The number of fatalities at the Columbine High School increases almost three decades later

Denver – Almost 26 years later, the massacre of the Columbine High School officially called for a different life.

The Coroner’s Office by Jefferson County, in a newly completed autopsy report, decided last month the death of Anne Marie Hochhalter, a 43-year-old who was paralyzed at the 1999 shootout.

Hochhalter died of sepsis with complications from paraplegia due to two gunshot wounds that served as a “significant factor”, wrote Dr. Dawn B. Holmes, a forensic pathologist in the forensic doctor’s office, in the 13-page report.

Holmes’ decision that “the type of death is best classified as murder” means the number of fatalities from April 20, 1999, increases the shootout at school to 13 students and a teacher. The two murderers have committed suicide.

Hochhalter, who died in her house in Westminster on February 16, was paralyzed in the back after the shot. She spent the rest of her life in a wheelchair with persistent health problems. However, after their death of the Denver Post, the relatives said that despite their medical complications and grief, they never wanted to be portrayed as a victim.

Hochhalter lived a rich life, surrounded by friends, relatives and dogs. She campaigned for the disabled community and had an affinity for playing musical instruments.

“She was violently independent,” said Sue Townsend, stepmother of 18 -year -old Lauren Townsend, who died at the shootout in Columbine, to The Post “She was a fighter. She was put down -she had a lot of health problems that came from the shootout -but I would watch her up again. who were not so strong in the disabled community.

The others who were killed in columbine that day include Cassie Bernall, 17; Steve Curnow, 14; Corey Depooter, 17; Kelly Fleming, 16; Matt Kechter, 16; Daniel Mauser, 15; Daniel Rohrbough, 15; William “Dave” Sanders, 47; Rachel Scott, 17; Isaiah Shoels, 18; John Tomlin, 16; and Kyle Velasquez, 16.