PA PA - Betsy Aardsma, 22, murdered in Pattee Library, Penn State, 29 Nov 1969

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PSU was on the "term system" in 1969. They didn't have two semesters; they had four terms, Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. From what I could gather, Winter either started about a week after Thanksgiving or January.

It is possible that it was tied to registration, but killing Aardsma would guarantee the killer a place in class.
 
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PSU was on the "term system" in 1969. They didn't have two semesters; they had four terms, Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. From what I could gather, Winter either started about a week after Thanksgiving or January.

It is possible that it was tied to registration, but killing Aardsma would guarantee the killer a place in class.
I tend to be open to most theories, but this one seems far fetched to me. I think that either she was killed by a guy she'd rejected (the now-dead future professor) or it was a thrill killing by a psychopath (the future CIA operative).
 
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I tend to be open to most theories, but this one seems far fetched to me. I think that either she was killed by a guy she'd rejected (the now-dead future professor) or it was a thrill killing by a psychopath (the future CIA operative).


I should have said, it would NOT have guaranteed a place in class for the killer.

I know that,when I was there, the school would arrange substitute classes.
 
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This November will mark the 50 year anniversary of this unsolved case.
 
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