Episode 202 & 203: Part 1 & 2- The Gallaudet University Murders

Eric Plunkett (left) and Ben Varner (right)

Sources

• “Police Refuse to Discuss How Texas Student Was Murdered.” Tyler Morning Telegraph, 05 Feb 2001, p.8

• “Killer of Gallaudet Students Awaits Sentence Today.” Tyler Morning Telegraph, 10 Jul 2002, p.21

• “Ex-student pleads not guilty in killings.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 09 Jun 2001, p.18

• “Deaf student admits to slayings, prosecutors say” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb 2001, p.10

• Four Lives Cross Tragically, The Washington Post, 4 March 2001. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/03/04/four-lives-cross-tragically/1d56f5f8-2c7d-4505-b98a-87cf4ce99dcb/ (relied on this source pretty heavily for details about the victim’s lives and their family dynamics).

• “Memorial service held for slain Gallaudet student from Texas.” Victoria Advocate, 17 Feb 2001, p.10

• Diaz, Kevin.“Suspect in Gallaudet slayings says images of hands told him to kill.” Star Tribune, 15 May 2002, p.A3

• Jeff Truesdell, “Campus Murder Mystery: Who Killed 2 Students at a Famed College for the Deaf?” People Magazine, 11 Feb 2019. https://people.com/crime/gallaudet-university-murders-featured-people-magazine-investigates/ 

• “Gallaudet Murders.” On the Case with Paula Zahn, created by Scott Sternberg and Scott Weinberger, season 3, episode 2, 13 November 2010.