Peachtree City woman was among the victims last

week of one of the worst mass killings ever in

the metro Atlanta area.

According

to published reports, Vadewattee Muralidhara had

recently taken up Internet trading and was taking

a computer course at the Piedmont Center office

complex in Buckhead when Mark O. Barton arrived

and went on his shooting rampage.

Muralidhara

was in the offices of the Atlanta All-Tech

Investment Group when she was shot Thursday

afternoon, along with many others in the area.

Nine people were killed in Buckhead, and nine

others were injured.

Barton

also murdered his wife and two children in

Stockbridge, and later took his own life.

Muralidhara,

44, was a native of Trinidad and Tobago who moved

to Peachtree City from Swainsboro about six

months ago with her family. She met her husband,

a native of India, in Trinidad and Tobago, and

the family moved to the United States in 1994.

Ironically,

her family and friends said the reason they moved

to this country was to get away from crime.

Her

survivors include her husband, Dr. Kesturkoppal

Muralidhara, a Peachtree City pediatrician, and

two children - her son Rishi and daughter

Arti, also of Peachtree City.

Funeral

services were conducted Sunday at Carmichael

Funeral Home in Peachtree City. The service was

conducted according the Hindu religion, of which

Mrs. Muralidhara was a devout practitioner,

having recently returned from a pilgrimage to

India.

Further

plans include burial in Trinidad this week,

according to a spokesperson for Carmichael.