A bench in remembrance of Katy Benoit
Dr. Bill Wharton, professor emeritus of the cello at the University of Idaho, plays a somber melody in front of the park bench placed in the green space in front of the University of Idaho administration building, shown Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, the tenth anniversary of Katy Benoit’s death. Benoit was a cellist and a student of Wharton’s since she was in fourth grade. She died after being shot by a UI psychology professor in 2011. The professor, Ernesto Bustamante, then killed himself.
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Dr. Bill Wharton, professor emeritus of the cello at the University of Idaho, plays a somber melody in front of the park bench placed in the green space in front of the University of Idaho administration building, shown Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, the tenth anniversary of her death. Benoit was a cellist and longtime student of Wharton’s. She died after being shot by a UI psychology professor in 2011. The professor, Ernesto Bustamante, then killed himself.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Revi
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Andy Benoit, the brother of Katy Benoit, says a few words about his late sister in front of the park bench with her name placed in the green space in front of the University of Idaho administration building, shown Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, the tenth anniversary of her death. A short memorial program was held by the bench Sunday. She died after being shot by a UI psychology professor in 2011. The professor, Ernesto Bustamante, then killed himself.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Revi
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Abby Lute, second from left, speaks to a crowd that includes the family (seated) of her friend Katy Benoit, sorority sisters from Katy’s sorority and others gathered Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021 to remember the young University of Idaho student who was gunned down by a psychology professor with whom she was involved on this date 10 years ago. The group was gathered around a memorial bench that sits in front of the UI administration building.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Revi
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Dr. Bill Wharton, professor emeritus of the cello at the University of Idaho, plays a somber melody in front of the park bench placed in the green space in front of the University of Idaho administration building, shown Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, the tenth anniversary of Katy Benoit’s death. Benoit was a cellist and a student of Wharton’s since she was in fourth grade. She died after being shot by a UI psychology professor in 2011. The professor, Ernesto Bustamante, then killed himself.
Jesse Tinsley The Spokesman-Revi
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