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Article: 'Natural Born Killers' movie might be a natural scapegoat.(News)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- April 18, 2001
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Byline: Kara Spak Daily Herald Staff Writer
As Luther "Luke" Casteel fired bullet after bullet into a crowded Elgin bar early Saturday morning, he was heard screaming lines from one of his favorite movies, "Natural Born Killers."
Elgin police seized the movie from his house during their investigation, a movie he watched repeatedly in the days before, said his girlfriend, Angela Barnhill of Elgin.
"I was his Mallory," Barnhill said, referring to one of the film's central characters who charge across America on a three-week long slaughter spree. "He wouldn't even call me Angela. He called me 'Mallory.' "
In at least 15 acts of violence, ...