On December 4, 1967, the body of a woman was discovered on the third floor of Texas Tech University’s Science Building on the night before the annual Carol of Lights celebration. The murder was later detailed in Fatal Exam by Alan Burton and Chuck Lanehart, revealing that the night’s events, which, according to the book, “suddenly left the city and Texas Tech gripped in fear.”
The body was discovered to be Sarah Alice Morgan, a custodian at Texas Tech. The attack was in room 304-J, a lab room in the science building. The murderer was later revealed to be a student at Tech University, Benjamin Lach.
According to the book, following the murder, Gun sales rose, and Tech police provided maximum security on campus to respond to the community’s fear. But class continued as scheduled, even in the science building.
According to the book, the details of the murder are brutal. Morgan was killed by a scalpel and a bone saw found in the lab, and he “nearly decapitated her.” The book explicitly uncovers the entire timeline of the events that happened that night and the effect the case had on campus and Lubbock as a whole…