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Fri Aug-14-09 04:49 PM
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| 2. They wouldn't even have to belong to middle class families |
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They just have to be white and pretty
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| -N.C. city on edge as 9 women vanish |
RamboLiberal |
Aug-14-09 04:41 PM |
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You are so right about skin color mattering in the coverage. |
tekisui |
Aug-14-09 04:47 PM |
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Yep. All the more resaon to keep this thread kicked |
theHandpuppet |
Aug-14-09 04:50 PM |
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+1 |
Blue_Tires |
Aug-15-09 01:26 AM |
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They wouldn't even have to belong to middle class families |
Taverner |
Aug-14-09 04:49 PM |
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Or not drug addicts and prostitutes... |
WriteDown |
Aug-14-09 04:56 PM |
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Remember those New Jersey women who were killed in Atlantic City |
Taverner |
Aug-14-09 05:08 PM |
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and they printed their pics much more frequently! |
bettyellen |
Aug-14-09 05:09 PM |
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Never saw one story about that. nt |
WriteDown |
Aug-14-09 05:13 PM |
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I'm from the Northwest and they |
gopiscrap |
Aug-15-09 08:39 AM |
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Thats not always the case. |
Mystayya |
Aug-15-09 11:41 AM |
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Well true - if a killer killed a middle class woman who looked like Halle Berry |
Taverner |
Aug-15-09 01:59 PM |
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Green River killer was pretty widely publicized |
Mithreal |
Aug-14-09 05:10 PM |
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Green River killer was widely publicized due to the sheer |
WriteDown |
Aug-14-09 05:17 PM |
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I was a teacher there and knew the community rather well. |
Mithreal |
Aug-14-09 05:42 PM |
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You misunderstood... |
WriteDown |
Aug-14-09 06:42 PM |
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If you don't think that there's "Deep South" in NC |
Alcibiades |
Aug-14-09 10:18 PM |
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I lived 10 years in NC... |
WriteDown |
Aug-15-09 12:19 AM |
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I've lived in NC and SC for most of my life |
Alcibiades |
Aug-15-09 03:13 PM |
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BC Powder was first formulated |
AlbertCat |
Aug-15-09 08:49 AM |
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It's a reference to a cultural artifact that is part of southern life |
Alcibiades |
Aug-15-09 03:11 PM |
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Here you go... |
WriteDown |
Aug-15-09 06:52 PM |
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Proves my point |
Alcibiades |
Aug-15-09 07:27 PM |
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Oh please... |
WriteDown |
Aug-15-09 07:41 PM |
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It's not a measure of "Hicksvilleness," |
Alcibiades |
Aug-15-09 11:46 PM |
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Ugh.... |
WriteDown |
Aug-16-09 11:14 AM |
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I have |
Alcibiades |
Aug-16-09 02:58 PM |
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I live between Raleigh/RTP area and Rocky Mount. |
loudsue |
Aug-15-09 08:49 AM |
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Yep |
ekwhite |
Aug-14-09 07:51 PM |
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The first ten green river victims, not so much. n/t |
lumberjack_jeff |
Aug-14-09 09:19 PM |
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Thanks. Figured that might have been the case. nt |
Mithreal |
Aug-14-09 09:37 PM |
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Yes. |
emilyg |
Aug-14-09 06:16 PM |
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yup people start to care when its members of their social group or economic group |
vadawg |
Aug-15-09 07:43 AM |
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My God, this is horrible |
Zodiak |
Aug-14-09 04:51 PM |
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Oh, no. This is horrible. |
EFerrari |
Aug-14-09 04:58 PM |
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Or Ashton Kutcher, Tom Cruise, or Kate Hudson.... |
WriteDown |
Aug-14-09 04:58 PM |
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blond prostitutes? they get their pics on page one, dark skinned ones, notsomuch |
bettyellen |
Aug-14-09 05:08 PM |
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Where? |
WriteDown |
Aug-14-09 05:13 PM |
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try google images i can tell you without ever going there you'll see 90% white gals |
bettyellen |
Aug-14-09 08:28 PM |
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Guess that explains why no one ever heard of Jack the Ripper. |
No Elephants |
Aug-14-09 06:04 PM |
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Yeah this is not good at all. |
SIMPLYB1980 |
Aug-14-09 04:59 PM |
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Well first they are prostitutes. Let's face it, nobody cares......................... |
pattmarty |
Aug-14-09 05:28 PM |
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More children of the middle and upper classes work in the sex trade than you would think |
XemaSab |
Aug-14-09 06:08 PM |
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not all of the women are prostitutes |
noiretextatique |
Aug-14-09 06:10 PM |
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I just assumed they were. I figured they're easy prey, that's why shitbags....... |
pattmarty |
Aug-15-09 10:37 AM |
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K&R |
Solly Mack |
Aug-14-09 05:29 PM |
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Young blond |
Libertas1776 |
Aug-14-09 05:30 PM |
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K&R |
meowomon |
Aug-14-09 05:57 PM |
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Six of them will not return to their families because |
LisaL |
Aug-14-09 07:20 PM |
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I know they are probably not alive |
meowomon |
Aug-14-09 11:47 PM |
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In agreement. n/t |
susanna |
Aug-15-09 12:39 AM |
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Jeebus, this reminds me of the Green River Killer. He went after |
SeattleGirl |
Aug-14-09 06:03 PM |
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Exactly my thoughts. |
susanna |
Aug-15-09 12:16 AM |
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Often, law enforcement won't make a public declaration of "Serial Killer" |
EvolveOrConvolve |
Aug-15-09 10:02 AM |
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This is likely true. Good point. n/t |
susanna |
Aug-15-09 10:33 AM |
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K&R |
foxfeet |
Aug-14-09 06:19 PM |
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mr liberty is telling me right now that he heard a little bit about this... |
ms liberty |
Aug-14-09 06:39 PM |
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6 dead and this is the first I've heard of it |
ekwhite |
Aug-14-09 07:57 PM |
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Very true - sad, disgusting, but true. n/t |
ms liberty |
Aug-14-09 08:18 PM |
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It reminds me of Robert Lee Yates, the skid row killer from Spokane |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-14-09 06:44 PM |
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that's exactly who I thought of too |
Wetzelbill |
Aug-14-09 07:24 PM |
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That guy's case wasn't highly publicized, either |
stevedeshazer |
Aug-14-09 07:44 PM |
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yes I only knew about it |
Wetzelbill |
Aug-14-09 07:55 PM |
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creepy..... |
create.peace |
Aug-14-09 11:58 PM |
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And why is this the first time we're hearing about this? |
FourScore |
Aug-14-09 07:39 PM |
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Maybe nationally, but we heard of it here when the last victim |
Tunkamerica |
Aug-14-09 08:14 PM |
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it;s certainly a color thing that theres so little outrage or press coverage |
bettyellen |
Aug-14-09 08:30 PM |
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That's what I was referring to. Thanks. n/t |
FourScore |
Aug-16-09 12:18 PM |
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There could be other explanations. |
sofa king |
Aug-14-09 10:33 PM |
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Excellent points. |
susanna |
Aug-15-09 12:36 AM |
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" Police will not say whether they suspect a serial killer" |
Haole Girl |
Aug-14-09 08:12 PM |
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That was my first reaction as well... |
rasputin1952 |
Aug-15-09 07:46 AM |
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i had no idea |
barbtries |
Aug-14-09 08:14 PM |
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wasn't Rocky Mount the Mount Pilot near Mayberry? |
704wipes |
Aug-14-09 08:21 PM |
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No, that's Mt. Airy |
lildreamer316 |
Aug-14-09 08:49 PM |
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there were a few black people toward the end |
Ex Lurker |
Aug-14-09 09:33 PM |
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I LIVE In NC and HAD NOT HEARD of this. That's BULLSHIT. |
lildreamer316 |
Aug-14-09 08:45 PM |
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These are super poor counties. They called in the FBI |
Pavulon |
Aug-15-09 06:54 PM |
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The theory is that prostitutes and drug addicts have it coming to them. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Aug-14-09 08:47 PM |
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Ugh, this has all the hallmarks of serial rape-killings. |
Odin2005 |
Aug-14-09 10:43 PM |
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Why am I getting the feeling that this is similar to the Ipswich murders? |
Jkid |
Aug-14-09 10:59 PM |
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ding ding ding!! |
create.peace |
Aug-14-09 11:43 PM |
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Prostitutes are expendable. nt |
Captain Hilts |
Aug-15-09 12:14 PM |
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Couldn't understand why I hadn't heard anything about this before now ... |
BattyDem |
Aug-14-09 11:57 PM |
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No mention here... |
DAMANgoldberg |
Aug-16-09 01:03 AM |
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Police wont say they suspect a serial killer? What? |
winyanstaz |
Aug-15-09 02:12 AM |
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Just so tragic. |
Island Blue |
Aug-15-09 07:18 AM |
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Scary stuff that. |
cindyfaulkner |
Aug-15-09 02:25 PM |
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not the Green River Killer, he's still behind bars |
mimitabby |
Aug-15-09 04:05 PM |
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I was thinking what you wrote before I read it |
mntleo2 |
Aug-15-09 04:22 PM |
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Sounds like a textbook serial killer |
rocktivity |
Aug-16-09 07:41 PM |
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no wonder dems can't get anything done. |
busybl |
Aug-16-09 10:06 PM |
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