MURDERED: Fiona Yu
An ASU student comes home one afternoon in 1997 to find her roommate, Fiona Yu, clinging to life in their shared apartment. She had been sexually assaulted, beaten, and left for dead. Though DNA evidence was left at the scene, the case goes cold. When other attacks of young women in the area are reported and their cases closed, there is hope that a connection will shed light on Fiona’s…
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An Arizona Republic article on the crimes of Lee Comier, Jr. and Derrick Wood, published on October 16, 1997.
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Episode Source Material
- Prime Video: Murder Reopened: Campus Killer (season 1, episode 1).
- Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ): Slain coed possibly knew killer by Jim Walsh via newspapers.com.
- Tucson Citizen (Tucson, AZ): 2 teens arrested in ASU rape cases via newspapers.com.
- Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ): Rape suspect may be held in murder by Jim Walsh via newspapers.com.
- Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ): DNA, blood on victim don’t match by Judi Villa via newspapers.com.
- Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ): Cold Case of the week: ‘Blitz attack’ on coed via newspapers.com.
- Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ): Detective, brother won’t give up on murder by William Hermann via newspapers.com.
- 12 News/KPNX-TV (Mesa, AZ): New DNA technology could help police solve 20-year-old Tempe murder.
- AZ Central/The Arizona Republic (Phoenix, AZ): Snapshot DNA technology revives ASU student’s 20-year-old cold case by Sean Na.
- The Arizona Republic: Rapes provoke anxiety at ASU by Melissa L. Jones.
- The Arizona Republic: Coed remembers afternoon of terror, tells jury of brutal ‘97 sexual assault by Judi Villa.
- United States District Court for the District Court of Arizona: Lee Comier, Jr. v. Dora B. Schriro, et al.
- The Arizona Republic: Report profiles rapes’ brutality. Police: ASU coeds feared for lives by Jim Walsh.
- Arizona Daily Sun: Man charged with attempted kidnapping of ASU women by The Associated Press.
- The Arizona Republic: Phoenix homicides at record pace as 2 are killed by William Hermann.
- The Arizona Republic: Stalker forces ASU Asian women to be concerned for their safety by ????.
- The Arizona Republic: Police: Man admits stalking Asian women near ASU by ????.
- AZ Central (Phoenix, AZ): Chandler police use DNA to make arrest in 2 cold-case rapes from 1997 by Grace Oldham.
- Maricopa County Attorney’s Office (Phoenix, AZ): DNA Match Leads to 10-Year Sentence for Cold Case Rapist.
- The Tucson Citizen: Police offer sketch of young rapist by David L. Teibel.
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