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December 16, 2011 in Idaho
Police: UI murder-suicide investigation finished
Katy Benoit in an undated photo provided by the Moscow (Idaho) Police Department, via The Lewiston Tribune. The University of Idaho graduate student was shot and killed by former University of Idaho professor Ernesto A. Bustamante on Aug. 22, 2011.
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BOISE — Police have completed an investigation into the murder of a University of Idaho graduate student, finding a professor acted alone when he killed her outside of her home in Moscow and then committed suicide.
Police say Ernesto Bustamante resigned from the university Aug. 19 and three days later, gunned down 22-year-old Katy Benoit. Bustamante later checked into a hotel, requested an 11 a.m. wake-up call for the next day, and then turned a gun on himself.
The Moscow Police Department announced Friday it had finished its investigation into the deaths.
Police say Bustamante had created files on his personal computer that including Benoit’s class schedule and her home address. Police identified a .45 caliber handgun recovered in Bustamante’s hotel room as the weapon used to kill Benoit.
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RedCedar on December 16 at 10:07 a.m.
Once again, if I could implant one simple idea into the foggy brains of people contemplating performing a murder-suicide, it would be this: FIRST do the suicide. If that works, then do the murder.
PassinThru on December 16 at 11:16 a.m.
Wow, this is HUGE NEWS! I am amazed that in less than 4 months, an official announcement is made that this investigation is over. They were not only able to conclude who died, but who dunnit, too! Super sleuths, I’m tellin’ ya!
Great job reporting this mystery to us all these months, Jimmy Olson! Now, scamper over to Pullman and get today’s big scoop on the new coach!