |title=Isla Vista shooting: Read Elliot Rodger's graphic, elaborate attack plan |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |last1=Winton |first1=Richard |last2=Xia |first2=Rosanna |last3=Lin II |first3=Rong-Gong |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=March 18, 2024 |archive-date=March 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320004819/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-document-20140524-story.html |url-status=live}}] to parents [[Peter Rodger]] and Ong Li Chin Tye.[{{cite web |title=Lessons From a Mass Shooter's Mother |url=https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2024/05/threat-assessment-mass-shooting-elliot-rodger-isla-vista-mother/ |last=Follman |first=Mark |work=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517035151/https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2024/05/threat-assessment-mass-shooting-elliot-rodger-isla-vista-mother/ |url-status=live}}][{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/05/27/Ong-raced-against-time-trying-to-stop-son-from-fatal-mistake/ |title=Ong raced against time trying to stop son from fatal mistake |work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]] |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526070949/https://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/05/27/Ong-raced-against-time-trying-to-stop-son-from-fatal-mistake/ |url-status=live}}][{{cite web |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/unloved-us-campus-killer-was-adored-report |title='Unloved' US campus killer was adored: Report |work=[[The Straits Times]] |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526070436/https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/unloved-us-campus-killer-was-adored-report|url-status=dead}}] Peter, a British national,[{{cite web |url=https://qz.com/213553/what-isla-vista-shooter-horrific-manifesto-my-twisted-world-says-about-values |title=What a close read of the Isla Vista shooter's horrific manifesto, 'My Twisted World,' says about his values—and ours |work=[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]] |last=Yang |first=Jeff |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112821/https://qz.com/213553/what-isla-vista-shooter-horrific-manifesto-my-twisted-world-says-about-values |url-status=live}}] is a filmmaker who has directed television commercials.[{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/fullpage/secret-life-elliot-rodger-24322227 |title=The Secret Life of Elliot Rodger |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |last=Springer |first=Andrew |access-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722233422/https://abcnews.go.com/US/fullpage/secret-life-elliot-rodger-24322227 |url-status=dead}}] His mother is of [[Malaysian Chinese]] descent and has also worked in the film industry; after training in health care, she worked as an on-set nurse during production of ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'' (1987) and ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' (1989).[{{cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/elliot-rodger-portrait-of-a-mass-killer-9xnpk7sb7mk |title=Elliot Rodger: portrait of a mass killer |work=[[The Times]] |last=Blakely |first=Rhys |date=June 28, 2014 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526070439/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/elliot-rodger-portrait-of-a-mass-killer-9xnpk7sb7mk |url-status=live}}] His paternal grandfather [[George Rodger]] was a [[photojournalist]] who was well known for his images of [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]].[{{cite web |url=https://forward.com/news/breaking-news/198835/grandfather-of-california-killer-elliot-rodger-too/ |title=Grandfather of California Killer Elliot Rodger Took Famed Concentration Camp Photos |work=[[The Forward]] |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 22, 2024 |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027012018/https://forward.com/news/breaking-news/198835/grandfather-of-california-killer-elliot-rodger-too/ |url-status=live}}] |
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Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger was born on July 24, 1991, in London, England,[{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-document-20140524-story.html |title=Isla Vista shooting: Read Elliot Rodger's graphic, elaborate attack plan |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |last1=Winton |first1=Richard |last2=Xia |first2=Rosanna |last3=Lin II |first3=Rong-Gong |date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=March 18, 2024 |archive-date=March 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320004819/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-document-20140524-story.html |url-status=live}}] to parents [[Peter Rodger]] and Ong Li Chin Tye.[{{cite web |title=Lessons From a Mass Shooter's Mother |url=https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2024/05/threat-assessment-mass-shooting-elliot-rodger-isla-vista-mother/ |last=Follman |first=Mark |work=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]] |date=May 16, 2024 |access-date=May 16, 2024 |archive-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517035151/https://www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2024/05/threat-assessment-mass-shooting-elliot-rodger-isla-vista-mother/ |url-status=live}}][{{cite web |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/05/27/Ong-raced-against-time-trying-to-stop-son-from-fatal-mistake/ |title=Ong raced against time trying to stop son from fatal mistake |work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]] |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526070949/https://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/05/27/Ong-raced-against-time-trying-to-stop-son-from-fatal-mistake/ |url-status=live}}][{{cite web |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/unloved-us-campus-killer-was-adored-report |title='Unloved' US campus killer was adored: Report |work=[[The Straits Times]] |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526070436/https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/unloved-us-campus-killer-was-adored-report|url-status=dead}}] Peter, a British national,[{{cite web |url=https://qz.com/213553/what-isla-vista-shooter-horrific-manifesto-my-twisted-world-says-about-values |title=What a close read of the Isla Vista shooter's horrific manifesto, 'My Twisted World,' says about his values—and ours |work=[[Quartz (publication)|Quartz]] |last=Yang |first=Jeff |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112821/https://qz.com/213553/what-isla-vista-shooter-horrific-manifesto-my-twisted-world-says-about-values |url-status=live}}] is a filmmaker who has directed television commercials.[{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/fullpage/secret-life-elliot-rodger-24322227 |title=The Secret Life of Elliot Rodger |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |last=Springer |first=Andrew |access-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722233422/https://abcnews.go.com/US/fullpage/secret-life-elliot-rodger-24322227 |url-status=dead}}] His mother is of [[Malaysian Chinese]] descent and has also worked in the film industry; after training in health care, she worked as an on-set nurse during production of ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'' (1987) and ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' (1989).[{{cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/elliot-rodger-portrait-of-a-mass-killer-9xnpk7sb7mk |title=Elliot Rodger: portrait of a mass killer |work=[[The Times]] |last=Blakely |first=Rhys |date=June 28, 2014 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526070439/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/elliot-rodger-portrait-of-a-mass-killer-9xnpk7sb7mk |url-status=live}}] His paternal grandfather [[George Rodger]] was a [[photojournalist]] who was well known for his images of [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]].[{{cite web |url=https://forward.com/news/breaking-news/198835/grandfather-of-california-killer-elliot-rodger-too/ |title=Grandfather of California Killer Elliot Rodger Took Famed Concentration Camp Photos |work=[[The Forward]] |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 22, 2024 |archive-date=October 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231027012018/https://forward.com/news/breaking-news/198835/grandfather-of-california-killer-elliot-rodger-too/ |url-status=live}}] |
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Following Rodger's birth, his family moved to [[Sussex]], England, where he enjoyed an affluent and privileged childhood.[{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-shootings-elliot-rodger-s-revealed-as-a-cripplingly-shy-boy-whose-sense-of-alienation-drove-him-over-the-edge-9434060.html |title=California shootings: Elliot Rodger's revealed as a cripplingly shy boy whose sense of alienation drove him over the edge |work=[[The Independent]] |last1=Dutta |first1=Kunal |last2=Walker |first2=Tim |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112822/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-shootings-elliot-rodger-s-revealed-as-a-cripplingly-shy-boy-whose-sense-of-alienation-drove-him-over-the-edge-9434060.html |url-status=live}}][{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10855911/Gunman-wrote-about-his-experiences-at-British-prep-school-and-failure-with-women-before-shooting-spree.html |title=Gunman wrote about his experiences at British prep school and failure with women before shooting spree |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |last1=Edgar |first1=James |last2=Sherwell |first2=Philip |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526070439/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10855911/Gunman-wrote-about-his-experiences-at-British-prep-school-and-failure-with-women-before-shooting-spree.html |url-status=live}}] Li Chin left her work in health care to take care of Rodger and soon bore a daughter. Rodger developed a close relationship with his maternal grandmother, who later moved with his family.[{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/26/california-gunman-elliot-rodger-happy-english-childhood |title=California killer Elliot Rodger remembered happy English childhood |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112821/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/26/california-gunman-elliot-rodger-happy-english-childhood|url-status=live}}][{{cite web |url=https://abc7chicago.com/post/uc-santa-barbara-shooting-suspect-manifesto/76830/|title=UC Santa Barbara shooting suspect manifesto|publisher=[[ABC7 Chicago]]|date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=December 13, 2025|archive-date=July 30, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250730065119/https://abc7chicago.com/post/uc-santa-barbara-shooting-suspect-manifesto/76830/|url-status=live}}] He initially attended [[Dorset House School]], a private, all-boys school in [[West Sussex]].[{{cite web |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11235790.us-killing-accused-describes-sussex-childhood/ |title=US killing accused describes Sussex childhood |work=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]] |last=Barratt |first=Ruari |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526070440/https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11235790.us-killing-accused-describes-sussex-childhood/ |url-status=live}}] When Rodger was five, due to his father's directing career, his family moved to [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles|Woodland Hills]], an upscale neighborhood of [[Los Angeles]].[{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/25/sheriff-mental-health-shortcomings-california-rampage |title=Sheriff highlights mental-health shortcomings after California killings |work=[[The Guardian]] |last1=Carroll |first1=Rory |last2=Pengelly |first2=Martin |name-list-style=and |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112822/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/25/sheriff-mental-health-shortcomings-california-rampage |url-status=live}}] Rodger claimed that his first friend in the United States was the daughter of British musician [[Paul Humphreys]], and that she was his first and only female friend.[{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/us-shooting-girl-devastated-by-link-to-massacre/ODTRK46T432MSTNHX4H2FXFNEE/|title=US shooting: Girl devastated by link to massacre|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|last1=Bates|first1=Daniel|last2=Payne|first2=Will|date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=January 16, 2026|archive-date=December 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204204738/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/us-shooting-girl-devastated-by-link-to-massacre/ODTRK46T432MSTNHX4H2FXFNEE/|url-status=live}}] Rodger then attended Topanga Elementary School.[{{cite web |url=https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2014/05/25/santa-barbara-shooting-suspect-was-soft-spoken-polite-a-gentleman-ex-principal-says/ |title=Santa Barbara shooting: Suspect was 'soft-spoken, polite, a gentleman', ex-principal says |work=[[Whittier Daily News]] |last=Gazzar |first=Brenda |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112828/https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2014/05/25/santa-barbara-shooting-suspect-was-soft-spoken-polite-a-gentleman-ex-principal-says/ |url-status=live}}] |
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Following Rodger's birth, his family moved to [[Sussex]], England, where he enjoyed an affluent and privileged childhood.[{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-shootings-elliot-rodger-s-revealed-as-a-cripplingly-shy-boy-whose-sense-of-alienation-drove-him-over-the-edge-9434060.html |title=California shootings: Elliot Rodger's revealed as a cripplingly shy boy whose sense of alienation drove him over the edge |work=[[The Independent]] |last1=Dutta |first1=Kunal |last2=Walker |first2=Tim |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112822/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-shootings-elliot-rodger-s-revealed-as-a-cripplingly-shy-boy-whose-sense-of-alienation-drove-him-over-the-edge-9434060.html |url-status=live}}][{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10855911/Gunman-wrote-about-his-experiences-at-British-prep-school-and-failure-with-women-before-shooting-spree.html |title=Gunman wrote about his experiences at British prep school and failure with women before shooting spree |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |last1=Edgar |first1=James |last2=Sherwell |first2=Philip |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526070439/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10855911/Gunman-wrote-about-his-experiences-at-British-prep-school-and-failure-with-women-before-shooting-spree.html |url-status=live}}] Li Chin left her work in health care to take care of Rodger and soon bore a daughter. Rodger developed a close relationship with his maternal grandmother, who later moved with his family.[{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/26/california-gunman-elliot-rodger-happy-english-childhood |title=California killer Elliot Rodger remembered happy English childhood |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=February 22, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112821/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/26/california-gunman-elliot-rodger-happy-english-childhood|url-status=live}}][{{cite web |url=https://abc7chicago.com/post/uc-santa-barbara-shooting-suspect-manifesto/76830/|title=UC Santa Barbara shooting suspect manifesto|publisher=[[ABC7 Chicago]]|date=May 24, 2014 |access-date=December 13, 2025|archive-date=July 30, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250730065119/https://abc7chicago.com/post/uc-santa-barbara-shooting-suspect-manifesto/76830/|url-status=live}}] He initially attended [[Dorset House School]], a private, all-boys school in [[West Sussex]].[{{cite web |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11235790.us-killing-accused-describes-sussex-childhood/ |title=US killing accused describes Sussex childhood |work=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]] |last=Barratt |first=Ruari |date=May 26, 2014 |access-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-date=May 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526070440/https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/11235790.us-killing-accused-describes-sussex-childhood/ |url-status=live}}] When Rodger was five, due to his father's directing career, his family moved to [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles|Woodland Hills]], an upscale neighborhood of [[Los Angeles]].[{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/25/sheriff-mental-health-shortcomings-california-rampage |title=Sheriff highlights mental-health shortcomings after California killings |work=[[The Guardian]] |last1=Carroll |first1=Rory |last2=Pengelly |first2=Martin |name-list-style=and |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112822/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/25/sheriff-mental-health-shortcomings-california-rampage |url-status=live}}] Rodger claimed that his first friend in the United States was the daughter of British musician [[Paul Humphreys]], and that she was his first and only female friend.[{{cite web |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/us-shooting-girl-devastated-by-link-to-massacre/ODTRK46T432MSTNHX4H2FXFNEE/|title=US shooting: Girl devastated by link to massacre|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|last1=Bates|first1=Daniel|last2=Payne|first2=Will|date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=January 16, 2026|archive-date=December 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204204738/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/us-shooting-girl-devastated-by-link-to-massacre/ODTRK46T432MSTNHX4H2FXFNEE/|url-status=live}}] Rodger then attended Topanga Elementary School.[{{cite web |url=https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2014/05/25/santa-barbara-shooting-suspect-was-soft-spoken-polite-a-gentleman-ex-principal-says/ |title=Santa Barbara shooting: Suspect was 'soft-spoken, polite, a gentleman', ex-principal says |work=[[Whittier Daily News]] |last=Gazzar |first=Brenda |date=May 25, 2014 |access-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-date=February 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226112828/https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2014/05/25/santa-barbara-shooting-suspect-was-soft-spoken-polite-a-gentleman-ex-principal-says/ |url-status=live}}] |
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