Anyone else ready for the next Scott Peterson story?

[Dawgs]

Looks like we have one right down the street from where I live.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7665482/

Anything to distract America from the real news... like a fucking war!!!

[Sequoia]

1. White adult women, but never missing children.

Or just token news for murdered children, but all out for this.

[XemaSab]

17. You're forgetting

those two missing children that were carjacked by that black dude.

Poor Susan Smith... to have your children killed by a strange black man must be awful!

:sarcasm:

[NYCGirl]

2. The American public has always been fascinated by this kind of story...

back to the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and even further (like the Stanford White murder — with sex and intrigue in the early 1900s)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/century/index.html

It's just the (human) nature of the "news/entertainment" business...

[RubyDuby in GA]

3. Not to belittle a woman being missing, but c'mon, did anyone think

that the boyfriend was not involved???

More evidence that America is getting dumber and more lazy. We can't even do crime well anymore....

[liberalhistorian]

4. I don't see where you get that

the fiance was definitely involved. He's been very cooperative from the start and the only problem with the polygraph test is that he wants it videotaped when the police normally don't do that. If I were him, or I found myself in that situation, I'd insist on it being videotaped, too, regardless of whether or not the police "normally" do that or not. At this point, I don't see that the fiance was involved, at least not yet.

One possibility my mom and I thought of last night was that a jealous ex-boyfriend might have done something, especially since the wedding was such a big deal in the town.

[BlueIris]

5. I didn't get any special reason to automatically suspect this fiancé,

but I can see how others may have. Statistically, you're more likely to be murdered by someone who knows you than a stranger. If you're female, according to the Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence, the percentage of women murdered by husbands, ex-husbands or boyfriends is an alarming 30 percent . The CPSD also has a frightening statistic claiming one million American women are the subjects of documentable, reported stalkings each year.

[liberalhistorian]

6. Oh, that's definitely true,

and I understand why the first person to be suspected in things like this is the boyfriend/husband/ex-lover/fiance. I'm just saying that in this case I don't see, at least not yet, that he's involved in some way.

[Beaverhausen]

7. he passed the lie detector test

I don't think he is involved.

[LiberallyInclined]

8. i don't see any reason to suspect the fiance-

what evidence is there that suggests that he's involved?

[RubyDuby in GA]

9. I'm not saying he was, and it's looking more and more that he's not

My point is that we're seeing more and more of these Scott Peterson type crimes against spouses/girlfriends. So many so that it's almost becoming so commonplace that when the furor dies down over one, the next one takes place with very similar circumstances.

[LiberallyInclined]

10. i only know of two in 'recent' months-

scott petersen, and that guy whose fiance was found dead at a trash dump or something like that- i think it was in utah, maybe?

[Beaverhausen]

11. Most women who are murdered are murdered by someone they know

I think it is 90% of the time. So police always suspect the husband/boyfriend first.

[ultraist]

13. Three days before her wedding...

And the 90% stat indicate it was either the boyfriend or an ex boyfriend. The odds of it being a random kidnapping are very small, but it could be.

I agree that it was likely an ex who was stalking her. Three days before her wedding is a big part of WHY she was kidnapped, IMO. I doubt this is coincidental.

[Fire Walk With Me]

19. Should we outsource to The Axe Gang?

http://www.sonyclassics.com/kungfuhustle/splash/landlord/

[3waygeek]

12. This kind of stuff is why...

I don't watch network news -- they always seem to pick the wrong stories to cover, and on the rare occasion that they cover the right story, they usually get it all wrong.

Frankly, this story isn't of much interest to me, and I live about a 1/2 mile from the house the couple share -- I don't know either of them, and while it's unfortunate she's missing, it's not really my business.

[ultraist]

14. You live near them?

That's kinda eery...

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[newyawker99]

20. Hi 3waygeek!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[lavenderdiva]

25. Welcome to DU 3waygeek!

:hi:

[Catchawave]

15. Did they ever get Chandra Levy's killer?

I still think Condit had something to do with that one!

[CornField]

16. This lady (who I hope is just suffering from severe cold feet) has huge

eyes, doesn't she? She looks like a really nice person -- they both do. It's sad for both families.

All that being said, however, we know that 1,500+ American men and women have been murdered in a war that was based on lies. You'd think that their lives would be as worthy of news.

[elehhhhna]

23. Looks like Graves Disease to me. Can that make one act goofy?

[CornField]

24. Those untreated with Graves disease can have emotional problems... but

I thought that Graves affected the eyes by causing swelling & redness??

[elehhhhna]

28. Makes 'em look popped out, too. Like hers.

[havocmom]

26. I find all the photos of her, all with the same expression on her face, to

be VERY unnerving. They show several on the news, but her face always looks the same. It is like she holds a particular pose. Why just one expression? Maybe she just got tired of having to hold her face the same way? Dunno, just feel there is something odd there.

[blondeatlast]

18. Not e the headline--not "police release report of missing adult woman" but

(too bad we don't have an elegant, tasteful cursive script font on DU)

"Prayers
for missing
bride-to-be
to replace wedding"

(in pink, no less).

More than anything else, big media has ruined my country. I despise them even more than I do the fugwbit.

[xultar]

21. I live in that area too! n/t

[RebelOne]

22. I think you are jumping to conclusions.

Because of the Scott Peterson case and the Hacking case in Utah, everyone is assuming that the finance/boyfriend is guilty. And if she is found dead, I would prefer that it was he was the guilty party. I live in Woodstock in North Georgia and if they do find her dead (hopefully not), I would hate to think there is some unknown crazy in my area abducting and killing women.

[hexola]

27. Looks like she was running from Jesus...

This is becoming amusing - the pastor seems to have loudest voice in all this...he glowingly mentioned Johns name over and over - but never said anything nice about Jennifer, or even said her name.

Was she driven away by an overly involved Church...?

The pastor is wierd.

John Mason reminds me of Andrea Yates husband.