By Chuck Hustmyre
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After more talking, including a discussion with a mental health counselor, officers went to a magistrate and obtained a temporary detention order for Cho and transported him to an off-campus mental health center for evaluation.
Campus officials did not say how long Cho stayed at the center.
Later in December, 2005, Virginia Tech English Professor Lucinda Roy, then the head of the University's creative writing program, told campus authorities that she was concerned about the violent, hate-filled content of Cho's writing.
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| Professor Lucinda Roy |
"These assignments were for a creative writing course that encouraged students to be imaginative and artistic. The writings did not express any threatening intentions or allude to any criminal activity, and no criminal violation had taken place," Chief Flinchum said at Wednesday morning's press conference.
Professor Roy was so concerned about Cho, however, that during a previous semester, she had taken him out of class and tutored him one-on-one to keep him away from other students.
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| Cho Seung-Hui (Virginia State Police) |
Campus officials took no further action against Cho after December. They also received no additional complaints.
"We did not have any further contact with him after December, 2005," Flinchum said.
Yet, Cho's bizarre behavior continued.
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