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Angela Denice Dales

Case from Grundy, VA dated Jan 16, 2002

Victim Details

Name

Angela Denice Dales

Gender

Female

Race

White / Caucasian

City

Grundy

State

VA

Date Of Death

2002-01-16

Age At Death

33

First Name

Angela

Last Name

Denice Dales

Last Updated

07/09/2026

Case Description

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On a tragic winter day, the life of 33-year-old Angela Denice Dales, a White/Caucasian law student and single mother, was cut short. On January 16, 2002, a former student at the Appalachian School of Law in Grundy, Virginia, named Peter Odighizuwa, opened fire on campus. This act of violence also claimed the lives of Dean L. Anthony Sutin and Professor Thomas Blackwell.

Odighizuwa, a 43-year-old former student, had been dismissed from the school due to poor academic performance. On the da ...

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Appalachian School of Law shooting - Wikipedia

Los Angeles Times: Dean, Professor and Student Killed at Law School in Va.

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