Trevor Varinecz

How they died

Deadly force

With a high-functioning form of Asperger's syndrome, the mental stability of Varinecz declined when his individual mentoring time at school was cut from 900 hours to 45 hours per week. He ended up stabbing a school resource officer seven times with a WWII bayonet, who shot him dead in self-defense. Evidence suggested a deliberate suicide. The family's wrongful death suit was settled for $175K.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Trevor Varinecz, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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