Paul Bolton Sonntag

Death by Force

Paul Bolton Sonntag, an 18-year-old male of White ethnicity, tragically lost his life on August 1, 1966, in Austin, Texas. He was a recent graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School and had been accepted to the University of Colorado for the upcoming term. At the time of his death, Paul was working as a lifeguard at the local pool.

Paul's death was part of a larger tragedy known as the University of Texas Tower Shooting. On that fateful day, Charles Whitman, a 25-year-old engineering stude ...Read More

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