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Updated at 1:21 p.m., Tuesday, April 17, 2007

More names of victims trickle in

Associated Press

A list of some of the victims of the shootings at Virginia Tech:

Killed:

  • Ross Abdallah Alameddine, 20, of Saugus, Mass., according to his mother, Lynnette Alameddine.

  • Christopher James Bishop, 35, according to Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany, where he helped run an exchange program.

  • Ryan Clark, 22, of Martinez, Ga., biology and English major, according to Columbia County Coroner Vernon Collins.

  • Jocelyn Couture-Nowak, a French instructor, according to her husband, Jerzy Nowak, the head of the horticulture department at Virginia Tech.

  • Daniel Perez Cueva, 21, killed in his French class, according to his mother, Betty Cueva, of Peru.

  • Kevin Granata, age unknown, engineering science and mechanics professor, according to Ishwar K. Puri, the head of the engineering science and mechanics department.

  • Caitlin Hammaren, 19, of Westtown, N.Y., a sophomore majoring in international studies and French, according to Minisink Valley, N.Y., school officials who spoke with Hammaren's family.

  • Jeremy Herbstritt, 27, of Bellefonte, Pa., according to Penn State University, his alma mater and his father's employer.

  • Emily Jane Hilscher, a 19-year-old freshman from Woodville, according to Rappahannock County Administrator John W. McCarthy, a family friend.

  • Jarrett L. Lane, according to Riffe's Funeral Service Inc. in Narrows, Va.

  • Matthew J. La Porte, 20, a freshman from Dumont, N.J., according to Dumont Police Chief Brian Venezio.

  • Liviu Librescu, 76, engineering science and mathematics lecturer, according to Puri.

  • G.V. Loganathan, 51, civil and environmental engineering professor, according to his brother G.V. Palanivel.

  • Daniel O'Neil, 22, according to close friend Steve Craveiro and according to Eric Cardenas of Connecticut College, where O'Neil's father, Bill, is director of major gifts.

  • Juan Ramon Ortiz, a 26-year-old graduate student in engineering from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, according to his wife, Liselle Vega Cortes.

  • Mary Karen Read, 19, of Annandale, Va. according to her aunt, Karen Kuppinger, of Rochester, N.Y.

  • Reema J. Samaha, 18, a freshman from Centreville, Va., according to her family.