# Craigslist murderers lure victims with job ad

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-murderers-lure-victims-with-job-ad/604847>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 2, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-murderers-lure-victims-with-job-ad/604847 "2011-12-02T15:50:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-murderers-lure-victims-with-job-ad/604847/21 "2011-12-05T07:47:18Z")

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> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#):
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> Go back and look at the 4th comment posted at the end of that NYT article. There is a link to what appears to be a mugshot of the 16yo kids mother on drug charges and for occupying a condemned dwelling.
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> And boy, does she look seriously creepy.
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> Yeah. There’s some seriously odd stuff going on here and this is probably only the tip of the iceberg.

And she’s described in the article as “A striking woman, tall and rail thin.” Maybe it’s just me, but that brings to (my) mind a totally different picture than the woman pictured.

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**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-murderers-lure-victims-with-job-ad/604847/22 "2011-12-05T12:18:13Z")

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> [@drewtwo99](#):
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> what happened to the good ol’ days when people were killed in death castles and such? Stupid Craigslist Amateurs.

Is that like a bouncy castle?

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**Author:** ![Zyanthia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Zyanthia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyanthia)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-murderers-lure-victims-with-job-ad/604847/23 "2011-12-05T14:29:24Z")

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It was just the first Soylent Green farm is all ☹ Now it’ll never take off!

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**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-murderers-lure-victims-with-job-ad/604847/24 "2011-12-05T14:41:10Z")

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> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#):
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> Have any mothers of murders gone on record to say something like: "He was a terrible boy. He always creeped me out. I should have smothered him when he was 3, when I had the chance.

Yeah, even the parents of the Columbine killers talked about what nice boys their kids were and how they never saw it coming (just finished reading a book on the subject, which is why I bring this particular case up). And by all accounts they (the parents) were fairly well-adjusted folks with no odd predilections.

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