I am not trying to stir the pot, and I think her research was on a very valid, controversial, necessary topic -- but people really don't care that much about honours theses. They are generally not published, are basic in nature (no offense to the writers, they are simply the beginning of someone's academic career so logically limited) and create little to no ripples beyond presenting them to your faculty or at a University fair. If you are lucky, you will be able to continue your research in a larger scale, by continuing on to higher level education with more prominence, or your guiding professor will support you in further drafting, editing, and presenting. It is a long process, and it's likely the only people that knew much of anything about her thesis would be who she told or who knew her academically. While I think the thesis is more relevant than ever in the wake of Loretta's death, I do not think it is tied to her death in any other way beyond a terrible coincidence. It is now an incredible part of her legacy -- but I believe it is conspiratorial to think that an undergraduate honours thesis at a small Atlantic Canadian university would be politically worrisome, or inspire murder.
