What is going on to crime fans? I'm your host Tee. And I'm your host Daphne. And you're listening to Going West.

Thank you. Thank you everybody for tuning in to get another episode of Going West. Hope you're all having a fabulous week.

Today's case was recommended by the victims very own sorority sister named Courtney. So thank you so much Courtney for sharing her story with us and we're so sorry for your loss.

I hadn't heard about this story before at all and it doesn't seem like there's much coverage on it. But it's a really really crazy story.

Yeah, I mean we lived in Idaho for a very short period of time. We lived in Boise. So naturally we did look up other cases in Idaho.

But we never came across this case. So again, thank you so much Courtney. Yes, and it's not an old case. This happened like a little over 10 years ago.

So let's get into the details here today. All right guys, this is episode 232 of Going West. So let's get into it.

In August of 2011.

A 22 year old graduate student in Idaho was baking cookies with friends when she stepped out for a cigarette and was killed on her porch.

Police would soon uncover that an obsessed professor who allegedly had multiple personalities and referred to himself as a psychopathic killer was the one behind it all.

This is the story of Katie Benoit.

The first episode by saying that the French way to pronounce Katie's last name is Benoit. But the three news clippings that we did see on her case, they pronounced it benoit.

So I don't know if Katie's family pronounced it benoit or Benoit. But we're just going to say benoit because that's what these newscasters said. So maybe they've information that we don't.

I don't want to preface that in case anyone's like why you saying it like that. Yeah, definitely. So anyway, Catherine Benoit, who went by Katie was born on April 24th, 1989 to Janet and Gary Benoit and had a brother named Andy.

The Benoit lived in Boise, the beautiful capital city of Idaho surrounded by lush forests, mountains, buttes and divided by the Boise River.

According to her parents, her love of music began in preschool and by age five, she was taking piano and fiddle lessons. And when she was just nine years old, she competed and placed fifth in a national fiddle contest. So she was very good at playing the fiddle.

Then at age 11, she set her sights on a different instrument, the cello, which is an instrument that she would play for the rest of her life.

In addition to her musical endeavors, Katie competed in soccer and on her school ski team and also participated in Girl Scouts as well as 4-H for those who don't know what 4-H is.

It's like a positive youth development and mentoring organization.

Yeah, and I know I said this last time we talked about 4-H, but I think it has something to do with like animals and agriculture.

I just read it's like very positivity focus. I didn't know what 4-H was. We have talked about it. You're right. That's just what I remember from my school.

Right. I see. So ultimately despite Katie's love for various sports, her biggest passion was music.

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