Julia Kathleen Pryde was a 23-year-old graduate student in Biological Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech when she was killed on April 16, 2007, in Norris Hall, Blacksburg, Virginia. She was from Middletown, New Jersey, and was in her Advanced Hydrology class at the time of the attack.

The person who carried out the shootings was Seung-Hui Cho, a 23-year-old Virginia Tech student who used two pistols and attacked the campus in two separate assaults that day, killing 32 students and faculty and wounding 17 others. Cho then took his own life. There was no arrest or trial for Julia’s death.

Julia’s parents, Karen and Harry Pryde, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the university alleging negligence for not warning students sooner after the initial dormitory shootings; a jury initially ruled for the Prydes but the Virginia Supreme Court later reversed that verdict. The Prydes were one of two families who did not participate in an $11 million settlement with the state.

If anyone knew Julia or has information about her life at Virginia Tech, please share memories or leads.