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Under the Trestle - Book Analysis
Under the Trestle - Book Analysis
For my Courts and the Criminal Process class (CRJU 233), we were given the option to read the book Under the Trestle by Ron Peterson Jr. Students had to read the story and discuss what they thought of the book, what they think the true story of what happened that night was, and if the defendant was given a fair trial.
The story is about a young student at Radford University, Gina Hall, who disappears after spending the night at a lake house at Claytor Lake belonging to a Virginia Tech alumni. Gina Hall was last seen leaving a VT party with Steven Epperly, a 28-year-old man who worked on the campus of Radford as a groundskeeper, and a former football star. Taking her to the lake house late that night, she was never seen alive again by her family.
This case was very interesting as it was the first "no body" murder conviction in the state of Virginia. The police department and detectives were unable to find Gina's body, and she has still yet to be found forty years later. Since she was never found, prosecutors had to try and charge Steven Epperly with her murder-- but they couldn't even be sure she was dead.
April 2026
Billy Milligan: A Story of Psychology and Criminal Corrections
Billy Milligan: A Story of Psychology and Criminal Corrections
I watch a lot of true crime, and I came across a series about Billy Milligan. It is called Monsters Inside: 24 Faces of Billy Milligan. I really enjoyed the series and wanted to look more into his story, as well as the history of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) and how it affects people in the criminal justice system. Billy's story was extra fascinating as it was one of the few times that a defendant in a criminal trial has been able to successfully plead not guilty by reason of insanity. Many people debated the existence of his condition, and if he was either playing it up or lying completely about his other personalities.
March 2026
A Career in Law: Presentation
A Career in Law: Presentation
In my English 112 class, students were asked to make a presentation describing the median salary, benefits, education, and other information about the career we were interested in joining. The slides are down below, and these are the presentation notes for my presentation on a Career in Law. Students were then asked to write a self-assessment essay, presentation notes, and eventually a research paper about issues in the career they chose and proposed solutions to them (below).
February 2026
Domestic Violence in the United States: CRJU 100
Domestic Violence in the United States: CRJU 100
At the end of the semester in the Fall 2025 term at Radford University, students were asked in the Criminal Justice 100 class to make a presentation explaining a crime, the history of the crime, and the criminalogical theories that could be applied to the crime based on what we learned in class.
December 2025
Domestic Violence Final Project Power Point.pptxPage updated
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