Amy Bishop's Husband's Story Is Changing

On Sunday he said he didn't know anything about a gun and that she was a "loved teacher":

Mr. Anderson talked to The Chronicle outside his home Sunday morning as he and his four children prepared to leave for church. He said his wife believed that her denial had been caused, at least in part, by a miscommunication over whether two papers had been published in time to count toward her tenure bid. While some colleagues have said that she didn't get along well with other professors, Mr. Anderson called her "very personable" and said she was a "loved teacher." There had been no threats or hints of violence, he said, nor was he aware that his wife even had a gun.

Today, he was singing a different tune:

But in an interview with The Chronicle today, he acknowledged that she had borrowed a gun, though he wasn't sure from whom. "She was very cagey and didn't say," he said.

Mr. Anderson said he had told his wife he didn't want the gun around the house because of their children, who range in age from 8 to 18. "Get rid of it," he recalled telling her. "I didn't want to have it. I didn't feel we needed it."

Ms. Bishop, according to her husband, had borrowed the gun and was considering buying it. Last summer, he said, someone followed her across the campus. "She was worried about crazy students," he said.

Sure, you get jumped by a reporter outside your house on a Sunday morning, you might omit some things...especially things you were feeling guilty about. But it looks so far like Anderson did nothing wrong, so he needs to be forthcoming and in every way helpful as the police and others attempt to figure out what the hell happened with Amy Bishop.

posted by Gabriel Malor at 11:13 PM

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