In 2011, a 22-year-old graduate student in Idaho was baking cookies with friends when she stepped out for a cigarette and was murdered on her porch. Police would soon uncover that an obsessed professor who referred to himself as a “psychopathic killer” had been behind it all. This is the story of Katy Benoit.

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CASE SOURCES

1. Spokesman: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/aug/22/we-dont-shy-away-from-it-university-of-idaho-hon

2. NBC: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna44264056

3. LA Times: https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/nation-now/story/2011-10-27/idaho-professor-who-killed-student-secret-records-revealed

4. Caring Hearts: https://www.caringheartsandhandsofhope.org/pdf/Katy-Benoit-Life-Skills-Dedication.pdfor/

5. 911 Call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEUQQ5c6peg

6. Ernesto's Obituary: http://www.tributes.com/condolences/view_memories/92218602?p=10&start_index=1#

7. D News: https://dnews.com/local/family-friends-at-boise-service-say-katy-benoit-pursued-her-life-with-passion/article_353caaa3-a236-54e4-83dd-50abdfc39fb3.html

8. NPR: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=141740113

9. Katy's Obituary: https://lmtribune.com/obituaries/kathryn-katy-m-benoit-22-moscow/article_78b24e7c-a5b5-5339-a08e-052524d90b9c.html

10. The Times-News: https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/523599834/?terms=katy%20benoit&match=1

11. Idaho Press: https://www.idahopress.com/community/community_columns/we-need-that-house---it-s-critical/article_00a906dd-6fdf-57b1-8e1f-8781a11d0cc1.html