Student Arrested In Campus Throat-Slashing
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Student Arrested In Campus Throat-Slashing
A 20-year-old student was in custody Sunday in connection with an attack on a Texas college campus in which a coed’s throat was cut.
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(January 11, 2009)--University of Texas at Dallas campus police have arrested a man in an on-campus attack on a woman whose throat was cut.

The victim was attacked on Friday evening as she was working in the Engineering South building.

Before she was taken to the hospital, she was able to describer her attacker and a campus-wide search was launched.

University officials said that about 45 minutes later, a man called police to say he was the attacker.

John Shaffer, 20, a sophomore computer science major, was arrested at a student-housing complex.

He remained in the Collin County Jail Sunday, accused of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Bond was set at $15,000.

UTD spokeswoman Susan Rogers, a UTD spokeswoman, told The Dallas Morning News
that she could not elaborate on the attack, what led to it.

She also could not comment on the victim's current condition, citing student privacy laws.

She would not say whether Shaffer and the victim knew each other.

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Posted by: Someone Location: Near-Here on Jan 12, 2009 at 12:35 PM

No Trial, or wasted money, just Lethal-Inject him. No questions asked!!! He is of no good to Society!!
Posted by: UTDAlum Location: Central Texas on Jan 12, 2009 at 11:59 AM

Hey fellas, I know you're in Waco, but get the details right. This happened at (Public University) UT-Dallas, not the (Private Catholic) University of Dallas. Sloppy picture, lazy journalism.
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