Angela Denice Dales was 33 when she was killed during the mass shooting at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia, on January 16, 2002. A White/Caucasian law student and single mother, she was shot after the gunman, a former student identified as Peter Odighizuwa, entered campus armed with a .380 caliber handgun and first killed the law school’s dean, L. Anthony Sutin, and Professor Thomas Blackwell. Three other students were wounded during the attack.

Odighizuwa was subdued by a group of students and arrested the same day. He was charged with three counts of capital murder and three counts of attempted capital murder; at arraignment he said he was sick and needed help. Initially found incompetent to stand trial in 2002, he was later restored to competency and by 2005 pleaded guilty, a plea that avoided the death penalty.

Does anyone have memories of Angela’s time at the school or details about her life that could add to her story?