When a 43-year-old medical student’s body turns up in Big Bend National Park, authorities begin to unravel a bizarre case that leads them to a young man with an unbelievable story of death, destruction and destiny.
John Michael Baker (Source) The Odessa American
Body discovery news clipping (Source) El Paso Times: Half-buried body at Big Bend baffles police. By staff. Published April 5, 2000. Accessed September 26, 2024. Via newspapers.com.
Big Bend National Park Image (Source) National Park Service
Big Bend National Park Map (Source) Google Maps
Episode Source Material
- Pandora’s Box: Unleashing Evil. Season 1, Episode 5 Vai Tubi.
- Medium.com: Have you ever thought about killing someone? By Rachel Monroe.
- El Paso Times: Half-buried body at Big Bend baffles police. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- San Angelo Standard Times: Body at Big Bend Park identified. By Sandra Billingsley Via newspapers.com.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Suspect is arrested in Big Bend killing Via newspapers.com.
- The Odessa American: Police say San Antonio man confessed to Big Bend killing Via newspapers.com.
- The Odessa American via My Plainview: Inmate sought after escape through jail’s vent. By staff.
- The Odessa American: Reeves County authorities search for escaped inmate. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- The Associated Press via The Monitor: Inmate sought after escape through jail’s vent. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Pecos Enterprise: RCJ escapee turns self in near Abilene. By Jennifer Galvan.
- The Odessa American: Reeves County escapee turns himself in. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Abilene Reporter-News: Murder suspect flees, turns himself in. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Escapee surrenders after rough journey. By staff.
- The Associated Press via San Angelo Standard-Times: Man pleads guilty to Big Bend murder. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- My Plainview: San Antonio man sentenced to prison for murder. By staff.
- The Odessa American: San Antonio man receives 210 months in prison for medical student’s killing. By staff Via newspapers.com.
- US Bureau of Prisons John Michael Baker Inmate Profile
- Texas Department of Public Safety Shannon Roberts Case File Records. Received via public records request on October 2, 2024. Hard copy only. No direct link.