E. Michigan Univ. President Fired - Rape/Murder Cover-up

[sandgk]

The truth will out - and when it does it isn't just the accused that gets into the spotlight. Sometimes those involved in cover-ups pay a price.

Eastern Michigan University's President (John Fallon) was fired today as a result of a cover-up of the rape and murder of Laura Dickinson. University officials had told her parents that her death on December 15th was due to asphyxiation - despite evidence to the contrary. The capture and arrest of the rape/murder suspect later brought the truth to light.

Fallon maintains that he has a different side of the story to tell.

Yahoo

The president of Eastern Michigan University was fired, months after top university officials were accused of covering up the rape and slaying of a student by publicly ruling out foul play.
The president, John Fallon, confirmed that he was fired Sunday evening by a unanimous vote of the Board of Regents, The Ann Arbor News reported in its Monday editions. Board secretary Jackie Kurtz on Monday confirmed the firing to The Associated Press.
Fallon told the newspaper that his termination letter was delivered Sunday night and did not state a reason for his firing. The letter said the board had voted unanimously to terminate his employment contract effective Sunday ? two years after his five-year contract took effect.
"As a citizen, I am disappointed in this hastily called meeting, without any opportunity to be present or to respond," Fallon told the newspaper. "I have a story to tell and intend to tell it."
The president's dismissal follows an independent law firm investigation and U.S. Department of Education report, both of which found that the 23,500-student public university violated the federal Clery Act, which requires colleges and universities to disclose campus security information.
The body of the slain student, Laura Dickinson, 22, was discovered Dec. 15 in her dorm room. At the time, university officials told her parents and the media that she died of asphyxiation but that there was no sign of foul play, despite evidence to the contrary.
It wasn't until another Eastern student was arrested in late February and charged with murder that her family and fellow students learned she had been raped and killed.

 

[Buckeyedynasty]

WOW, first of heard of this but it is an F'ed up situation. The people who covered it up deserve worse than getting fired.