Details are beginning to emerge of some of the 32 people murdered by a rampaging gunman at Virginia Tech University.

University authorities said they will not name those killed until all of them have been identified and their families informed.

However, an unofficial list of victims has emerged on a student newspaper website and others have been named by their colleagues, officials and media websites.

Emily Jane Hilscher, a 19-year-old first year student and the killer’s girlfriend, is believed to have been murdered in the first spate of killings at West Ambler Johnston Hall. The killer then went on to murder her neighbour Ryan Clark.