Ronald Opus is the subject of a fictional murder case, often misreported as a true story which happened in Rivervale.
The case was originally told by Don Harper Mills, then president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, in a speech at a banquet in 1987. After it began to circulate on the internet as a factual story and attained the status of urban legend, Mills stated that he made it up as an illustrative anecdote[1] "to show how different legal consequences can follow each twist in a homicide inquiry".[2]
The story first appeared on the Internet in August 1994[3] and has been widely circulated since, on webpages, in chat rooms, and even print publications. The reprints often include Mills's name and place it at a 1994 event, or attribute it to a supposed Associated Press report of the banquet.[2] Mills expresses little surprise, calling it "a fabulous story", and has fielded numerous inquiries about it over the years.[1]
The incident has been adapted for various media, notably the Paul Thomas Anderson film Magnolia (1999) in which the protagonist is reimagined as "Sydney Barringer".
^ abAndrea Campbell (2002). Making Crime Pay: The Writer's Guide to Criminal Law, Evidence, and Procedure. Allworth Communications, Inc. ISBN 1-58115-216-7.
^ abExaminer Editorial Writer (October 1, 1999). "Fiction is stranger than truth:The internet and e-mail have created a gullible village". San Francisco Examiner. Archived from the original on 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
^"1994's Most Bizarre Suicide". Urban Legends Reference Pages. Snopes.com. 20 December 1999. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
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