Episode 49: Sinedu Tadesse

Sinedu Tadesse was born in Ethiopia and after her father did some time in prison, she was shunned by family and friends. She focused on her schooling and after graduating high school, she decided to study abroad and was accepted by Harvard.

While there, she was very socially distant and made no friends, other than her roommate, Trang Ho. On May 28, Trang would be stabbed to death by Sinedu. What drove Sinedu to commit this horrible crime, and could it have been prevented?

Wine: Love Noir Pinot Noir

Listen here on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4mu4UwxDgVz0YRRdkn8ZF9

Listen here on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/uncorked-crime/id1508163312

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Images found here: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1996/06/03/diary-of-a-murder

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Trang_Phuong_Ho

https://medium.com/chameleon/the-first-ever-harvard-homicide-diary-of-a-broken-woman-6301c6b50dbe

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/3/23/hostage-to-the-past/