Ex-girlfriend of Wisconsin suspect arrested on weapon charge

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Misty Cook, Sikh Temple Shooter's Ex Girlfriend, Arrested On Alleged Gun Charge

Police searching a former apartment of the shooter who killed six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, found a gun and arrested his ex-girlfriend on Tuesday.

Misty Cook lived with Wade Michael Page in Milwaukee until June when the couple split. A team from the FBI and South Milwaukee Police Department looking for evidence related to Sunday's shooting spree in Oak Creek locked up Cook for illegal possession of a firearm, ABC News said.

The 31-year-old nursing student and waitress is barred from owning guns, because of a felony conviction from 2005 for fleeing and eluding a traffic officer, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported.

The seized gun was not related to the temple shooting , according to TV-station Fox 6.

Authorities have said they believe Page, a musician in a skinhead hardcore band, acted alone. The 40-year-old former member of the Army was shot to death by police outside the temple.

Researchers say Cook was part of the white supremacist movement in which her ex-boyfriend was an active member.

The Anti-Defamation League, which monitors extremist groups, released a photograph of Cook wearing a t-shirt of white power group Volksfront and holding a beer bottle.

In 2007 and 2008, Cook was actively involved in Volksfront, the Los Angeles Times reported. She was linked to another neo-Nazi group, Hammerskin, with which Page also had ties.

Cook, her son, and Page moved into the South Milwaukee apartment in November, according to the Journal-Sentinel. Neighbors told the newspaper that the couple kept to themselves and sometimes blared loud music.

Pete Simi, a professor at the University of Nebraska, met Page 10 years ago while researching hate groups. Page told him the neo-Nazi thinking first appealed to him when he was in the Army. Simi believed that Page was a heavy drinker and had never come to grips with his parents divorce nor his mother's death.

UPDATE: The FBI now says that Page died from a self-inflicted gunshot after being wounded by police.

I was wondering how long it would take for her name to be released. No surprise that she was also involved in white supremacist movement, sadly.

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Pete Simi, a professor at the University of Nebraska, met Page 10 years ago while researching hate groups. Page told him the neo-Nazi thinking first appealed to him when he was in the Army. Simi believed that Page was a heavy drinker and had never come to grips with his parents divorce nor his mother's death.>>>>

Wait a minute, I thought his mother had already come out and made a statement after learning what her son did....... I thought it odd she had no contact with her son since her divorce with his dad IIRC.

I wondered what effect his mom bailing on him might have had on the development of the Shooter.

I think Timothy McVeigh was also raise without his mother.

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Pete Simi, a professor at the University of Nebraska, met Page 10 years ago while researching hate groups. Page told him the neo-Nazi thinking first appealed to him when he was in the Army. Simi believed that Page was a heavy drinker and had never come to grips with his parents divorce nor his mother's death.>>>>

Wait a minute, I thought his mother had already come out and made a statement after learning what her son did....... I thought it odd she had no contact with her son since her divorce with his dad IIRC.

I wondered what effect his mom bailing on him might have had on the development of the Shooter.

I think Timothy McVeigh was also raise without his mother.

I believe that was his step-mother that made the statement and his biological mother died.

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Pete Simi, a professor at the University of Nebraska, met Page 10 years ago while researching hate groups. Page told him the neo-Nazi thinking first appealed to him when he was in the Army. Simi believed that Page was a heavy drinker and had never come to grips with his parents divorce nor his mother's death.>>>>

Wait a minute, I thought his mother had already come out and made a statement after learning what her son did....... I thought it odd she had no contact with her son since her divorce with his dad IIRC.

I wondered what effect his mom bailing on him might have had on the development of the Shooter.

I think Timothy McVeigh was also raise without his mother.

That was his step mother, hence she hadn't had contact with him for a long time.

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Pete Simi, a professor at the University of Nebraska, met Page 10 years ago while researching hate groups. Page told him the neo-Nazi thinking first appealed to him when he was in the Army. Simi believed that Page was a heavy drinker and had never come to grips with his parents divorce nor his mother's death.>>>>

Wait a minute, I thought his mother had already come out and made a statement after learning what her son did....... I thought it odd she had no contact with her son since her divorce with his dad IIRC.

I wondered what effect his mom bailing on him might have had on the development of the Shooter.

I think Timothy McVeigh was also raise without his mother.

Here we go on the "single parents raise criminals" rant again.

Edited August 8, 2012 by Evylin

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Here we go on the "single parents raise criminals" rant again.

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Here we go on the "single parents raise criminals" rant again.

Are you saying there is not a huge connection with single mothers producing criminals at much higher rates than in-tact families?

That was his step mother, hence she hadn't had contact with him for a long time.

Thanks for that clarification.

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Are you saying there is not a huge connection with single mothers producing criminals at much higher rates than in-tact families?

Plenty of single mothers raise children who are not criminals, not sure why you brought that up though? The mother is dead. Plenty of single fathers raise children who are not criminals too. I know of many examples for both.

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Are you saying there is not a huge connection with single mothers producing criminals at much higher rates than in-tact families?

Thanks for that clarification.

I'm not saying there's not a connection at all, nor have I ever said anything like that. The way you speak of it, though, is such a huge generalization that it's offensive. There are single parents out there that do a better job at raising their kids than an "intact family" does.

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I'm not saying there's not a connection at all, nor have I ever said anything like that. The way you speak of it, though, is such a huge generalization that it's offensive. There are single parents out there that do a better job at raising their kids than an "intact family" does.

Bad parents can be single or married.

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Plenty of single mothers raise children who are not criminals, not sure why you brought that up though? The mother is dead. Plenty of single fathers raise children who are not criminals too. I know of many examples for both.

Amen Sis, I know parents who used drugs in front of their kids who raised children who were not criminals.

In fact there are people who up until today are living not far from the Chernobyl Nuke plant disaster...... and show no ill effects.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/living-in-chernobyl-radioactivity-that-s-nonsense-a-412954.html

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Seriously, the "sis" thing needs to stop.

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Seriously, the "sis" thing needs to stop.

Trust me, it means nothing negative in fact it is more of a friendly term.

Don't be so sensitive, we use "Bro" quite often and no one assumes it means anything.

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Trust me, it means nothing negative in fact it is more of a friendly term.

Don't be so sensitive, we use "Bro" quite often and no one assumes it means anything.

Bro is just as obnoxious.

My husband calls me bro to irritate the ####### out of me.

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Bro is just as obnoxious.

My husband calls me bro to irritate the ####### out of me.

I do that to my husband too

Edited August 8, 2012 by Nina~