The Killer Who Got Into Harvard
Gina Grant was accepted by Harvard College, but the admissions office rescinded her place after learning she had killed her mother, Dorothy Mayfield. Jane Mayer reports.
Detective Phillips on the crime scene: "'one of the top three most brutal homicides I've ever seen.' In the kitchen, blood was splattered from the floor to the cereal boxes on top of the refrigerator. Protruding from her throat was the handle of a kitchen knife, which had been plunged so deep that the tip lodged an inch and a half into her spinal column."