A Park Ranger at Carlsbad Caverns National Park was working on the afternoon of the 8th of May, 1999. As he made his way past Rattlesnake Canyon, he observed a car parked on the trailhead. Just a couple of days earlier, two men had obtained a camping permit, but they had failed to sign out…
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Boston Herald, 10 August, 1999 – “Mass. Man Slain in N.W. Park”
Boston Herald, 11 August, 1999 – “He Begged to Die”
Associated Press, 10 August, 1999 – “Rescued Hiker Accused of Killing Companion”
Boston Herald, 12 August, 1999 – “Autopsy Puts Story of Camper in Doubt”
Boston Herald, 13 August, 1999 – “Camper’s Autopsy Supports Mercy Killing”
Philadelphia Daily News, 13 August, 1999 – “2 Pals Journey Ends in Slaying”
Boston Herald, 14 August, 1999 – “Pray for Raffi”
Boston Herald, 16 August, 1999 – “Hometown Rallies Around Camper Slay Suspect”
Associated Press, 18 August, 1999 – “Investigators Question Whether Slaying Was Truly a Mercy Killing”
Associated Press, 6 September, 1999 – “Journal Entries Tell Story of New Mexico Killing”
Associated Press, 1 October, 1999 – “Murder or Mercy?”
Albuquerque Journal, 21 April, 2000 – “Mass. Man Defence Ruled Invalid”
The Dallas Morning News, 29 April, 2000 – “Deal Approved in Desert Slaying”
Associated Press, 8 May, 2000 – “Man Pleads no Contest in Friend’s Desert Killing”
Albuquerque Journal, 9 May, 2000 – “Prosecutors Say Hiker was in Right Mind”
Associated Press, 9 May, 2000 – “Hiker Tells How he Stabbed Friend”
Albuquerque Journal, 10 May, 2000 – “Hiker Says Killing Mercy Act”
Associated Press, 10 May, 2000 – “Hiker Who Stabbed Friend to Death Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison”
The Australian, 10 May, 2000 – “Mates Odyssey Ends in Blood on the Road”
The Denver Post, 10 May, 2000 – “Tale of Desert Ordeal Softens Some Officials”
Boston Herald, 11 May, 2000 – “I Still Love Him”
Boston Herald, 11 May, 2000 – “Questions Haunt Probe of Death”
