Wesleyan mourns slain student as accused gunman is arraigned

Less than two hours later, she was dead, and Morgan was on the run.

Morgan, 29, was arrested Thursday night after seeing his photo in a newspaper and asking a convenience store clerk to call police. Officers found him standing outside the store, 10 miles from the bookstore where Justin-Jinich was gunned down by a man wearing a wig.

Justin-Jinich, of Timnath, Colo., came from a Jewish family, and her grandmother was a Holocaust survivor.

Authorities said Morgan remarked in a journal entry before the killing about all the "beautiful and smart" people at Wesleyan, an elite liberal arts university of 3,000.

"I think it OK to kill Jews and go on a killing spree at this school," he allegedly wrote.

Morgan was arraigned yesterday in Middletown Superior Court. A judge raised his bond from $10 million to $15 million.

Morgan's parents and two sisters attended the brief hearing. Morgan, who spent four years in the Navy before being discharged in 2003 with the rank of petty officer second class, was scruffy and unkempt. One sister wept as he was escorted from the courtroom in shackles by marshals.

Outside court, defense lawyer Dick Brown said Morgan would plead not guilty.

"He denies any effort to target the Wesleyan campus or anyone else," Brown said.

The arrest warrant said Morgan ducked into the bookstore's basement and threatened three employees before fleeing. Police recovered a T-shirt, a wig, a cap, and eyeglasses they say Morgan used to disguise himself, as well as a pistol.

Police found Morgan's journal inside the bookstore, according to the warrant. In Marblehead, Morgan's father, James, identified his son as the man seen in bookstore surveillance photos and described him as a loner.

Wesleyan students mourned Justin-Jinich at a memorial service yesterday.

"She was just an amazing person," said Ali Eccleston, shelter manager of the Animal House dog rescue and grooming service in Fort Collins, Colo., where Justin-Jinich worked as an animal care technician and customer service representative last summer. "She had a great aura, always positive. . . . She was really going to go places."