On this day, Feb. 16, in 1988, a man obsessed with a co-worker kills seven employees of a high tech company in Sunnyvale, Calif., in a case that became a national emblem of workplace violence.
For four years, Richard Farley stalked ESL Inc. co-worker Laurie Black, writing 200 letters to her, calling her office every few hours and showing up at her aerobics class. He was able to obtain information from her personnel file.
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The day before Farley was to appear in court to face a permanent restraining order, he drove his motor home to the company parking lot and walked into the office building armed with 100 pounds of guns and ammunition. Black was wounded in the gunfire but survived.
Farley was convicted of seven counts of first-degree murder and remains on death row at San Quentin.
— Scott McCabe
