<![CDATA[Directory]]> en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:42:19 GMT <![CDATA[Goverment & Politics: Crime Poll: Is Craigslist Safe?]]> Last year Philip Markoff, the Craigslist Killer, was charged with using Craigslist advertisements to find, rape and kill women who were advertising erotic services. Last month, two Ohio men are suspected of robbing and killing middle-aged men with few family contacts by luring them to an Ohio ranch with a Craigslist advertising offering them a job and a place to live.

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Crime Poll: Is Craigslist Safe? originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Friday, December 2nd, 2011 at 00:08:48.

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]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:43:03 GMT http://crime.about.com/b/2011/12/02/crime-poll-is-craigslist-safe.htm <![CDATA[Goverment & Politics: Missing 7-Year-Old Found in Trash]]> The body of a 7-year-old Georgia girl has been found in a compactor type trash container at the apartment complex where she lived with her mother. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Jorelys Rivera has been severely beaten and sexually assaulted.

GBI Director Vernon Keenan said the case was a "very, very horrendous crime," after seeing the body. ...

Missing 7-Year-Old Found in Trash originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 at 00:15:38.

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]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:42:30 GMT http://crime.about.com/b/2011/12/06/missing-7-year-old-found-in-trash.htm <![CDATA[Goverment & Politics: Safe Holiday Shopping Tips]]> These days more people are finishing their shopping in stores by Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, or online by the following Monday, known as Cyber Monday. But for those of us who tend to procrastinate or simply don't have time, the holiday shopping season extends right up until the last moment. Here are some tips to make sure the busy season stays safe. Read more...

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Safe Holiday Shopping Tips originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Wednesday, December 7th, 2011 at 00:09:21.

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]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:41:54 GMT http://crime.about.com/b/2011/12/07/safe-holiday-shopping-tips.htm <![CDATA[Goverment & Politics: Suspected Arrested in Jorelys Murder]]> A 20-year-old man who lived and worked at the apartment complex where a 7-year-old Georgia girl was murdered has been arrested in connection with her death. Ryan Brunn, a maintenance worker at the apartments, has been charged for the death of Jorelys Rivera.

Brunn has no criminal record and is not a registered sex offender, officials said. ...

Suspected Arrested in Jorelys Murder originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Thursday, December 8th, 2011 at 02:22:07.

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]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:41:28 GMT http://crime.about.com/b/2011/12/08/suspected-arrested-in-jorelys-murder.htm <![CDATA[Goverment & Politics: Trial Begins in Eve Carson Murder]]> Testimony has begun in the first-degree murder trial of a teen accused of the robbery, kidnapping and death of a popular University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student body president. Laurence Alvin Lovette Jr. is charged with the 2008 murder of Eve Carson.

Because Lovette was 17 at the time of the crime, he cannot receive the death penalty. ...

Trial Begins in Eve Carson Murder originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Friday, December 9th, 2011 at 03:38:27.

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]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:41:04 GMT http://crime.about.com/b/2011/12/09/trial-begins-in-eve-carson-murder.htm <![CDATA[Goverment & Politics: Komisarjevsky Gets Death Penalty]]> After deliberating over a five-day period, a Connecticut jury voted to sentence to death a man they earlier convicted of three horrific home invasion murders. Joshua Komisarjevsky was given the death penalty for the murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11.

Komisarjevsky's co-defendant, Steven Hayes, was previously sentenced to death in the case. ...

Komisarjevsky Gets Death Penalty originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Friday, December 9th, 2011 at 16:02:54.

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]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:40:40 GMT http://crime.about.com/b/2011/12/09/komisarjevsky-gets-death-penalty.htm <![CDATA[Goverment & Politics: Crime Poll: Death Sentence In Connecticut]]> Joshua Komisarjevsky and Steven Hayes received the death penalty in Connecticut for the home invasion and brutal murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11. Also beaten was the husband and father Dr. William Petit who managed to escape.

The last execution in Connecticut was that of serial killer Michael Ross who waived his appeals and became a volunteer for his scheduled execution on January 26, 2005. Prior to that Joseph Taborsky was executed in 1960, 45 years before Ross.

Currently there are 12 men on death row, including Hayes and Komisarjevsky.

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Crime Poll: Death Sentence In Connecticut originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Monday, December 12th, 2011 at 01:00:00.

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]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:39:52 GMT http://crime.about.com/b/2011/12/12/crime-poll-death-sentence-in-connecticut.htm <![CDATA[Goverment & Politics: Missing Tennessee Mom's Body Found]]> The body of a Tennessee mother of four who had been missing since picking up her daughter at a Halloween party on October 30 has been found off a rural road in Dyer County. Dental records were used to identify the decomposing body of 44-year-old Karen Swift.

Authorities are now treating the missing person case as a homicide investigation. ...

Missing Tennessee Mom's Body Found originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 at 02:07:26.

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]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:39:28 GMT http://crime.about.com/b/2011/12/13/missing-tennessee-moms-body-found.htm <![CDATA[Goverment & Politics: Remains of Missing Prostitute Found]]> The body of a missing New Jersey prostitute, whose search turned up 10 other bodies on New York's Long Island, has been found in a dense thicket about a half mile from where she disappeared. The skeletal remains belong to Shannan Gilbert who was 24 years old when she vanished.

Gilbert, a known prostitute, was reported missing on May 1. ...

Remains of Missing Prostitute Found originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 at 02:28:39.

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]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:39:00 GMT http://crime.about.com/b/2011/12/14/remains-of-missing-prostitute-found.htm <![CDATA[Goverment & Politics: Eve Carson Asked Killers to Pray With Her]]> A North Carolina college student who was abducted by two men while getting into her SUV pleaded for her life and asked her captors to pray with her just before they shot her five times and left her lying in the middle of the street. According to testimony at her murder trial, Eve Carson asked Laurence Lovette and Demario Atwater to pray with her before she died.

Lovette is on trial for the robbery, kidnapping and murder of Carson. ...

Eve Carson Asked Killers to Pray With Her originally appeared on About.com Crime / Punishment on Thursday, December 15th, 2011 at 08:25:13.

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