Reddit reviews Murder in the Stacks: Penn State, Betsy Aardsma, and the Killer Who Got Away
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Betsy Aardsma at Penn State in 1969 is an interesting one, in my opinion. She was a grad student attacked in the Pattee Library's "Stacks" one evening while researching, but nobody'd realized she'd been stabbed until she arrived at the hospital. Her red dress and minimal blood apparently led people to think she'd simply had a seizure.
It's also possible her murderer told people "Somebody better help that girl" as he fled the scene. Murder in the Stacks by David DeKok (2014) puts forward a fairly compelling theory about her potential attacker. Tragic to think such a high-profile murder with multiple possible witnesses has gone unsolved so long.
I really enjoyed Who Killed Betsy? by Derek Sherwood. It's about Betsy Aardsma, who was stabbed once in the heart and killed in a library at Penn State University in November 1969. You can learn more at the author's web site
There's another book about the murder that I haven't read yet. It seems to come to the same conclusion. I need to read that one too.
Edited to fix a run-on sentence
https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Stacks-State-Aardsma-Killer/dp/0762780878
https://www.amazon.com/Who-Killed-Betsy-Uncovering-Universitys/dp/0615498116/ref=pd_aw_fbt_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=WRHCSF7SQX8DEBWWTP26
Both books name Richard Haefner
Links for books on the Aardsma case: Who Killed Betsy? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006K15DY6/ref=cm_sw_r_an_am_at_ws_us?ie=UTF8
Murder in the Stacks https://www.amazon.com/dp/0762780878/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_aVmGub1FMTZTG
I just bought this book last week Murder in the Stacks by David DeKok. I haven't got around to reading it yet though. Here's a link to a live chat recap the author did. Live chat recap
Always was one of the most mysterious cases ever to me.