--- description: The American woman who was killed in the attack in London has been identified as Darlene Horton, 64, a retired special education teacher title: London Attack Victim Identified as Retired Special Education Teacher From Florida image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1026065ff681fba1/6988a15ce20a87ceada91f44/darlene-horton1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [london](/tag/london/) ## london Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # London Attack Victim Identified as Retired Special Education Teacher From Florida by [Rosalie Chan](/author/rosalie-chan/) ## Rosalie Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 5, 2016 4:47 PM CUT  epa05456039 A photo provided by London's Metropolitan Police of the knife attack victim who has been identified as 64 year old Darlene Horton. She was killed when a 19 year old Norwegian of Somali origin attacked her and five others in central London late 3 August 2016\. She was the wife of a university professor from Florida University and was reportedly only hours away from flying home EPA/MET POLICE HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES epa05456039 A photo provided by London's Metropolitan Police of the knife attack victim who has been identified as 64 year old Darlene Horton. She was killed when a 19 year old Norwegian of Somali origin attacked her and five others in central London late 3 August 2016\. She was the wife of a university professor from Florida University and was reportedly only hours away from flying home EPA/MET POLICE HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALESMET POLICE—EPA by [Rosalie Chan](/author/rosalie-chan/) ## Rosalie Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 5, 2016 4:47 PM CUT The American woman who was killed in the [knife attack on Wednesday in London](http://time.com/4434815/terrorism-london-uk-bernard-hogan-howe-police/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") has been identified as Darlene Horton, 64, a [retired special education teacher](http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/08/04/wife-fsu-professor-killed-london-stabbing/88068446/ "undefined") from Florida. Horton and five other people [were attacked at Russell Square in London](http://time.com/4438225/london-knife-attack-russel-square/?iid=sr-link7 "undefined"). The other victims, who were Australian, American, Israeli and British, suffered injuries but survived, according to Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley. The 19-year-old suspect was arrested and is now in police custody. Horton began her career in education in the 1980s, [_The Guardian_ reports](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/aug/05/london-stabbing-american-victim-was-an-inspiration-friends-say "undefined"). She was the wife of Richard Wagner, a psychology professor at Florida State University. She and Wagner had planned to return to Tallahassee on Thursday. “There are no words to express our heartache over this terrible tragedy,” FSU President John Thrasher [said in a statement](https://twitter.com/FSUIP/status/761280832808095744/photo/1?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined"). “We are shocked that such senseless violence has touched our own FSU family, and we will do all we can to assist Professor Wagner and his loved ones.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4441084/london-attack-victim-darlene-horton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4441084/london-attack-victim-darlene-horton/"},"headline":"London Attack Victim Identified as Retired Special Education Teacher From Florida","datePublished":"2016-08-05T16:47:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:48:14.710Z","description":"She was killed and five others were injured in the knife attack","url":"https://time.com/4441084/london-attack-victim-darlene-horton/","keywords":["london","tragedy","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1026065ff681fba1/6988a15ce20a87ceada91f44/darlene-horton1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rosalie Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rosalie-chan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1026065ff681fba1/6988a15ce20a87ceada91f44/darlene-horton1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"KNIFE ATTACK VICTIM","caption":"KNIFE ATTACK VICTIM","creditText":"MET POLICE—EPA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/london/","name":"london"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4441084/london-attack-victim-darlene-horton/","name":"London Attack Victim Identified as Retired Special Education Teacher From Florida"}}]}] ```