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Idaho college students discuss records of murder-suicide professor

Last updated Saturday, October 29, 2011 - 4:34pm

MOSCOW, Idaho -- Since the Thursday release of former professor Ernesto Bustamante's records from the University of Idaho, members of the public have been able to learn more about the events leading up to his shooting murder of graduate student Katy Benoit in August. The UI professor committed suicide at a Moscow hotel hours after killing Benoit.

For students on the UI campus, the release of Bustamante's files is an opportunity to examine their school's process when responding to complaints of sexual harassment involving staff. On June 12, Benoit contacted the university to file a sexual harassment complaint against Bustamante, and English junior Jasmine Warne-Rowe of Eugene, Ore., said she wanted to "double check" the UI's response.

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Files show Idaho murder-suicide professor was dealing with mental illness

Joel Mills Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Friday, October 28, 2011 - 8:50am

MOSCOW, Idaho -- Thousands of documents released Thursday by the University of Idaho depict Ernesto Bustamante as a brilliant academic whose personal life was marred by relationships with students and mental illness.

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University counsel Kent Nelson, left, speaks while U.I. President Duane Nellis listens at a news conference announcing the release of former assistant professor Enesto Bustamante's personnel records Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011, in Moscow, Idaho. Bustamante a psychology professor who gunned down a graduate student he had dated and then took his own life two months ago had disclosed his bipolar disorder shortly after he was hired in 2007, according to a timeline released Wednesday. (AP Photo/Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Geoff Crimmins)

Idaho university students complained about professor leading up to murder-suicide

Brandon Macz Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Last updated Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 10:38am

MOSCOW, Idaho -- A time line of Ernesto Bustamante's dealings with the University of Idaho beginning in August 2007, when he was first employed as an assistant professor of psychology, states early on he disclosed his bipolar disorder to department chair Ken Locke.

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Idaho university's gun ban goes to court

Holly Bowen Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Last updated Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 8:39am

MOSCOW, Idaho -- The University of Idaho and one of its law students faced off in Latah County Second District Court on Wednesday afternoon regarding the university's ban of weapons in on-campus student apartments.

UI law student Aaron Tribble filed the lawsuit against the university in January and motioned for summary judgment in March. Judge John Stegner denied that request and set Wednesday as the final summary judgment hearing date.

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Skittish Idaho university issues warning after domestic dispute on campus

Holly Bowen Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Last updated Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 10:41am

MOSCOW, Idaho -- The University of Idaho issued a security notice Tuesday alerting students, faculty and staff to be on the lookout for a man who was trespassed from campus Monday.

Justin Tillock, 22, of Moscow, was living with a woman at the Elmwood Apartments, a UI student housing facility, until about a month ago. That's when the woman obtained a protection order against him stemming from an alleged assault, Moscow Police Chief David Duke said.

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Judge OKs release of Idaho university shooter's records

Joel Mills Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 2:21pm

MOSCOW, Idaho -- A District Court judge ruled Monday the University of Idaho can release the personnel records of former professor Ernesto Bustamante, who gunned down his student and former sexual partner Katy Benoit in August before killing himself.

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Idaho campus bake sale mocks 'absurd' affirmative action system

Katie Roenigk Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Last updated Friday, September 30, 2011 - 9:20am

MOSCOW, Idaho -- For white men, the cost of a cookie was $2.

Asian American customers paid $1.75, and the total came to $1.50 for black and Hispanic people.

For women? Just $1, please.

Those were the rules at the University of Idaho Youth for Western Civilization "Affirmative Action Bake Sale," which took place Wednesday outside the Idaho Commons.

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Media seek work records of Idaho professor in murder-suicide

Joel Mills Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Monday, September 12, 2011 - 11:50am

Media seek work records of Idaho professor in murder-suicide

UI case goes before judge next month MCT REGIONAL NEWS By Joel Mills Lewiston Tribune, Idaho (MCT)

Sept. 10--MOSCOW -- Second District Judge John R. Stegner will hear oral arguments Oct.

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Idaho professor in murder-suicide had another relationship with student

Brandon Macz Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Last updated Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 2:53pm

MOSCOW, Idaho -- Documents from an investigation by the Moscow police into the Aug. 22 murder of a University of Idaho graduate student by her past teacher and lover, Ernesto Bustamante, reveal he may have threatened to kill another woman and engaged in a sexual relationship with at least one other UI student.

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Court to decide if school can release Idaho professor's work records in murder-suicide case

Brandon Macz Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Last updated Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 10:03am

MOSCOW, Idaho --The University of Idaho sought a court's opinion Monday on whether it can release employment records for former assistant professor Ernesto Bustamante, who killed a graduate student and then himself, last week.

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Police say guns, meds on Idaho murder-suicide professor

Jessie L. Bonner The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, August 26, 2011 - 2:20pm

BOISE, Idaho — A former Idaho college professor who committed suicide after gunning down a graduate student he had recently dated had six guns and medications for bipolar disorder and severe anxiety in the hotel room where he died, police said Friday.

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Friends of Katy Benoit gather for a candlelight vigil in her memory at Friendship Square in Moscow, Idaho, on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011. Benoit was shot and killed outside her Moscow home on Monday. (AP Photo/Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Geoff Crimmins)

Vigil held to remember victim in Idaho murder-suicide

Joel Mills Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Friday, August 26, 2011 - 10:28am

MOSCOW, Idaho -- As the sun set over Moscow Thursday and shadows filled its central square, friends of Katy Benoit gathered in the twilight to remember a young woman who brought a glow to their hearts.

The candlelight vigil to honor the slain University of Idaho graduate student drew about 300 people, including faculty members and others from the UI community still in a state of shock over the violence that struck earlier this week.

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Family of suspect in Idaho murder-suicide makes statement

Brandon Macz Moscow-Pullman Daily News

Last updated Friday, August 26, 2011 - 8:50am

MOSCOW, Idaho -- The family of Ernesto Bustamante, the former University of Idaho assistant professor accused in the shooting death of graduate student Katy Benoit, issued a statement to the Moscow-Pullman Daily News on Thursday expressing their sympathies for Benoit's family and friends.

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This undated photo provided by the Moscow (Idaho) Police Dept. via the Lewiston Tribune shows Ernesto Bustamante. Bustamante, a college professor who alternately referred to himself as a "psychopathic killer" and "the beast" killed himself after fatally shooting a graduate student he had recently dated, police said in newly revealed court documents. (AP Photo/Moscow Police Dept. via The Lewiston Tribune)

Slain Idaho grad's roommates named professor on 911 call

Jessie L. Bonner The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 5:56pm

MOSCOW, Idaho -- In the immediate aftermath of a brutal killing on their porch, the roommates of a slain Idaho graduate student told a 911 operator that they could think of only one person who could have fired the fatal shots -- a college professor their friend had recently dated.

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Idaho lawmaker wants gun safety classes at college following murder-suicide

William L. Spence Lewiston Tribune

Last updated Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 10:14pm

BOISE, Idaho -- An Idaho lawmaker with ties to Moscow wants the University of Idaho to place greater emphasis on gun safety education in the wake of a shooting that left two people dead this week.

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