Breaking: MArk Hacking Arrested in Salt Lake City Utah

[Kadie]

MArk Hacking Arrested in Salt Lake City Utah

Team Amber Alert National News (UTAH) -- Salt Lake City Police have arrested Mark Hacking. Local authorities will have press conference in minutes from now stay tuned and refresh as this story breaks.


http://www.teamamberalert.net/news/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3045

another link:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,127756,00.html

[trumad]

1. Who's MArk Hacking ?

[wicket]

2. husband of latest missing pregnant woman

[jpgray]

3. Why do they waste our time with this nonsense?

[WLKjr]

55. What they should have done

was arrested his ass in the first place. But no, they had to have some content for another network tv movie.

[physioex]

14. You left out a few minor facts...

Husband of latest missing white middle-class good looking pregnant woman....

[wicket]

20. good point

Women go missing every day, but these are the only ones who ever get the media attention.

[physioex]

22. Glad we agree on this one..

Read my Post 11 below.... :hi:

[progressivebydesign]

48. Actually, I think only HE said she was pregnant...

.. perhaps another one of his strange lies. How terribly sad this all is..

[wicket]

59. such a bizare story (and incredibly sad)

But will get much more media attention than it should. *sigh*

[Kadie]

4. This guy

Mark Hacking Arrested for Murder
Monday, August 02, 2004

SALT LAKE CITY — Mark Hacking (search) has been arrested for the murder of his pregnant wife, Lori Hacking, Salt Lake City police said Monday.



This will be the top story on the news tonite I am sure.

[trumad]

5. sar·casm

sar·casm Audio pronunciation of "sarcasm" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (särkzm)
n.

1. A cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound.
2. A form of wit that is marked by the use of sarcastic language and is intended to make its victim the butt of contempt or ridicule.
3. The use of sarcasm. See Synonyms at wit1.

[Kadie]

9. OK, you got me.....

Bwhahahahahaha

I should have known better. I am hanging my head in shame.

[trumad]

13. Don't... I'm kidding you

and being a little snarky as usual...

:-)

[Almost_there]

6. I don't think you need to be the Amazing Kreskin...

Around the office here from day 1 there has been a pool of "When will Mark Hacking get arrested?" The mattress, the time line, his story held about as much water as a mesh bag. I imagine the SLC police didn't arrest him simply because he was under psychiatric observation and they wanted this to be airtight.

My own feeling is that he's pretty well confessed at this point, and they'll be getting a comfy cell ready for him at the prison off of Interstate 15...

~Almost

[rkc3]

30. Here's another question (maybe should be asked of OJ),

but what is the best way to murder your spouse and get away with it?

Not that I'm in the market. It just seems even the best dressed spouse killers do some of the stupidest things.

We have all these shows on Discovery, etc. that show you how not to kill your spouse. Don't these folks watch this stuff.

[GainesT1958]

7. I wondered about this guy...

When he told his wife he was entering med school at Carolina--she was about to move from Utah to Chapel Hill to join him, just before her dissappearance--when in fact he was not doing so. I've got a pretty strong feeling he did it.

B-)

[supernova]

15. This story has been big here in NC

since he said that he was going to medical school at UNC. Riiiiiight.

I feel so sorry for that poor woman and her child. :-(

Evidently, he told law enforcement to focus on the landfill. Not good at all. :cry:

[Eloriel]

40. Her child?

Please. She was 5 weeks pregnant. Some women have miscarriages at that stage and go on with life never even knowing they were briefly pregnant.

[supernova]

42. Get off it, Eloriel

I'm very much pro-choice.

[ScreamingMeemie]

56. But I didn't Eloriel. The one I lost at 5 weeks was just as devastating

and heartrending as the one I lost at almost 20. Please, on this one, we all need to not do this. :hi:

[wicket]

61. I am so sorry to hear that MrsGrumpy :(

:cry:

[Almost_there]

34. The circumstantial evidence just looks bad...

Things really don't look promising for his defense, especially in light of the fact that the two families came out and said "OK everyone, stop looking." without the police even knowing about it.

Him not getting into Med school, lying about even graduating Univ of Utah, buying the mattress when he said he was looking for her. I think a first year prosecutor could land his ass in the chair.

[cmkramer]

45. I think so too, but we'll have to wait and see

However, I doubt this was a premeditated murder. I'm guessing that it was a "rage killing" and that he has an excellent chance of getting off due to "temporary insanity". And, for the record, that would be a perfectly fair verdict in that case.

Of course, there has to be a trial first and well, we do have to learn whether the woman is dead or not too.

[ljm2002]

60. I don't think for a minute that he'll get off...

...at least, not completely. And, for the record, it would not be a fair verdict if he did, even if it was "just" a "rage killing".

Sheesh. Someone who cannot control their anger to the point where they murder someone, is a danger to society. Maybe not as cold blooded as other murderers, but still a danger. And it's bizarre (to me) that anyone could think it okay for them to evade any consequences of their actions. The thing is, "temporary insanity" is usually not that temporary. Usually it's a pattern of behavior.

And anyway -- she's just as dead, whether his actions were premeditated or "just" spur of the moment.

Yes, I'm assuming his guilt. Yes, he deserves a fair trial, just like you or me. And if he gets off because he does not appear to have done the deed, that's one thing. Otherwise, lock him up and throw away the key. No, not the death penalty. I'm against it -- but in cases like this, only because it would be too easy for him.

[RummyTheDummy]

8. Who woulda thunk it?

Color me surprised.

:shrug::shrug:

[goclark]

10. And how many died like this in the urban area?

Why are they wasting so much time on this. May she rest in peace.
But, if they can spend this much newstime on the case...What about Sandy Berger!!! Why can't they tell us he is innocent?


I am sick of them doing so much digging and checking on all the leads on a murder case which is sad. The case does not affect the entire world.l

[physioex]

12. Exactly....very good!!!! EOM

[physioex]

11. I said this before and I say it again...

I don't like to read these types of stories, and here is my reason...


It seems that there is a pattern to these in that they pick a good looking middle class white woman that will draw the public sympathy. Why is it that you never hear about a black female or a hispanic female who might have been in a similar situation in a poor urban areas talked about in the same context? There is something defenitely peculiar going on in the media and I think this should be more openly discussed.

I am not implying this isn't a great tragedy, I just don't think I should get this much press coverage, and we have much more pressing issues....

[supernova]

17. Underlying racism

As far as I know, pretty young Mexican women who get jobs at the factories in Juarez are still disappearing. Literally hundreds have gone missing over the years but no one says anything about it.

[physioex]

19. It could be racism...

I also suspect that it can be a great way to draw in viewers. This type of stuff sells on television. Essentially they are like the National Enquirer, not a serious medium of information..

[supernova]

23. Of course it draws viewers

pathos never fails to work.

But it is odd that all these missing young women stories, with or without belly, usually involve white or white-looking women. You would think no one else every dies horribly.

I don't watch the news much anymore because I can't stand the littany of the latest crime report, as much as I feel for victims and families.

[rkc3]

31. Don't forget - white men are nice and don't kill others. Look at bush*.

[AspenRose]

37. Even Amnesty International is involved (Juarez)

http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR410112004?open&of=ENG-MEX

It is now almost 11 years since the brutal cycle of abductions and murders of young women began in Ciudad Juárez in northern Mexico. Over the last year there has been intense national and international pressure to stop violent crimes against women and to end the impunity with which many such crimes have been committed. In 2003, the Federal Government finally began to implement a programme of measures to prevent and prosecute acts of violence against women in Ciudad Juárez.

<snip>
In this report Amnesty International considers developments over the last year in the struggle to end violence against women in Ciudad Juárez and the city of Chihuahua and makes a number of recommendations to the authorities on issues that remain unresolved and need urgent attention.

[justjones]

21. Umm, I think it's because in America black and hispanic women's lives....

are less valuable than a good looking middle class white woman's, in the rare case that you or anyone else around here didn't already know that.
(/sarcasm)

Same shit, different day. I personally am getting sick of all this bullshit inequality in media coverage and in everything else I see everyday, but realize we have to keep pointing it out until it changes.

It's just hard not to get apathetic and figure it ain't ever going to change....

[physioex]

26. I have also become cynical in hoping for change...eom

[funkybutt]

25. tell me about it!

It's so aggravating...i bet a woman or two a week goes missing JUST IN MY CITY and the media just doesn't cover it. IF they did, there'd be a new story every day. It's always a nice looking WHITE woman...

yeah, it's terrible..but this shit happens all the time.

[physioex]

27. Yea I agree...eom

[lilymidnite]

29. The "Missing White Woman" machine ...

... was in full force here, led by Elizabeth Smart's family. (They are actually starting a *business* that helps organize searches in these kinds of cases -- their right, but yuck.)

The bottled water given to searchers even had "Find Lori" stickers on them, part of the whole "package".

E.

I feel bad for the families involved. But, I'm very happy I can walk in that canyon again and not feel fear.

[impe]

33. www.missingadults.org

Maybe you should check out the missing white woman machine and see how many really go unnoticed. The MISSING issue is a National tragedy in this country!!

[OKNancy]

53. Her maiden name is Soares ( Swa rez )

Her father is Eraldo Soares. Granted she was an attractive woman.

[ikojo]

54. For the same reason that we don't hear much about

missing black children. To a martian it would appear that only blonde haired, blue eyed Aryan children go missing in the US because those are the ones on the news. They are the kids the media and the police round up the search parties for. The Hacking case, like most missing persons cases, is an inside the family job.

[physioex]

62. And what a waste of resources...

The schmuck who did it is right under our nose....

[Az_lefty]

16. Not surprised at all

this guy was acting strange from the get go.

[Mike Daniels]

18. Given that most single occurance (vs. serial) murders

are committed by family members and S.O's and that suspicion almost always immediately focuses on someone who falls into those categories, you'd have to be a complete moron or relatively arrogant to think that you'd get away with killing a loved one in most cases.

Of course, one should never discount the human inclination to self-delusion in these matters either.

[Connie_Corleone]

24. Gee...

Do you think he did it??

:eyes:

[Almost_there]

28. I think the "pregnant" is also what kept this fueled...

I think the fact that she was pregnant when she disappeared is really what kept the story fueled. It is almost certain to hit a very quick crescendo and then fall off the radar screen. I don't think that there is much doubt as to culpability in this case, and Mark Hacking should read up on Utah law and see the last time they cleaned the rifles for the firing squad. I believe (though I'm not positive) they still have firing squad on their death penalty options (in addition to electric chair and lethal injection) that was last tested in the late 80's, I think.

Sadly, this woman is gone as is her unborn child, and there is nothing anyone can do to bring her back. I just think the parallels between this and the Petersen case are what has brought it up so much recently.

~Almost

[progressivebydesign]

49. I think only he claimed she was pregnant...

.. I'm not sure if that was ever confirmed by anyone. Perhaps, in his twisted mind, it made a more compelling story. It's just sad. I can think of no worse way to die, then at the hands of someone who was supposed to love and protect you.

[RamboLiberal]

32. Who cares - this should be a local story

I'm sick of the media whores acting like these stories are so important to the whole damn country. What - so they can attract an extra 100,000 idiots to tune in to their 24/7 pap?

[Almost_there]

35. What's that rationalle?

This is a local story? Then I guess everything is a "local" story. The wild fires in CA are "local" to CA, the only national thing would be what? The stock market and national political news.

Seriously, things capture people's attention, and that's what makes things national. Its sensational, and that generates ratings from the sheeple watching TV, and voila! You have ratings! You have national news!

[chiburb]

39. That's what he said.

Seriously, things capture people's attention, and that's what makes things national. Its sensational, and that generates ratings from the sheeple watching TV, and voila! You have ratings! You have national news!

[RamboLiberal]

64. Give me a break

1 person probably dead - how many people were murdered today in the U.S. - why aren't all their stories national? How many people went missing today - why aren't all their stories national? How many died in a house fire today - why aren't all their stories national? Get my drift?

A wildfire burns thousands of acres, put many out of their homes and besides has some great visuals, same with tornados and hurricanes. They involve governors and the president declaring them disaster areas. That's why those stories are national.

Hackings and Peterson stories should've stayed local or their biggest fame should've been in some Ann Rule book or A&E movie.

[Kadie]

44. It is the main story at cnn.com now

because of course you know there isn't anything else going on.

[underpants]

36. Did he kill Laci Peterson too?

:eyes:

[Tight_rope]

41. Stranger things have happened!

[Renew Deal]

38. This is very sad.

:cry:

[nomatrix]

43. Why are these stories making headlines?

Peterson & Hacking stories have a similar M.O.

The "unborn child" to some, "fetus" to others.

If either is convicted of double homicide, it declares "murder" of a fetus.

Roe vs Wade and stem cell research. Now who wants to suppress those two issues?

[DaveSZ]

46. This is part of the corporate media's ploy to keep americans stupid

All this crap about Lacy Peterson and this other dead chick is really meaningless.

They could be covering the child torture in Abu Graihb or about how so many of our soldiers are dying in Iraq and they cover this and Kobe Bryant instead.

[saigon68]

52. Don't forget Michael Jackson

And his "LITTLE FRIENDS"

[Almost_there]

63. So, torture is worse than murder? OK. I'll jot that down.

Sorry, but, let's see... hmm. A pregnant woman is MURDERED (No life remaining) as opposed to torture (people still alive) of let's say 50 prisoners (known) by 15 (guestimate) guards, and the toture that happened months ago should be front and center.
Yet the MURDER (again, murder = death) of 'This other dead chick' is really meaningless.

Alright, color me jaded, but, WTF are you talking about? Does human life mean so little to you that "this other dead chick" is just a pain in the ass since you can't see any more Abu Graihb scandal?

I guess when those nuts in Texas dragged James Byrd (aka "that dead dragged black guy") to his death, we should ignore that too? Or is that ok because it is for a "cause"? Sorry, a murder is a murder, let's not call a dead woman "this other dead chick". Quite frankly, your statement is pretty telling.

[FizzFuzz]

47. another reason media loves covering murdered attractive young white women?

They get to say "her nude body" on prime time.

[Charles]

50. More heterosexual "family values"

So much for the 'Sanctity of Marriage'....


A true tragedy!



.

[Doosh]

51. honestly, who cares about this stuff

this story reeks of greta van sustern.

[ldf]

57. and guess who is on larry king tonight?

must be a slow news day (/sarcasm)

they must have decided to take a break in their efforts to terrorize all americans with 42 month old "chatter".

i am confused. i don't know whether to be afraid, or scandalized.

i guess i'll just have to be both. i want to do my part to be a true-blue american.

if i'm not, then the "terraists" have won.

[vincenzo]

58. Are we having an epidemic of criminal con artists?

Both on the street and in the White House?