University of Idaho President Duane Nellis said the psychology professor who gunned down Katy Benoit of Boise and then took his own life two months ago had disclosed his disorder shortly after he was hired in 2007.
From the Associated Press
The employment records of former University of Idaho psychology professor Ernesto Bustamante will be released Wednesday, two months after he killed graduate student Katy Benoit.
From the Lewiston Tribune
Ernesto Bustamante left in his wake a premeditated and violent crime.
And a voluminous virtual paper trail: an estimated 70,000 emails over the course of four years teaching psychology at the University of Idaho.
Editorial from the Idaho Statesman
2nd District Judge John Stegner has ordered the personnel records of former UI Professor Ernesto Bustamante released, in a court case in which the University of Idaho and media organizations from across the state appealed to the court to see if privacy protections for state personnel records persist after the employee is dead; Bustamante shot himself to death after police say he fatally shot UI student Katy Benoit outside her Moscow home. “This provides us with what we sought: a clear path forward,” University of Idaho general counsel Kent Nelson said in a statement. “It has always been the university’s intention to be as open and transparent as the law allows in this matter.” Click below for a full report from the Lewiston Tribune and the Associated Press.
From Eye on Boise/The Spokesman-Review