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Originally Posted by Tousi
As I recall, the motive was simply a robbery gone wrong committed by a foreign student.
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Basically he was crazy. You don't kill TWO people (at separate times) by having a robbery go wrong. I remember VERY well when the murders happened and to be honest I was really scared. I didn't live on campus but I took some classes there in 2001 and there was kind of a weird feeling for me when I was there. Mesa was crazy, he said he saw hands wearing black gloves signing to him, telling him what to do. I am not sure if he was foreign, I think he was from Guam? And if I was scared without even living on campus, I can't even dream what it was like to be in the dorms back then.
There were some mistakes made in the investigations, too. The police thought they identified who did it, but they were wrong. I don't remember his name but he basically left Gallaudet forever, he had to go back home (Vermont?) and his life would never be the same. He was NOT guilty, it was really Joseph Mesa, but the police accused him and terrified him anyway.
I do think about the murders every month or so. Sometimes I wonder what happened to Mesa. I hope he is in a jail cell somewhere. I hope Eric Plunkett and Benjamin Varner's families have found some peace.
Sorry to ramble on like that...I just remember the feelings of that time very well and they were scary to me.