According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, Bachman (above) was from Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, not far from Philadelphia. He graduated from Cheltenham High School in the mid-1970s and according to people who knew him around that time he was a pretty normal guy, described as smart, charming, and good-looking.
It looked like Bachman was destined for a bright future when he started attending school at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, but something happened that caused a change in him: He witnessed a murder.
According to Shreveport, Louisiana’s The Times, a 20-year-old rugby player named Ken Gutzeit, a friend of Bachman’s from Pennsylvania, died after being stabbed in the neck in front of a fraternity house in New Orleans
Someone who knew Bachman at the time said in an episode of the Netflix documentary series “The Worst Roommate Ever” that the incident was “the kind of traumatic, life-changing event that changes your whole worldview.” While the experience can’t be blamed for Bachman’s future transgressions, it certainly didn’t help matters.
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