2001 Dartmouth College murders
| Date | January 27, 2001 |
|---|---|
| Location | Etna, New Hampshire, US |
| Coordinates | 43°41′51″N 72°13′35″W / 43.6975°N 72.2264°W |
| Type | Double homicide |
| Deaths | 2
|
| Arrests | 2 |
| Convicted | James Jennings Parker Robert Wilbert Tulloch |
| Verdict | Guilty |
| Convictions | Parker: second-degree murder Tulloch: first-degree murder |
On January 27, 2001, Dartmouth College professors Half and Susanne Zantop, aged 62 and 55 respectively, were stabbed to death at their home in Etna, New Hampshire. Originally from Germany, the couple had been teaching at Dartmouth since the 1970s. High school classmates James J. Parker, age 16, and Robert W. Tulloch, age 17, were charged with first-degree murder.
Parker pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in exchange for testifying against Tulloch, and was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison; he was granted parole in April 2024. Tulloch pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and received the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment without parole. In 2014, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ordered Tulloch's sentence reviewed; the review hearing did not begin until September 2024, in April 2025 declined to review and sent the case back to [Grafton Superior Court Judge Leonard] MacLeod to sort out. Judge MacLeod has not ruled as of April 2025 as to resentencing..