Columbine documents released

More than 900 pages of documents seized from the homes of the Columbine killers were made public Thursday.

The writings, scribblings and drawings were taken, along with audio and videotapes, from the homes of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold after the 1999 shooting.

The 946 pages include diaries, violent drawings and messages the two boys wrote to each other in their year books and a journal kept by Eric Harris' father Wayne.

Eric Harris' writings include reports written for school about Charles Manson and Nazism. Another selection included in the papers is a prediction for Harris' then upcoming senior year. There is also a short story written by Dylan Klebold about a man in a black trenchcoat who is taunted by and kills "preps".

Jefferson County Sheriff Ted Mink said he wants these documents to help mental health professionals by helping them identify warning signs by troubled teens today. Mink hopes to prevent another Columbine-type incident.

"I think these boys are a tragic example of kids that got lost," said Barbara McCombs. McCombs is a research psychologist at Denver University who studies school violence. She said these documents provide a picture of general hatred without specific reasons. "Was there something that triggered that? Was there an incident in school? Was there something that happened at home? I didn't see that," McCombs said.

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