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This Is Monsters

Irrational Hatred : Will Cornick

This Is Monsters

Jiles

True Crime

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Season 18 : Killer Kids

Ann Maguire had been teaching at Corpus Christi Catholic College for 40 years and was planning to retire in 2014. Over the decades, she had become a beloved teacher by all of the students. Well, except for one. Will Cornick had developed a completely irrational hatred of the teacher and decided his only option was to kill her.

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0:00.0

Ann McGuire had been teaching at Corpus Christi Catholic College for 40 years and was planning to retire in 2014.

0:08.0

Over the decades, she had become a beloved teacher by all of the students.

0:13.2

Well, except for one.

0:15.2

Will Cornick had developed a completely irrational hatred of the teacher

0:19.5

and decided his only option was to kill her. This is monsters. Oh, William Cornick was born on June 26th, 1998 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

0:56.2

His mother, Michelle, worked as a human resources manager and was devoted to Will and

1:00.6

his older brother, Zach. His father, Ian, was a council executive living with his partner and their young child in an upmarket village near Leeds.

1:10.0

Despite his parents divorce a decade earlier, Will appeared to enjoy a happy home life.

1:15.6

Later a psychiatrist would say his parents were, quote, entirely responsible and caring people.

1:22.1

Will was an intelligent and academically gifted student.

1:25.0

He passed five G.C.C.C. exams a year earlier and had a 100% attendance record at Corpus Christi Catholic College.

1:34.0

Teachers described him as amicable, enthusiastic and conscientious.

1:38.6

He had no criminal record and wasn't subject to scrutiny by social services.

1:43.5

However, his behavior began to change in the months

1:46.2

leading up to the murder.

1:48.4

At the age of 12, Will was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes,

1:52.2

which shattered his dream of joining the British Army.

1:55.6

That diagnosis seemed to trigger a significant shift in his attitude and behavior.

2:00.8

He began harboring intense anger towards his Spanish teacher and McGuire.

2:05.0

Ann Connor was born on April 5th, 1953.

2:10.0

She grew up in a loving family with her parents Esther and Joseph Connor.

2:14.0

Anne's passion for education was evident from a young age and she had always dreamed of becoming a teacher.

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