Ten years ago today, Dartmouth Professors Half and Susanne Zantop were murdered in their Etna, New Hampshire home. Two Chelsea teenagers were convicted in the deaths. Commentator Alexis Jetter was a friend of the Zantops and reflects on the anniversary.

The murder of two Dartmouth professors nine years ago shocked our region. Now, a local playwright uses those events as a starting point to explore and come to grips with the tragedy.

Five years ago today Dartmouth Professors Half and Susanne Zantop were murdered in their Etna, New Hampshire home. In Chelsea and at Dartmouth College, today's anniversary will pass quietly but not without notice.

More than a year of legal proceedings came to a swift conclusion Thursday when Robert Tulloch and James Parker were sentenced for the murders of two Dartmouth College professors. The random killings of the popular professors and the arrests of the two Chelsea, Vermont teenagers last year were a shock to the twin-state region.

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Robert Tulloch plans to change his plea of innocent by reason of insanity in the murders of two Dartmouth professors. Tulloch is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the January 2001 stabbing deaths of Half and Susanne Zantop in their Hanover home. He's expected to plead either guilty or no contest to the crimes.

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People who live in Vermont and New Hampshire may be a little more wary of strangers these days. This week, prosecutors said that the Vermont teenagers charged in a brutal murder tried to get into a house by claiming that they needed help. Even before this week's news, police say it was never a good idea to let strangers inside.

On Tuesday, officials disclosed an apparent motive for last year's brutal murders of Dartmouth College professors Half and Susanne Zantop. Prosecutors say that the two Vermont teenagers tried to enter other homes in Vermont and New Hampshire. Officials allege the teenagers wanted to steal bank cards and then kill the homeowners.

One year ago this Sunday, two Dartmouth professors were murdered in their home in Etna, New Hampshire. Along with many in the Upper Valley, commentator Alexis Jetter mourns them - and remembers them.