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tammywammy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-30-09 12:14 PM
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83. How sad for her and her family
I hope she was completely dead before being lit on fire. :(
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  -Woman’s Body Found Burning on Street in Arkansas rsmith6621  Sep-30-09 10:37 AM   #0 
  - I'll actually be surprised if this turns out to be a racial crime...  SteppingRazor   Sep-30-09 10:39 AM   #1 
  - Question: if it was a murderer trying to destroy evidence  Taverner   Sep-30-09 10:44 AM   #12 
     - Excellent Point  we can do it   Sep-30-09 10:59 AM   #35 
     - Because they want it known that she's dead, but don't want to be caught.  SteppingRazor   Sep-30-09 11:02 AM   #41 
     - Those who know  Treo   Sep-30-09 11:16 AM   #52 
     - Because this is Arkansas. (Seems like that's all I say here anymore) Probably  sinkingfeeling   Sep-30-09 11:03 AM   # 
     - Batman: "I have the answer Robin!"  niceypoo   Sep-30-09 11:06 AM   #45 
     - exactly - if they wanted to destroy the evidence, they wouldn't put it in plain view  debbierlus   Sep-30-09 11:59 AM   #73 
     - it's not a stretch to suggest that it's possibly racially motivated.  cali   Sep-30-09 01:15 PM   #106 
     - Yeah, you'd have to be a real fooking genius  Cha   Sep-30-09 12:38 PM   #92 
     - Um....Maybe the Killer Wasn't Strong Enough to Move the Body?  Toasterlad   Sep-30-09 12:46 PM   # 
     - Dupe  Toasterlad   Sep-30-09 12:46 PM   #99 
  - Call me jumpy but I'd bet a $50 this is a hate crime  Taverner   Sep-30-09 10:39 AM   #2 
  - I'd bet it's a Domestic Violence crime.  cali   Sep-30-09 10:41 AM   #9 
  - Perhaps, but why wouldn't the perp hide her body then?  Taverner   Sep-30-09 10:43 AM   #11 
  - no, not necessarily. and lighting a corpse on fire could well be indicative  cali   Sep-30-09 10:46 AM   #13 
  - True - that could be the case  Taverner   Sep-30-09 10:48 AM   #18 
     - lots of people don't know that or they're not thinking clearly when they  cali   Sep-30-09 10:49 AM   #20 
        - In any case - I think all of us should watch this case  Taverner   Sep-30-09 11:13 AM   #51 
  - Or they hate her so much they want to punish her corpse too...  Barack_America   Sep-30-09 11:00 AM   #39 
     - There is that - didn't that happen to Medgar Evers?  Taverner   Sep-30-09 11:08 AM   #47 
        - No Medgar Evers was shot and not disfigured in anyway  Treo   Sep-30-09 11:25 AM   #56 
           - OK - wrong case. Who was the Chicago kid who was visiting the South  Taverner   Sep-30-09 11:27 AM   #57 
              - You're thinking of Emmett Till.  smokey nj   Sep-30-09 11:28 AM   #58 
                 - That's it  Taverner   Sep-30-09 11:29 AM   #60 
  - +1  get the red out   Sep-30-09 10:47 AM   #15 
  - That was my first thought too. n/t  guardian   Sep-30-09 01:11 PM   #104 
  - Young black women have been killed for years, and for people to hug themselves and shiver and say "I  Brickbat   Sep-30-09 10:53 AM   #25 
  - It is clearly a message to someone. Displaying the body that way  DevonRex   Sep-30-09 11:52 AM   #69 
  - I will take that bet  spiritual_gunfighter   Sep-30-09 12:46 PM   #101 
  - I really hope this isn't what it seems.  Mrs. Overall   Sep-30-09 10:39 AM   #3 
  - I'm convinced it is  Taverner   Sep-30-09 10:40 AM   #7 
     - Nope. You're wrong about most husbands or boyfriends hiding the body  cali   Sep-30-09 10:53 AM   #27 
     - You may be right  Taverner   Sep-30-09 10:59 AM   #37 
        - right. whatever the motive, it's heinous.  cali   Sep-30-09 11:01 AM   #40 
     - It's a poor practice to convince onself with so very little information.  Maru Kitteh   Sep-30-09 11:04 AM   #44 
     - I guess convinced is not the right word  Taverner   Sep-30-09 11:08 AM   #48 
     - I went to highschool with a guy that did.  bighart   Sep-30-09 11:10 AM   #50 
     - What was his story going to be? "I wondered why she was dragging that futon outside at 2am with  Maru Kitteh   Sep-30-09 11:33 AM   #62 
     - "I'm convinced it is" and what convinced you of that?  rd_kent   Sep-30-09 11:36 AM   #65 
  - Oh, a black woman? Well then, nothing to see here, move along.  Barack_America   Sep-30-09 10:40 AM   #4 
  - Can't jump to conclusions yet.  TwilightGardener   Sep-30-09 10:40 AM   #5 
  - Jeez  Taverner   Sep-30-09 10:41 AM   #8 
  - No, but can we say "murder" if her hands and feet are bound in duck tape and "FED"  ShortnFiery   Sep-30-09 10:48 AM   #17 
  - Time for spontaneous combustion believers to check in  DefenseLawyer   Sep-30-09 10:40 AM   #6 
  - How is it the freeps still have so much influence?!?  Xenotime   Sep-30-09 10:42 AM   #10 
  - Are you serious? Sometimes a murder is just a murder.  Brickbat   Sep-30-09 10:54 AM   #28 
  - I'd bet domestic violence  sandnsea   Sep-30-09 10:47 AM   #14 
  - There are many other explanations that come to mind. For one thing, there's  Arkansas Granny   Sep-30-09 10:47 AM   #16 
  - Yes, it obviously is related to drugs or some other untoward thing. She's BLACK ya know?  ShortnFiery   Sep-30-09 10:49 AM   #19 
  - or for fuck's sake shorty. Do you ever stop smearing people?  cali   Sep-30-09 10:50 AM   #21 
  - One trick pony.  cliffordu   Sep-30-09 10:53 AM   #26 
     - It's a lousy stinking trick and should be excoriated at every turn.  cali   Sep-30-09 10:54 AM   #29 
        - Yep.  cliffordu   Sep-30-09 10:58 AM   #34 
        - Cease with the tag team, I already corrected myself and promptly apologized.  ShortnFiery   Sep-30-09 10:59 AM   #36 
           - glad you apologized- or sort of apologized.  cali   Sep-30-09 11:00 AM   #38 
              - No, I FULLY apologized to the injured party. If you have a problem with me how  ShortnFiery   Sep-30-09 11:03 AM   #42 
              - She apologized, I accepted it. It's done.  Arkansas Granny   Sep-30-09 11:06 AM   #46 
  - I can assure you that BLACK had nothing to do with my answer.  Arkansas Granny   Sep-30-09 10:52 AM   #24 
  - I was not intending to key you out ... just extrapolating for some. Sorry. :( eom  ShortnFiery   Sep-30-09 10:57 AM   #31 
     - Thank you.  Arkansas Granny   Sep-30-09 11:04 AM   #43 
        - Yeah, I get carried away sometimes.  ShortnFiery   Sep-30-09 11:09 AM   #49 
  - It was obviously committed by a RW hate group. She's BLACK ya know?  Fire_Medic_Dave   Sep-30-09 11:46 AM   #67 
     - 67. I was wondering what took you so long.  Solomon   Sep-30-09 11:54 AM   #70 
        - Just got my lunch break.  Fire_Medic_Dave   Sep-30-09 11:57 AM   #72 
  - I was thinking that it could be gang / drug related as well  Mike Daniels   Sep-30-09 10:56 AM   #30 
  - That poor woman  supernova   Sep-30-09 10:51 AM   #22 
  - How awful.  myrna minx   Sep-30-09 10:51 AM   #23 
  - This Shit Needs To Stop Now  we can do it   Sep-30-09 10:58 AM   #32 
  - This is a story that bears watching.  Ozymanithrax   Sep-30-09 10:58 AM   #33 
  - Clearly it was a suicide and has nothing to do with anything!  Chulanowa   Sep-30-09 11:18 AM   #53 
  - yes, yes. it has to be a racially motivated crime.  cali   Sep-30-09 11:20 AM   #54 
     - Don't jump on anyone who suggests this might be racially motivated  Taverner   Sep-30-09 11:28 AM   #59 
     - One thing we do know is that this is no typical murder. Anybody who shrugs it off as  DevonRex   Sep-30-09 11:55 AM   #71 
        - Very True  Taverner   Sep-30-09 12:02 PM   #76 
           - Just think about the way Matthew Shepard was displayed. People  DevonRex   Sep-30-09 12:09 PM   #79 
     - Deleted message  Name removed   Sep-30-09 12:13 PM   #82 
        - you're absolutely disgusting. in no way has anything I've ever written  cali   Sep-30-09 12:28 PM   #88 
  - Sounds like obvious suicide to me.  kestrel91316   Sep-30-09 11:23 AM   #55 
  - No, clearly, an accident.  MNDemNY   Sep-30-09 02:14 PM   #112 
  - has anyone suggested it's suicide? No.  cali   Sep-30-09 03:04 PM   #115 
  - Ah. More auto-erotic asphyxiation, clearly.  BlooInBloo   Sep-30-09 11:32 AM   #61 
  - So, the death of all black people are now racially motivated?  rd_kent   Sep-30-09 11:34 AM   #63 
  - No but dumping a flaming corpse on a city street is a sign the killer wanted the body to be found  Taverner   Sep-30-09 12:03 PM   #77 
     - And in WHAT WAY is that racial, as you stated?  rd_kent   Sep-30-09 12:08 PM   #78 
        - I didn't say it was racial - just that its not a stretch to consider it so  Taverner   Sep-30-09 12:11 PM   #80 
           - "Rush...Hannity and all the HATE mongers are getting the America they want so badly. "  rd_kent   Sep-30-09 12:13 PM   #81 
              - That's not my quote  Taverner   Sep-30-09 12:26 PM   #86 
                 - It sure is, it's right there in your OP  anigbrowl   Sep-30-09 12:40 PM   #95 
                 - I am not rsmith6621 - I am Taverner  Taverner   Sep-30-09 12:41 PM   #96 
                    - d'oh! Sorry :-(  anigbrowl   Sep-30-09 01:47 PM   #110 
                 - My bad, sorry.  rd_kent   Sep-30-09 03:30 PM   #116 
  - Domestic violence  chrisa   Sep-30-09 11:35 AM   #64 
  - So, you've seen a lot of domestic violence victims on fire in public streets, eh?  DevonRex   Sep-30-09 12:01 PM   #75 
  - That's terrible. :/ I hope it's not a race related crime. nt  cecilfirefox   Sep-30-09 11:41 AM   #66 
  - Displaying the body that way, in flames on a street, would suggest  DevonRex   Sep-30-09 11:48 AM   #68 
  - My first guess is that somebody thought she was a snitch  Lilith Velkor   Sep-30-09 03:03 PM   #114 
  - Need a lot more info on this one. Ever see "First 48?"  CakeGrrl   Sep-30-09 12:00 PM   #74 
  - How sad for her and her family  tammywammy   Sep-30-09 12:14 PM   #83 
  - It's Arkansas...  BolivarianHero   Sep-30-09 12:18 PM   #84 
  - If it had been California, Michigan, or New Jersey, you might have a point.  MilesColtrane   Sep-30-09 01:23 PM   #108 
  - Little Rock is a violent town. Check out the crime rates at several websites  Arkansas Granny   Sep-30-09 01:41 PM   #109 
     - All I can tell ya, havin' met a few Arkies  Mopar151   Sep-30-09 02:18 PM   #113 
  - So...  Rebubula   Sep-30-09 12:22 PM   #85 
  - If it walks like a duck, smells like a duck, sounds like a duck, and looks like a duck  Taverner   Sep-30-09 12:28 PM   #87 
  - but it doesn't walk like anything yet. just the fact that the victim  cali   Sep-30-09 12:42 PM   #97 
  - No but there is enough information there to consider it  Taverner   Sep-30-09 12:44 PM   #98 
     - no, really it doesn't. As someone upthread pointed out Arkansas  cali   Sep-30-09 01:13 PM   #105 
  - Walks, smells, sounds, and looks much more like a domestic violence killing or a drug/gang killing.  sinkingfeeling   Oct-01-09 09:34 AM   #117 
  - you nailed it. some people want it to be the beginning of some  cali   Sep-30-09 12:36 PM   #91 
  - Another case closed for DUer's crack investigative unit.  HiFructosePronSyrup   Sep-30-09 01:17 PM   #107 
  - for all those who are convinced they know the motive behind this murder:  onenote   Sep-30-09 12:35 PM   #89 
  - you've now identified yourself as a racist according to quite a few assholes  cali   Sep-30-09 12:39 PM   #94 
     - Huh?  Taverner   Sep-30-09 12:46 PM   #100 
        - no, no, no. I just got called a racist in this thread for essentially saying  cali   Sep-30-09 12:50 PM   #102 
  - People are murdered every day  TCJ70   Sep-30-09 12:35 PM   #90 
  - Usually a woman's killer is her boyfriend, husband, or ex.  Quantess   Sep-30-09 12:38 PM   #93 
  - I'm not convinced this is racially motivated.  AspenRose   Sep-30-09 01:00 PM   #103 
  - I'll take "spontaneous combustion" for $500, Pat.  bertman   Sep-30-09 01:54 PM   #111 
  - The body has been identified.  sinkingfeeling   Oct-01-09 09:37 AM   #118 
     - But I thought the victim was in her 20's?  ProudToBeBlueInRhody   Oct-01-09 09:41 AM   #119 
 

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