[Vision2020] Professor/Student Romance Behind Murder-Suicide

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of KHQ at:

http://www.khq.com/story/15328222/professor-student-romance-ends-in-murder-suicide

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Professor-student romance ends in murder-suicide

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Police say a former University of Idaho professor killed himself after fatally shooting a graduate student he had recently dated.

The body of 31-year-old Ernesto Bustamante was found early Tuesday in a Moscow hotel room. Police say he apparently shot himself in the head with a revolver. A day earlier, 22-year-old Katy Benoit was shot to death on the front porch of her Moscow home.

Her two roommates told police they had been baking cookies late Monday when Benoit stepped outside for a cigarette and about two minutes later, they heard gunfire.

Benoit's roommates told police they had been concerned for her well-being because Bustamante had weapons and multiple personalities.

A friend of Bustamante told police that Bustamante referred to himself as a "psychopathic killer" and "the beast."

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It seems to me that UI management must have been aware of Bustamante's "condition".  Or did they simply ignore it?

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
 
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