Story Archive: Fatal Shooting Of Wesleyan Student Johanna Justin-Jinich

7:40 PM PST, February 26, 2012

Clinic In Kenyan Slum Keeps Wesleyan Slaying Victim's Spirit Alive

As a teen, Johanna Justin-Jinichlaunched a letter-writing campaign for Planned Parenthood aimed at fighting attempts to block female San Franciscans from getting reproductive counseling and prenatal care.

2:36 PM PDT, July 19, 2011

Prosecutor: Key Report In Wesleyan Slaying Due Next Month

A long-awaited state mental health report on the man accused of fatally shooting a Wesleyan University student should be complete in about a month, Middlesex State's Attorney Timothy J. Liston said Tuesday.

2:24 PM PDT, July 18, 2011

Attorneys Still Awaiting Mental Health Report In 2009 Slaying Of Wesleyan Student

A prosecutor said Monday he has not yet received a completed mental health report on the man accused of killing a Wesleyan University student two years ago.

4:29 PM PDT, June 7, 2011

Lawyers For Defendant In Wesleyan Killing Push For Mental-Health Report

Lawyers for a Massachusetts man accused of gunning down a Wesleyan University student pressed the state Tuesday for information on when a mental-health report on the suspect would be complete.

2:21 PM PDT, April 26, 2011

State-Picked Psychiatrist Examining Defendant In Wesleyan Slaying, Prosecutor Says

MIDDLETOWN — After months of delays, a state-appointed psychiatrist is now evaluating Stephen Morgan, the Massachusetts man charged with fatally shooting a Wesleyan University student nearly two years ago, a prosecutor said Tuesday.

April 30, 2010

Lawyers For Wesleyan Slaying Suspect To Mount Insanity Defense

Lawyers for the man accused of gunning down Wesleyan University student Johanna Justin-Jinich inside a bookstore cafe near the campus almost a year ago would not disclose Thursday the mental defect that they say their client suffered from at the time.

June 10, 2009

WESLEYAN SHOOTING

Man Accused In Wesleyan Student's Death Pleads Not Guilty, Waives Probable Cause Hearing

Stephen P. Morgan, accused of gunning down Johanna Justin-Jinich at a bookstore near Wesleyan University last month, pleaded not guilty and waived his right to a probable cause hearing Tuesday in Superior Court.

May 19, 2009

WESLEYAN SLAYING

Wesleyan Killing Puts New Focus On Crime Of Stalking

It doesn't matter how many locks you have on the door, how much counseling you get or even whether the criminal justice system works.

May 19, 2009

WESLEYAN SLAYING

Police Find Anti-Jewish Book In Accused Wesleyan Shooter's Motel Room

Police investigating the slaying of Wesleyan University junior Johanna Justin-Jinich found the anti-Jewish publication, "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion," in the motel room that Stephen Morgan rented the night before the deadly shooting, newly released court documents say.

May 13, 2009

AFTER STUDENT IS SLAIN

Wesleyan Wins Praise For Its Handling Of Fatal Shooting And Its Aftermath

Hundreds of Wesleyan students were converging on Foss Hill for Spring Fling last Wednesday when university officials learned that Johanna Justin-Jinich lay fatally wounded in an off-campus bookstore — and that the gunman was still at large.

May 10, 2009

Timeline: Stephen Morgan's Path

•1980s: Spends childhood in Boston area; Morgan's father is a Harvard Business School graduate and retired venture capitalist.

8:47 AM PDT, May 9, 2009

Stephen Morgan

Stephen Morgan: From Quiet Loner To Accused Killer

Businesslike. Robotic.

May 9, 2009

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Wesleyan President Tearfully Speaks With Campus

Beneath the overcast sky, the two men spoke, the eyes of hundreds of young people on them.

May 9, 2009

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Bail Raised To $15 Million For Suspect In Wesleyan Shooting

Stephen Morgan packed up all of his belongings Tuesday and told his father he was moving to Newport, R.I.

May 9, 2009

Social Networking Sites Offer Alternative Place To Mourn

When Wesleyan student Johanna Justin-Jinich was shot and killed Wednesday, her photo from her Facebook page accompanied several media accounts of the horrific news.

May 8, 2009

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Suspect In Wesleyan Shooting Turns Himself In

Stephen Morgan, wanted by Middletown police in the shooting Wednesday of 21-year-old Wesleyan junior Johanna Justin-Jinich, walked into the Cumberland Farms store on Old Colony Road in Meriden about 9 p.m. and bought a Smoothie. He told the clerk, Sonia Rodriguez, that he needed to call police and she gave him a phone.

May 8, 2009

Stephen Morgan

The Wrong Stephen Morgan's Photo Posted Online In Wesleyan Student's Death

Professor Stephen L. Morgan wasn't thrilled when he learned Thursday morning that he had the same name as the man wanted for allegedly killing a Wesleyan University student.

May 8, 2009

A PLACE TO TURN

Facebook Becomes Clearinghouse For Information When News Breaks

They were created to help people stay in touch, but social networking websites like Facebook have taken on outsized roles as clearinghouses of information in times of tragedy.

May 8, 2009

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Shooting Victim's Online Journal Reveals A Thoughtful, Sensitive Student

Johanna Justin-Jinich was filled with all the angst that teenagers and college students have.

1:56 PM PDT, May 7, 2009

Suspect's Family Urges Morgan To Turn Self In

The family of a Massachusetts man wanted by Connecticut police in the fatal shooting of a college student is urging him to turn himself in.

5:33 PM PDT, May 7, 2009

Wesleyan Shooting: Police Questioned Stephen Morgan After Shooting

Police Questioned Wesleyan Suspect Shortly After Shooting

Shortly after the brutal slaying of a Wesleyan student Wednesday afternoon, Middletown police talked to the man now identified as the suspect and let him go after getting his name and contact information, law enforcement sources said.

12:35 PM PDT, May 7, 2009

Wesleyan Shooting: Alleged Shooter Stephen Morgan Still In The Area

Police: Wesleyan Shooter May Be Targeting Campus, Jewish Community

Authorities are not sure whether the suspect in the fatal shooting of a Wesleyan University student Wednesday remains in the Middletown area, but police said he may be targeting the campus and its Jewish community.

4:17 AM PDT, May 7, 2009

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Wesleyan University Warns Students To Stay In Dorms After Fatal Shooting

Wesleyan University renewed its call for caution this morning in the wake of the fatal shooting of a student, issuing a warning that all students should remain in their residences and staff should not come in to work.

May 7, 2009

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