Michael John Anderson, convicted of murdering Katherine Olson in Minnesota in October 2007.The following individuals have used Craigslist advertisements to contact victims or hire a murderer:
Of these, two were convicted for crimes in the three-month period encompassing Febrary to April 2009 and a further four were accused of crimes during the 11-month span of March 2008 through April 2009. Since 2007, several suspected and convicted perpetrators have met their victims or solicted murder through Craigslist. īefore the development of the Internet, when similar cases were described in the media, they were commonly known as "want ad murders" or " lonely hearts club murders" due to their method of finding victims through newspaper classified ads and personal or lonely hearts club ads. The first use of the term Craigslist killings may date to October 31, 2007, when the phrase appeared in a headline in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press in Minnesota, in reference to the murder of Katherine Olson by Michael John Anderson, who was then dubbed the " Craigslist killer". Script error: No such module "Message box".Ĭraigslist killer refers to a person or persons perpetrating the crime of murder against a victim who either posted advertisements to, or answered advertisements via Craigslist, a popular classified advertising website.
Script error: No such module "Message box".
0 kommentar(er)
