67 - The Murder of Betsy Aardsma

On November 28, 1969, Betsy Aardsma was stabbed and killed among the bookshelves of the Pattee Library at Penn State University. 50 years later, the case remains unsolved, with the main suspect having died in 2002.

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SOURCES

“5 refused help, says girl who found slain coed.” New York Daily News, December 1, 1969.

“Beaten coed said improved slightly.” Port Clinton (OH) News-Herald, December 2, 1969.

“Clarion coed admits wounds self-inflicted.” Franklin News-Herald, December 17, 1969.

“Clarion coed slashed.” New Castle News, December 4, 1969.

“Co-ed knifing baffles police.” Oberlin (OH) Review, December 5, 1969.

“Coed buried while slayer hunt continues.” Port Huron (MI) Times-Herald, December 3, 1969.

“No evidence of an intruder at Clarion.” Kane Republican, December 11, 1969.

“Oberlin coed 'fair' in vicious knife attack.” Dover (OH) Daily Reporter, December 1, 1969.

“Ohio U co-ed found beaten.” Akron (OH) Beacon-Journal, November 25, 1969.

“Out of hospital.” Akron (OH) Beacon-Journal, December 11, 1969.

“Probe of attack being continued.” Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader, December 12, 1969.

“Robert G. Durgy.” Lansing (MI) State Journal, December 22, 1969.

“Six killed on state highways.” Lansing (MI) State Journal, December 21, 1969.

“Stab death hunt tries drawings.” Pittsburgh Press, December 5, 1969.

“Stabbing of college co-ed in Arb labelled as attempted murder.” Oberlin (OH) Review, December 2, 1969.

Glembocki, Vicki. “Who Killed Betsy Aardsma?” The Penn Stater, September/October, 2009. https://pennstatermag.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/aardsma_so_09.pdf

Hogge, Erin. “Murder in the Stacks: 50 Years Later, Still No Answers.” The Daily Collegian, December 10, 2019. https://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_b6280ed6-1a18-11ea-a966-2b1ac6ebcdcb.html

Sherwood, Derek. Who Killed Betsy? Uncovering Penn State University's Most Notorious Unsolved Crime. Pine Grove Press, 2011.

Williams-Herrman, Elizabeth. “Haunted Libraries of Pennsylvania.” Supernatural Lore of Pennsylvania (Thomas White, ed.). Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2014.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19328800/betsy-ruth-aardsma

https://www.pressreader.com/usa/new-york-daily-news/20070708/281934538539278