Amy Bishop was born on February 4, 1968 (Dunlop, 2010) to Sam Bishop and Judy Bishop. They lived in Iowa City, where her father worked on his graduate artwork at the University of Iowa. Bishop was a bright, empathetic girl who loved playing with her toys. The family eventually moved to Massachusetts where his father got a teaching job. They settled in Braintree in 1968 and Seth was born later that year (Keefe, 2013). Amy was asthmatic and was often sent to the emergency room, which led to her passion for science. At school Bishop played the violin and her brother asked her if he could play too. The two of them seemed to have a sibling rivalry and Amy was very competitive. In 1985, the bishop's house was burglarized and robbed, which led to her father purchasing a gun, a target of Amy and her mother; but his father always kept the gun empty (Keefe, 2013). For starters, growing up Amy and Seth shared a seemingly ideal childhood in Braintree, Massachusetts, a small town south of Boston. Amy took after her father as a bookworm while Seth took after his mother who was an avid horsewoman involved in local politics. Bishop excelled in school and was an exceptionally good student and a devoted violinist. She was also quiet, almost invisible at Braintree High School. Bishop was very close to her brother claiming he saved her life after she almost fell off a cliff. Both brothers chose to attend their father's alma mater when it came time for college. Also, on December 6, 1986, Amy and her father got into an argument. Amy, angry at her father, went to his bedroom where he keeps the gun, which he bought after being robbed. Amy told her mother that there was a bullet in the gun and that she didn't... middle of paper... Broussard, might seek the death penalty. Bishop is charged with “one count of capital murder and three counts of attempted murder.” If convicted, she would face life in prison without parole or death. (Hawkins, 2010). In conclusion, Amy Bishop, also known as The Deadly Professor, started a shooting during a department faculty meeting. No one knows for sure what led Bishop to this chain of events, but his background states that he had prior experience involving murder, assault and battery and a possible suspicion of creating a pipe bomb. Her lawyer, however, says Bishop simply couldn't handle being rejected from the job and this perhaps set her off due to all the stress gained from being the breadwinner. On September 24, 2012, Bishop was charged with capital murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole (Reeves, 2012).