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.
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.
