Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 26, October 20, 2006
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ASTRONOMICAL Computer engineering KNIGHT OWLS student awarded $10K Knights look to bounce back with win ag~inst by astronaut foundation. improving Rice team -SEESPORTS,A7 -SEE NEWS,A2 FREE ·Published Monda s, Wednesda sand Frida s www.CentralFloridaFuture.com ·Friday, October 20, 2006 SEAN LAVIN ' Staff Writer Battery UCF forensic science stu dent Nhat-Anh Tran loved watching CSI. She dreamed about solving murder mysteries victim after she graduated · ·More than But those dreams died Tues day, when Tran became the vic tim of a deadly stabbing. faces Loe Tran, 30, no relatiorf to Nhat-Anh Tran, was arrested Thursday on a charge of first degree murder in her death. Investigators think Nhat 'just the Anh Tran, known to friends as Anh, and Loe Tran were dis ROBYN SIJ>ERSKY c:ussing the future of their rela Contributing Writer tionship in her home near the Waterford Lakes area Monday A 25-year-old UCF business night. major and Air Force veteran is According to a 911 call at 8:21 scheduled to undergo recon a.m. Tues- structive surgery today to victim' day, Anh repair facial bone damage • Tran's sis "She's resulting when he was beaten· ters, who early Saturday in a parking lot lived with always at The Village· at Alafaya Club. her, "The whole bone structure Loved ones reeling frofll ,..~ff{/1. : knocked on been the around my eye is messed up," her door · said the victim, Doug· Wilgo. "I but got no strong can't even sleep flat on my student's fatal stabbing response, back." said Cpl. one." Police found Wtlgo lying in a Susan Soto pool of blood early Saturday of the -ANNA TRAN after being battered by at least Orange SISTER sixmen, some ofwhom were in County costume. Several witnesses said Sheriff's Office. They forced the they saw the men beating door open and found Anh Tran Wilgo and stomping on his and Loe Tran bleeding from head after he fell stab wounds, according to Soto. "They were pounding; Loe Tran, whose stab punching and kicking my head wounds were said to be life in - stomping on me," Wilgo threatening, underwent sur said gery at Orlando Regional Med Although at least six men ical Center, according to the were involved in the beating, sheriff's office. Anh Tran, 20, only two, Matthew Lilly, 18, of died at the scene. West Palm Beach, and Adam Because there was no sign of Burgoon, 19, ofPalm B~ach Gar forced entry from the outside, dens, were arrested and and because Anh Tran planned charged with misdemeanor on ending the relationship, the battery. · sheriff's office said it was inves Wilgo was taken by ambu tigating the stabbings as a possi lance to Orlando Regional ble attempted murder-suicide. Medical Center, where he was ·~t this point, we've got no indication that there was a dis PLEASE SEE WITNESSES ON A6 turbance or a fight, any noise or anything to arouse [the room mates'] suspicion," said Jim Solomons of the Orange Coun ty Sheriff's office. Anh Tran's sisters said she was more thari just the 48th vic tim ill what appears to be a record-breaking year for slay ings in Orange County. "She's a sister, and pretty much everybody's known her as the victim, and she's not just .1 the victim;' Anna Tran said "If you look at her pictures, in every single one of them she's smiling and there's nothing fake at all. She's always been the strong one." Loe Tran, who was arrested in 1998 on kidnapping charges, COURTESY DOUG WILGO was a registered sex offender, Doug Wilgo, who was punched, kicked and stomped on Saturday, has injuries to his COURTESYROB ERTDITOT A right eye and to the bone surrounding it. Twenty-year-old forensic science student Nhat-Anh Tran was the victim of a fatal stabbing Tuesday. Her boyfriend, Loe Tran, was arrested Thursday on a <h.iirge of first-degree murder. PLEASES EE MURDER ON A6 - Stadium parking, $2.SK reward in fire investigation ; traffic plans aired Classroom 1 blaze is considered · the fourth arson in three months ERIC GRIMMER ing in hopes to answer questions NATALIE ZFAT police cars, several fire truclcl Staff Writer · and alleviate some concerns Variety Editor and a helicopter were at the expressed by local residents and scene. Although the overhead Traffic management, parking other interested individuals. More than a week after fire sprinklers came on and pre plans and the protection oflocal Once· the final traffic man fighters raced into the Class vented any serious fire dam residential neighborhoods from agement program goes into room 1 building to extinguish a age, Det. Jerry Hartsfield of the campus-stadium fans dominat effect, which Carlin said will blaze that started in the men's UCF Police Department said ed the discussion between resi probably not occur until mid restroom, Pet. Juan Bailey of the extent of response vehicles· dents and officials at an open way through the first football the State Fire Marshal's office was necessary. house Monday night. season, a combination of a traf has no leads. "Any time you have a build ''We're giving it our best shot fic signal system, dynamic mes "It might have been done as ing that size, you want to to get this right the first time," sage signs and closed-circuit tel a prank,'' Bailey said after six respond with as many people said Gary Carlin, who repre evision will work to alleviate days of investigating the fire he as possible to make sure ~he sents PBS&J, an engineering CHARLIE BENTON I CENTRALF LORIDA FUTURE traffic congestion. called an arson case. "But we building is evacuated and Although the fire that started in a men's restroom in Classroom 1 on Oct. 11 set off overhead firm that is aiding UCF officials The traffic signal system don't have any suspects at this nobody else goes inside," he spri11klers and did not cause any serious damage, firefighters responded within 10 minutes. in developing an efficient traffic would examine how traffic is tim. e.,, said management and parking pro functioning in the corridor sur The fire, which occurred Hartsfield, who was at the ''We posted a reward. sign in you get the money." gram for the on-campus football rounding UCF. It would then 1 about 4:50 p.m. Oct. 11 in the fire, is working in conjunction the Classroom Helping police "convict this stadium opening next fall adjust the amount of green time building, started when a wad of with the State Fire Marshal's 1 building for $2,500," Harts guy" means naming and direct Carlin, other representatives in each cycle to the flow of traf paper towels was set on fire in office to catch the arsonist. He field said ing them to the arsonist him from PBS&J and UCF officials fic. The goal of the system is to the men's restroom on the first recently lliitiated a unique tac ."It works like Crimeline. self, Hartsfield said. ''We're held an open house in the Art floor. tic he said he thinks might help You can call anonymously and Gallery of the Visual Arts Build- PLEASE SEE GAME-DAY ON AS Ten minutes later, four speed up the case. if you help us convict this guy, PLEASES EE STUDENT ON AS I A2 www.CentralFloridaFuture.com October 20, 2006 • €tnttaf :.Jforiba 31ttu" . ·1'1 AROUND NATION & CAMPUS $10K? Out of this vvorld WO RID .., . News and rwtices for Keep current With headlines the UCF community Student receives scholarship from astronaut foundation you may have missed Fitness orientation Chinese envoy delivers message to The Recreation and Well JAIME JOSHI North Korea as Rice tours Asia ness Center will be holding fit Contributing Writer BEIJING - A Chinese ness orientations today from 11 envoy met North Korean leader a.m. to 5 p.m., with the initial Computer engineering Kim Jong II and delivered a per meeting in Room 204. major Brian Becker was award sonal message from President Hu Jintao on Thursday in the These fitness orientations ed a $10,000 scholarship by the ·~ are scheduled 60-minute ses Astronaut Scholarship Foun highest-level Chinese visit to sions designed to introduce dation on Tuesday. its isolated ally ·since the North's nuclear test last week. students to the machines and Retired astronaut Robert ,, facilities of the recreation cen- Crippen, vice president of the A North Korean general, . ter. foundation, presented the meanwhile, told ABC News For more information or to award that Pyongyang's nuclear schedule an appointment, con 'We at the Astronaut Schol weapons were defensive only tact Stephanie Gaski at ( 407) arship Foundation are very, and would not be sold to third 823-2408 very concerned with the sci parties, but he added that war ence and technology capabili on the peninsula was inevitable Late Knights ties in the U.S.," Crippen said if President Blish continues to Late Knights will hold its "That's why we're very ask the country to "kneel" second event of the year pleased to get students like In response, White House tonight in the Student Union Brian here." .