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Formulas, putting them on his own personal computer and taking them home and he got caught. he had a fit. he threw a temper tantrum. he screamed, yelled, cussed. he ended up two nights later, breaking back into our business and he destroyed our computers. he stole all the formulas so that we couldn't manufacture. >> barton was arrested and charged with felony burglary, but he was not prosecuted for this crime. the owners gave him a choice. leave town immediately or go to jail. >> they did not even pack up their belongings. he took his wife, his son, and they left town, sent movers back in to m...

Just one massacre, one terrible episode. and afterwards they kill themselves. >> though a distraught and depressed barton did kill himself after his rampage, he seemed to treat the 1993 murder investigation as if it were a game. >> mark was pretty much playing cat and mouse with us. i never felt like that he would reach a point where he would ask for an attorney and cease any communications with us because he wanted to know what we were doing. >> besides his relationship with leanne, the woman who would later become his second wife, mark barton had one more important incentive to murder, money...

A half million dollars in his day trading ventures. >> he was going to punish all the people that he held responsible -- all the successful ones in the brokerage firms and day trading areas who were making large sums of money when he was failing. they represented everything that he could not achieve. >> criminologist james spock james fox says in many ways, mark barton is characteristic of someone who commits mass murder in the workplace. >> the typical workplace avenger is a middle-aged white male who feels that a good job, a decent salary and benefits is his birthright. he's angry. he blames...

Every place, every street, every building in this area. it's safe to say every law enforcement agent and officer in the metro area is now looking for mr. barton. we must bring him to justice quickly. >> for more than five hours the city of atlanta is held hostage by fear as the police dragnet continues. one hour after mayor campbell's press conference, officer hewell clemens spots mark barton's van on interstate 75. clemens calls immediately for backup. he knows this is a dangerous situation. >> he had done a lot already so i felt like it would have been easy for him to overreact, and i didn't...

An unlikely killer. for more than a decade, he worked as a professional chemist, testing cleaning compounds and developing new products before deciding to start day trading, opening accounts at both momentum securities and all-tech investment group, where he traded for two years. day traders are not generally long-term investors. they make large daily investments in stocks hoping for quick profits on small changes in the stock's price. some of these individuals are risk takers looking to make a fast buck in a high-stakes arena many consider gambling. even in this risky game, barton gained a re...