Pennsylvania newlyweds get life without parole in Craigslist killing

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Thu Sep 18, 2014 1:36pm EDT

(Reuters) - The Pennsylvania newlyweds who admitted using Craigslist to lure a victim for a thrill-killing were sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without parole in a plea deal that spared them from the death penalty, a defense spokeswoman said.

The sentencing of Miranda Barbour, 19, and her husband, Elytte Barbour, 22, came about a month after they pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the Nov. 11, 2013, killing of Troy LaFerrara, 42. Both were originally charged with first-degree murder, punishable in Pennsylvania by a possible death sentence.

In the Northumberland County Court of Common Pleas on Thursday, Elytte Barbour apologized to the victim's family and his own father in the courtroom, saying he did not know why he committed the crime, District Attorney Ann Targonski said.

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[KamaAina]

1. They killed Craigslist?!

How am I going to look for a job in SF or the East Bay?

Disclaimer: the actual Craig, Craig Newmark, is a friend of a friend, and I follow him on FB. Thus, it irks me when journalists* blame CL for stuff like this. Remember the notorious case in Boston a few years ago?

[sendero]

3. Believe me..

..... Craigslist sticks in the craw of the print newspapers, having obviated one of their main cash cows, the classifieds.

They could have just as easily placed an ad in a newspaper, except they are ridiculously overpriced and functionally obsolete.

[ballyhoo]

7. I have placed ads on Craigslist for ten or 12 various items. It has never taken me

longer than four days to sell stuff. I sold a Gaggia Classic (espresso machine) for $175.00 last time. I had people offer me more than that but I had already accepted the first offer. We don't subscribe to any newspapers anymore. We used to subscribe to three. But they are all Republican rags now. Craigslist is now the only game in town for me to sell stuff. The other list by the woman I have heard is not as honest as it used to be.

[Blue_Tires]

9. FWIW, the classifieds were drying up

LONG before 'craigslist' became a household name...

[Louisiana1976]

2. The killers got a fitting sentence.

[FiveGoodMen]

4. Look where she's from!

Miranda Barbour, who grew up in Wasilla, Alaska, has made a number of claims to have been a serial killer, authorities said, but none of them could be corroborated.

[Feral Child]

5. Ha!

Interesting coincidence.

[freshwest]

8. Ummm....

[Feral Child]

6. Apropriate. n/t