Virginia Tech probe yields no motive

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- More than a week after Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people during an early morning rampage at Virginia Tech, investigators have yet to find a motive, despite examining his computers, e-mail and cell phone records.
In an interview Tuesday night with The Associated Press, State Police Superintendent Col. W. Steven Flaherty said authorities have found no evidence that could begin to explain the massacre that ended when Cho took his own life.
Authorities also have no link between the 23-year-old loner and his victims.
Flaherty spoke to the AP after spending the day in meetings with investigators to prepare for a news conference set for this afternoon, where he planned to update reporters and the Virginia Tech community on what authorities have uncovered about Cho's rampage.
Flaherty, who is overseeing the investigative team looking at the shootings, said police also have been unable to answer one of the case's most vexing questions: Why the spree began at the West Ambler Johnston dorm, and why 18-year-old freshman Emily Hilscher was the first victim.
Police have searched Hilscher's e-mails and phone records looking for a link. While Flaherty would not discuss exactly what police found, he said neither Cho's nor Hilscher's records have revealed a connection.
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