E231: MASS MURDERER – Robert Stewart Flores Jr.

This week Beth and Wendy discuss the case of Robert Stewart Flores, Jr., a nursing student at The University of Arizona who methodically killed three of his professors and then himself.

This episode was researched & scripted by Wendy & Beth Williams and edited by Minnie Williams.

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Footnotes

Articles/Websites

Murderpedia. (n.d.). Robert Stewart Flores Jr. Retrieved 04/27/2024 from https://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/flores-robert-stewart.htm

Buchik, Nate. (10/30/2002). 2 slain profs feared Flores. Arizona Daily Wildcat Online. Retrieved 04/27/2024 from https://wc.arizona.edu/papers/96/47/01_1.html

Jampole, Rebeka. (10/29/2002). Reports of gunman’s character conflict. Arizona Daily Wildcat Online. Retrieved 04/27/2024 from https://wc.arizona.edu/papers/96/46/01_4.html

Simmons, Devin. (12/05/2002). Flores was known to be ‘on the edge’. Arizona Daily Wildcat Online. Retrieved 04/27/2024 from https://wc.arizona.edu/papers/96/70/01_1.html

Arizona Daily Star. (11/03/2002). Rogers, Robin E. Retrieved 04/28/2024 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/221552261/

Legacy. (n.d.). Cheryl McGaffic Obituary. Retrieved 04/28/2024 from https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/azcentral/name/cheryl-mcgaffic-obituary?id=15727702

Renteria, Lauren. (10/28/2015). Cops, administrators recall 2002 College of Nursing shooting. The Daily Wildcat. Retrieved 04/28/2024 from https://wildcat.arizona.edu/141403/news/cops-administrators-recall-2002-college-of-nursing-shooting/

Rotstein, Arthur H. (11/02/2002). Services held for two of three slain Arizona nursing professors. Arizona Daily Sun. Retrieved 04/28/2024 from https://azdailysun.com/services-held-for-two-of-three-slain-arizona-nursing-professors/article_19e689f6-74da-5280-a98a-597f152e20f0.html

Rotstein, Arthur H. (10/28/2002). Four Die in U. of Ariz. Shooting. The Intelligencer. Retrieved 04/28/2024 from https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Four-Die-in-U-of-Ariz-Shooting-10530264.php

Quinn, Ryan. (02/01/2023). Faculty: Repeated Threats Unheeded, Professor Murdered. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 04/29/2024 from https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/02/02/report-warnings-ignored-u-ariz-professor-killed

Sandal, Inger. (10/30/2002). Students benumbed on day after. Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 04/29/2024 from https://www.newspapers.com/image/221758256/

Flores Final Letter: https://schoolshooters.info/sites/default/files/Flores-final-letter.pdf

History

Rodriguez, Paola. (04/19/2023). Tucson to begin returning ancestral lands to Tohono O’odham Nation. azpm. Retrieved 04/30/2024 from https://news.azpm.org/s/96509-tucson-to-begin-returning-ancestral-lands-to-tohono-oodham-nation/

Visit Tucson. (n.d.). History, the Tucson Region. Retrieved 04/30/2024 from  https://www.visittucson.org/plan-your-visit/about-tucson/history/

College of Nursing. (n.d.). Our History. Retrieved 04/30/2024 from https://www.nursing.arizona.edu/history

Wikipedia. (03/07/2024). Capture of Tucson (1862). Retrieved 05/02/2024 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture_of_Tucson_(1862)

Ring, Bob. (04/18/2013). Ring’s reflections: Tucson grew – and changed – with statehood. The Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 05/02/2024 from https://tucson.com/news/local/foothills/rings-reflections-tucson-grew—and-changed—with-statehood/article_b16ab270-2b25-5886-b66d-a83887c40c9d.html

History & Social Justice. (n.d.). Tucson. Retrieved 05/02/2024 from https://justice.tougaloo.edu/sundowntown/tucson-az/

How Not to Get Murdered

The National Lawyers Guild: 614-654-6477

Bail support @just.614 on IG

Music

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“On The Go” & “Perfect Servings” by Marlene Miller. Used with permission. Find her Facebook and Instagram under SEMNCHY or marlenemiller138@gmail.com

“Master Disorder” & “Furious Freak” by Kevin MacLeod
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