Laura Dickinson’s friends were becoming concerned after they hadn’t seen her for a couple of days. She was a student at Eastern Michigan University, and people had started to notice a stench coming from her dorm room…
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Sources:
People of MI v. Orange Amir Taylor III
The Grand Rapids Press, 18 December, 2006 – “Family Awaits Word on Death”
The Grand Rapids Press, 19 December, 2006 – “Death Remains Mystery”
The Grand Rapids Press, 19 December, 2006 – “Mystery Continues”
The Ann Arbor News, 20 December, 2006 – “Ruling in Student’s Death May Take Weeks”
The Ann Arbor News, 24 February, 2006 – “Arrest Made in Death of Student”
The Grand Rapids Press, 24 February, 2007 – “Student Arrested”
The Grand Rapids Press, 26 February, 2007 – “EMU’S Silence Angers Students”
The Ann Arbor News, 28 February, 2007 – “Suspect’s Friend Baffled by Arrest”
The Ann Arbor News, 28 February, 2007 – “EMU Sat on Death Details”
The Ann Arbor News, 1 March, 2007 – “Fallon Promises Inquiry”
The Ann Arbor News, 2 March, 2007 – “Police Contradict EMU”
The Ann Arbor News, 4 March, 2007 – “EMU Officials Betrayed the Community Trust”
The Detroit News, 6 March, 2007 – “No Cover Up”
The Ann Arbor News, 7 March, 2007 – “EMU Student Asphyxiated”
The Detroit News, 7 March, 2007 – “EMU Faces Federal Complaint”
The Ann Arbor News, 8 March, 2007 – “Students, Faculty Ask Questions”
The Ann Arbor News, 8 March, 2007 – “Court Papers Show What Police Found”
The Ann Arbor News, 15 March, 2007 – “Suspect Had Been Charged in Burglary”
Associated Pres, 15 March,2007 – “Suspect in Murder of Eastern Mich.”
The Ann Arbor News, 21 March, 2007 – “EMU Vigil Remembers Dickinson”
The Ann Arbor News, 23 March, 2007 – “EMU Suspect’s Story Shifted”
Associated Press, 29 March, 2007 – “Release of Information in Eastern Michigan Murder Case Probed”
The Detroit News, 30 March, 2007 – “EMU Student to be Tried in Rape, Slaying”
The Grand Rapids Press, 31 March, 2007 – “DNA on Victim Matches Suspect”
Associated Press, 8 June, 2007 – “E. Mich Violated Federal Law”
Associated Press, 20 June, 2007 – “EMU President Apologises”
The Grand Rapids Press, 20 June, 2007 – “EMU Apology is 90 Miles Short”
The Ann Arbor News, 21 June, 2007 – “EMU Faculty Say Fire Fallon”
The Grand Rapids Press, 24 June, 2007 – “Family Pleased with EMU’s Plan”
Associated Press, 3 July, 2007 – “Mich. College Violated Federal Law”
The Grand Rapids Press, 18 July, 2007 – “EMU Pays $550,000”
The Ann Arbor News, 11 October, 2007 – “Fallon Sues EMU For Firing”
The Ann Arbor News, 14 October, 2007 – “Trial to Start in EMU Killing”
Associated Press, 15 October, 2007 – “DNA Evidence Links Man to EMU Student’s Rape Slaying”
The Ann Arbor News, 16 October, 2007 – “EMU Suspect’s Defense”
The Detroit News, 16 October, 2007 – “Trial Begins for Man Accused”
The Ann Arbor News, 17 October, 2007 – “DNA, Fibres, Link Suspect”
The Ann Arbor News, 18 October, 2007 – “Interview Tape Played in Court”
The Grand Rapids Press, 18 October, 2007 – “Suspect Told Cops He was in Dorm”
The Ann Arbor News, 19 October, 2007 – “Taylor’s Parents”
The Grand Rapids Press, 19 October, 2007 – “Murder Suspect to Take Stand”
Associated Press, 19 October, 2007 – “Lawyers Make Closing Arguments”
The Ann Arbor News, 20 October, 2007 – “Jury Sent Home in Taylor Trial”
The Ann Arbor News, 23 October, 2007 – “Dickinson’s Desire to Help Lives on”
Associated Press, 23 Octoer, 2007 – “Mistrial Declared”
The Grand Rapids Press, 25 October, 2007 – “Couldn’t Have Been Anybody Else”
The Grand Rapids Press, 1 November, 2007 – “Jury Ignored the Evidence”
The Ann Arbor News, 14 December, 2007 – “EMU Pays $2.4 Million”
The Ann Arbor News, 3 April, 2008 – “Defence Hits at Credibility”
The Ann Arbor News, 4 April, 2008 – “Dickinson’s Health Fine”
The Ann Arbor News, 7 May 2008 – “At Sentencing Taylor Denies Slaying”
The Detroit News, 8 May, 2008 – “EMU Killer Denies Guilt”
The Grand Rapids Press, 17 July, 2010 – “Group to Fulfill Laura Dickinson’s Dream”
