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Post by Helen Dagner on Dec 26, 2011 23:41:34 GMT -5
MICHIGAN / 3 of 4 slain tied to website~Detroit Have Yet Another Serial Killer-
Detroit police say three of four women recently found dead in car trunks had promoted themselves as escorts through the same website. Chief Ralph Godbee said Monday the deaths could be connected but that police were "stopping short" of calling it the work of a serial killer. Police discovered the badly burned bodies of two women in a car trunk early Sunday, nearly a week after two other bodies were found nearby in another car trunk. All four women were in their 20s. Godbee said three of the four had profiles on a commerce website that also carried personal ads. Citing police, Reuters reported that three women were linked with "prearranged adult dating services" advertised on a website called Packages.
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Post by Helen Dagner on Dec 26, 2011 23:49:20 GMT -5
4 women found dead in car trunks; Detroit police tie 3 to escort services
By msnbc.com staff
DETROIT -- The deaths of two women found inside a burning vehicle on Christmas morning are connected to the deaths a week earlier of two other women, Detroit's police chief said Monday.
All four deaths were ruled homicides and three of the four women were involved in an escort website, Police Chief Ralph Godbee told reporters.
The latest victims were found after firefighters responded to a car fire inside a home's garage at 1 a.m. on Christmas, clickondetroit.com reported. Their bodies were found inside the trunk.
The women's names were not released but police said they were 28 and 29 years old and had worked for an escort service listed on backpage.com.
On Dec. 19, the bodies of Renesha Landers, 23, and her 24-year-old cousin, Denesha Hunt, were found dead in the truck of Landers' car.
"Three of the four females have a connection" to backpage.com, Godbee said.
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Post by Helen Dagner on Dec 27, 2011 0:01:07 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Dec 27, 2011 0:22:14 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Dec 27, 2011 7:00:56 GMT -5
www.freep.com/article/20111227/NEWS05/112270362/Internet-escort-ads-linked-to-women-found-dead-in-Detroit The women were found dead in pairs: Demesha Hunt, 24, and Renisha Landers, 23, both of Detroit, were discovered about 3 p.m. Dec. 19 in the trunk of a 2009 Chrysler 300C on the 14900 block of Promenade. Two more women, their names not yet released by police, were found burned beyond recognition about 1 a.m. Sunday in the trunk of a 1997 Buick LeSabre parked in a garage on the 14900 block of Lannette, according to Godbee. They were 28 and 29.
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Post by Helen Dagner on Dec 27, 2011 9:33:10 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Dec 27, 2011 9:34:42 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Dec 27, 2011 9:35:57 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Dec 27, 2011 11:29:20 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Dec 27, 2011 12:53:58 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Dec 27, 2011 16:21:29 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Dec 27, 2011 18:38:36 GMT -5
www.washingtonpost.com/national/detroit-police-say-killer-may-be-targeting-escorts-after-bodies-of-4-women-found-in-car-trunks/2011/12/27/gIQAm75nKP_story.html The latest victims were found Christmas morning, when Detroit firefighters discovered their badly burned bodies in the trunk of a car that had been set ablaze in a garage. They were identified as women ages 28 and 29, and police were awaiting a determination from the medical examiner’s office on the exact cause of death. Meanwhile, the families of Demesha Hunt, 24, and Renisha Landers, 23, whose bodies were found Dec. 19 in the trunk of a car parked in the driveway of a vacant home on the city’s east side, prepared for a joint funeral Thursday. The Detroit women had been reported missing by relatives after they didn’t return from a night out and police said there were no outer signs of trauma to the bodies.
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Post by Helen Dagner on Dec 27, 2011 19:19:21 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Dec 27, 2011 19:27:15 GMT -5
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Post by Helen Dagner on Dec 27, 2011 19:32:35 GMT -5
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