State School PD delivered the new images into FBI

With the October. 13, 1978, a police during the headquarters wrote next: “On this date at the 1335 period, that it officer returned [FBI] Agent [Larry] Harper’s label so you’re able to Arizona D.C. Broker Harper said that he got elevated one to hidden printing out of a blade blade, that from a bulb, and another out-of a pipeline away from maintaining solution. Harper said that all three images belonged to just one Todd Steven Hodne.”

Until this aspect, Hodne had remained good Penn County beginner even with his suspension system out of the fresh football class for the Aug. 19, got remained to the grant and you may lived within 279 Hamilton Hall which have Fred Ragucci. They took several hours towards the police to produce an effective guarantee having his stop. After October. 13, the lead investigator with the case, Duane Musser, täällä wrote a report summarizing this new efforts which he with his mate, Garry Kunes, had designed to find Hodne:

Kunes called Joe Paterno in an attempt to influence the spot from Hodne just like the Hodne room which have Fred Ragucci, a good PSU recreations member

“Within 1920 hours Out of. Paterno indicated that he would try to determine which of the getting in touch with Ragucci. Paterno asked to be recontacted for the Week-end in the 1830 period for more information.”

He was inspired when you look at the a police cruiser in order to headquarters in the downtown County College or university, where Musser began wondering your

There is absolutely no list away from the second name so you can Paterno towards one to Weekend. Hodne remained totally free towards sunday, good bye month to your Nittany Lions. He became himself toward Penn County School Police into Friday, Oct. sixteen, 1978, at 6:forty five an excellent.yards. Musser had merely turned 30, plus it try his first instance as the an investigator. He requested Hodne on his whereabouts into a number of schedules between early September in addition to middle out-of Oct. A few of the schedules corresponded to advertised Condition University episodes having an equivalent modus operandi.

Hodne had answers and you will alibis. Hodne said that into the Sept. 1, he had been into the Philadelphia having Honest Brickowski, viewing Penn Condition play Temple in its opening game of your own seasons. He said that to the Sept. thirteen, the night time Betsy Sailor try raped, he had been at a great Phi Delt people together with girlfriend. On the in other cases at some days, he told you he was hanging out with Tony Capozzoli in the area at Hamilton Hallway.

They were lays. Regarding months in advance of turning himself for the, Hodne had tried to convince Brickowski in order to attest to him out of among evening Musser try trying to find. “Todd attempted to tell me, ‘That’s bulls—, since you and that i see we were one another at collection that night,'” remembers Brickowski, just who continued to tackle 13 many years throughout the NBA and you can whose father got coached Hodne driver’s ed for the high school. “And i looked at him. I-go, ‘What?’ He says, ‘We was during the collection you to night. Investigation hallway.’ And you will I am like, ‘Todd, i never stayed in studies hallway.’ We possibly may check out research hall, sign in leading and you can slip from back and enjoys anyone signal the labels. And he goes, ‘No, zero, on this subject evening, we did.’ And that i wade, ‘No, we f—ing didn’t. And that is the vacation ranging from your and that i.”

Fred Ragucci, a great Penn State defensive avoid, try asked in order to room that have Todd Hodne when you look at the 1978. Combined with Permission Regarding EBERLY Nearest and dearest Unique Stuff Collection, PENN State College LIBRARIES

Three days once Hodne offered themselves around Duane Musser in the County College or university Cops head office, Musser went to 279 Hamilton Hall on campus from Penn State to talk to Hodne’s roommate, Fred Ragucci. “I did not should do it, the thing is,” Ragucci claims. “I’m with a roomie I didn’t get a hold of, and you may he could be that have this kind of situation-why have always been We with it? ‘No,’ Joe said. ‘You should do it. You must correspond with them.'”