Dylann Roof Parents

Roof was born in columbia south carolina to franklin bennett roof nicknamed benn a carpenter and a construction contractor and amelia amy cowles a bartender.

Dylann roof parents.

He allegedly told his victims. His parents had divorced but were temporarily reconciled at the time of his birth. Ben and amy roof have been named as the parents of dylann storm roof the 21 year old who opened fire inside emanuel african methodist episcopal ame church in charleston south carolina killing 9 people. This photo on dylann roof s facebook page shows roof with an apartheid era south african flag on his jacket.

Little is known about roof s mother amelia amy roof other than her cowles family lineage and her previous marriage to roof s father franklin bennett benn roof. Ac flora principal susan childs posted a letter to parents and students on the. When dylann roof was 14 the rocky marriage of his father and stepmother began to unravel according to court records. The birth came three years after his parents had divorced.

His dad bennett roof had recently moved the family back to. Accused killer dylann roof s father franklin bennett pictured 52 known as benn was verbally and emotionally abusive to his wife during their 10 year marriage the daily mail said friday. Roof was born in 1994 to amelia and franklin b. According to richland county family court records amy and benn were married in february 1988 and divorced in 1991 three years before dylann was born in 1994.

Dylann roof s mother suffered a heart attack not long after prosecutors described how her son planned a cold and calculated killing of nine black church members in a racially. Dylan was arrested today during a traffic stop in shelby north carolina.