1995 SOLVED Murder from Harvard University.

Why Trang Ho: This case is not recent, but thats why it is so important. When you search Trang Ho’s name a lot comes up about her roommate and killer, Sinedu Tadesse, who stabbed Trang to death and then committed suicide. The case touches on the topic of mental health and how it could have altered the course for Trang and Sinedu.  Listen to Victim 1: Trang Ho to learn the specifics of Trang’s case and why it is so important that her legacy lives on forever.

Sources:

·       The Harvard Crimson, “Hostage to The Past: The 1995 Murder Suicide in Dunster”: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/3/23/hostage-to-the-past/

·       The Harvard Crimson, “Tadesse Did Not Merit Victimhood”: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1995/9/13/tadesse-did-not-merit-victimhood-pas/

·       The New Yorker, “Diary of a Murderer”: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1996/06/03/diary-of-a-murder

·       The New York Times, “Harvard Deaths Leave a Puzzle Whose Central Piece May Never Be Found”: https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/05/us/harvard-deaths-leave-a-puzzle-whose-central-piece-may-never-be-found.html

·       Habeshadiaspora, “Remembering A Murder-Suicide at Harvard”: https://habeshadiaspora.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/remembering-a-murder-suicide-at-harvard/

·       LA Times, “2 Premed Students Die, 3rd Woman Hurt in Harvard Murder-Suicide”: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-05-29-mn-7292-story.html

·       CBS News, “1 and 5 college students so stressed they consider suicide”: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/1-in-5-college-students-so-stressed-they-consider-suicide/

·       AP News, “Report: Harvard Student in Murder-Suicide Made Plea for Help”: https://apnews.com/329a8eafcb204f1c453a605cbdd1457e

·       Washington Post, “45 wounds and a noose”: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1995/05/31/45-wounds-and-a-noose-harvard-ponders-student-murder-suicide/c0fdb899-99bb-4489-b748-05e231748ee8/

·       Chicago Tribune, “Stab Wounds Show Student Fought Killer”: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-05-30-9505300131-story.html

·       The Nebraskan, “Harvard Neglects its Students”: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1995-05-30-9505300131-story.html