2001 Dartmouth College murders
On January 27, 2001, Dartmouth College professors Half and Susanne Zantop, aged 62 and 55 respectively, were stabbed to death at their home in Etna, New Hampshire. Originally from Germany, the couple had been teaching at Dartmouth since the 1970s. High school classmates James J. Parker, age 16, and Robert W. Tulloch, age 17, were charged with first-degree murder.
| Date | January 27, 2001 |
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| Location | Etna, New Hampshire, US |
| Coordinates | 43.6975°N 72.2264°W |
| Type | Double homicide |
| Deaths | 2
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| Arrests | 2 |
| Convicted | James Jennings Parker Robert Wilbert Tulloch |
| Verdict | Guilty |
| Convictions | Parker: second-degree murder Tulloch: first-degree murder |
Parker pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in exchange for testifying against Tulloch, and was sentenced to 25 to life. Tulloch pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and received the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without parole. In 2014 the New Hampshire Supreme Court ordered Tulloch's sentence reviewed.
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