UCSB Friends Were Victims of Circumstance

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Kate Mather, UCSB Friends Were Victims of Circumstance. Los Angeles Times, June 21, 2014.
www.latimes.com/local/crime/la-m ... 20140621-story.html

Quote:

“Chen and Wang were the sons of Chinese immigrants who came to the U.S. via Canada; Hong emigrated from Taiwan.

“Exactly what happened remains unclear [in the apartment where the three were killed]. Santa Barbara Sheriff Bill Brown called it a ‘pretty horrific crime scene,’ saying the three men had been ‘stabbed repeatedly with sharp objects.’  An attorney representing the three families, Todd Becker, said * * * that a knife, a hammer and a machete were used.

“There are many questions, including how the slightly built Rodger could have overpowered the three young men. A sheriff's spokeswoman said investigators were looking into whether the victims had been drugged.

Note:
(a)
(i) circumstance (n): “state of affairs :  EVENTUALITY <open rebellion was a rare circumstance> —often used in plural <a victim of circumstances>”
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/circumstance
(ii) eventuality (n): "a possible event or outcome : POSSIBILITY"
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eventuality

(b) The (English) surname Mather means “a mower or reaper of grass or hay, Old English m?ðere [moethere]. Compare Mead, Mower.”
(c) James Cheng Yuan HONG 洪晟元 (Taiwan)
(d) David WANG  王 伟汉 (Tianjin)
(e) George CHEN  陈 乔治