Why Did a UCLA Professor Become a Target of His Enraged Advisee?
Three years ago, William S. Klug helped a struggling doctoral student revise his dissertation, recover from a shaky oral exam, and successfully defend his Ph.D. The student thanked Mr. Klug for being his mentor and headed to Minnesota to begin a career in industry. Last week, after killing his estranged wife, the former student, Mainak Sarkar, climbed into his 2003 Nissan Sentra, drove nearly 2,000 miles back to the University of California at Los Angeles, and gunned down his mentor, according to the police. Then he turned the gun on himself.