* [[Kansas State University]] English professor Thomas Murray was a popular teacher, but he was convicted of murdering his ex-wife with 17 stab wounds and blunt trauma to her head. She "was found dead in her bedroom atop a dresser."<ref name="ctv">Martinez, Andres (February 21, 2005). [http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/21/murray.background/ "Popular Kansas professor on trial for wife's murder"]. CourtTV website. Republished at CNN.com/2005/Law center.</ref> Professor Murray had written several books, including "The Language of Sadomasochism."<ref name="ctv" /> He did not testify in his defense and spoke only at sentencing, where he called the state's case a "fairy tale."<ref>Associated Press (January 18, 2008). [http://web.archive.org/web/20111103205617/http://www.kansaspublicradio.org/newsstory.php?itemID=5892 "Thomas Murray's murder conviction upheld"]. Republished at Kansas Public Radio website/News. Retrieved from November 3, 2011 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> | * [[Kansas State University]] English professor Thomas Murray was a popular teacher, but he was convicted of murdering his ex-wife with 17 stab wounds and blunt trauma to her head. She "was found dead in her bedroom atop a dresser."<ref name="ctv">Martinez, Andres (February 21, 2005). [http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/21/murray.background/ "Popular Kansas professor on trial for wife's murder"]. CourtTV website. Republished at CNN.com/2005/Law center.</ref> Professor Murray had written several books, including "The Language of Sadomasochism."<ref name="ctv" /> He did not testify in his defense and spoke only at sentencing, where he called the state's case a "fairy tale."<ref>Associated Press (January 18, 2008). [http://web.archive.org/web/20111103205617/http://www.kansaspublicradio.org/newsstory.php?itemID=5892 "Thomas Murray's murder conviction upheld"]. Republished at Kansas Public Radio website/News. Retrieved from November 3, 2011 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> |