1995 Crime Against Wash U Students Inspires Film

A horrific crime committed has inspired the film of a graduate.

According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, in 1996 two teenage cousins from St. Louis carjacked two Washington University coeds outside a Mexican restaurant in Dogtown. The women were assaulted and left for dead.

One died and the other survived. The women's assailants were convicted of murder but did not receive the death penalty.

Fast forward several years and another Wash U alum, director Aimee Lagos, has turned the incident into 96 Minutes. 

The film received the best debut feature at last year's St. Louis International Film Festival. To read a full review of the film, click here.