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Brian Rooney Convicted in Rape and Murder of Michelle Gardner-Quinn

By David Lohr

Last week, on Thursday, May 22, 2008, the man charged with the rape-slaying of a University of Vermont student was found guilty of aggravated murder after the jury deliberated barely six hours.  The randomness of the case, as well as the unprovoked, wanton violence involved, left many Vermont residents shaken.Michelle Gardner-Quinn, 21, of Arlington, Vermont, was majoring in environmental studies when she transferred to the University of Vermont.  She was only a few weeks into the fall semester when she disappeared on October 7, 2006.  For the next six days police and volunteer search teams looked for any signs of the young coed throughout Burlington as well as the neighboring forests and countryside.  Even the lake adjacent to the small city was searched, to no avail...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on May 30, 2008 (boomark / email).