Cyber Crime! 10 Gruesome Murders With Killers All Linked Through The Internet
From the Craigslist killer who found his victim online to the 80-year-old Black Widow who met one of her husbands through the internet and killed another one, RadarOnline.com exposes 10 web-related murders.
From the Craigslist killer who found his victim online to the 80-year-old Black Widow who met one of her husbands through the internet and killed another one, RadarOnline.com exposes 10 web-related murders.
Ingrid Lyne, a 40-year-old mother of three living in Seattle, Washington, was brutally murdered Friday night, according to the Seattle Times. Her dismembered body parts were found in recycling bins. Suspect John Robert Charlton (who Lyne had been dating after meeting him online) is currently being held on $2 million bail.
In March, Melissa Ann Shepard—dubbed Canada's Internet Black Widow—was released from prison, after serving more than two years for drugging her lover's coffee, BBC reported. Prior to this sentence, Shepard, 80, was convicted of manslaughter in 1992 for the death of her second husband, Gordon Steward. She had drugged him and ran over him with her car. Since her 1994 release, she met and married third husband Robert Friedrich through a dating site and he died. And then in 2005, she got sentenced for five years in a Florida prison for forgery and theft from Alex Strategos. They met online as well, and Strategos accused Shepard of drugging his ice cream.
Miami, Florida resident Derek Medina, 33, earned the name of "Facebook Killer" after he was found guilty for murdering his wife, Jennifer Alfonso, 27, in 2013. According to CBS News, Medina shot his wife eight times and posted a picture of her body on Facebook. He reportedly added on Facebook that he shot Alfonoso in self-defense, but knew that he would go to prison. In February, Medina was sentenced to life. He's eligible for parole in 25 years.
Accused Craigslist Killer Arraigned
Infamous Craigslist Killer Philip Markoff was arrested on April 20, 2009 for the murder of Julissa Brisman, a former call girl. According to Biography.com, the second-year medical student met Brisman off of a Craigslist ad. He plead "not guilty," but was found dead from apparent suicide on Aug. 15, 2010 in his jail cell.
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In October, Sharon Rena Lopatka's body was discovered near her killer Robert Frederick Glass's North Carolina trailer. Glass and Lopatka met online, and after her husband reported her missing, police found "electronic mail about her fantasies of being sexually tortured to death," The Baltimore Sun reported. Glass was jailed for first degree murder charges, but later plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter and child-pornography charges. He died in prison in 2002 from a heart attack.
In 2010, Rachel Wade—then a 20-year-old Florida waitress—was sentenced to 27 years behind bars for the second-degree murder of Sarah Ludemann, the Tampa Bay Times reported. Wade and Ludemann had been involved in a love triangle with Josh Camacho, and had been threatening each other over text messages and MySpace for months. On April 15, 2009, Wade stabbed Ludemann in her heart. Ludemann died in the street.
Hughstan Schlicker was 16 years in old in 2009 when he was sentenced to spend 20 years behind bars after he admitted to killing his father the year before, according to azentral.com. Schlicker shot his father, Ted, in February 2008 after Ted had cut him off from going on MySpace. He was charged with first degree murder, but plead guilty to second-degree murder.
In 2010, Korena Roberts plead guilty to one count of aggravated murder after she met her pregnant victim Heather Snively over Craigslist. According to OregonLive, Snively died after Snively cut her baby from her womb. Snively then pretended to have given birth to the baby, who also died. Roberts agreed to life in prison. She doesn't have a chance at parole.
In February 2015, Maxwell Morton, then 16, was charged with first degree murder, homicide and posession of a firearm for the death of Ryan Mangan. According to TRIBLIVE, Mangan had been shot in the face. Morton then allegedly sent a selfie to a friend, whose mother reported it to police. As of February 19, 2016, Morton was awaiting trial, Wtae.com reported.
In 2014 in the UK, Lewis Daynes—now 20—befriended then 14-year-old Breck Bednar over the internet through online gaming. According to the UK's Telegraph, Bednar was sexually assaulted and killed. Daynes then reportedly sent pictures of the dying boy to online friends. Now, Daynes is serving a life sentence, but is eligible for parole after 25 years.