Scared in NYC...
There is a crazy ass deranged killer on the loose in NYC and it is SCARY. I havent felt like this since the Atlanta Child Murders -- or the sniper in DC (that is where I am from originally-havent lived there for a long time but my family is there). And then there is the whole cab driver spin-- we ALL take cabs here. I hope they catch this horrible SOB and punish him to the fullest extent for this vile crime. I cried when I saw the girls mom and sister on TV -- they were so broken.
Life is short but life is grand -- spread as much happiness and joy as you can. I often wonder if criminals had just received more love and joy would they have turned out differently. You know, was there one seemingly small incident that pushed them over the edge? -- to the point they no longer respected life?...
Here are some of the details...
New York Police are seeking clues in the brutal rape and slaying of a 24-year-old criminal justice student whose nude body was found near a Brooklyn street 14 miles from where she was last seen around 4 a.m. Saturday at The Falls, a bar in the SoHo section of the city.
The nature of the death of Imette St. Guillen, a graduate of the Boston Latin School, George Washington University and a graduate student at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, touched off a massive investigation by the NYPD and a media storm in Boston and New York. The pretty and bright student apparently died a horrible death.
St. Guillen's body was found wrapped in a floral print bedspread or comforter like the kind used in many hotels, her hair had been crudely chopped off on one side, her hands and feet were bound with plastic ties, a tube sock had been stuffed in her mouth, and her entire face wrapped in packing tape, according to police sources.
An examination of her body revealed that she had been raped, sodomized and choked to death. She had bruises around her neck and police believe that she was either gang raped or violated with objects due to the wounds she suffered.
Widespread Investigation
Due to the nature of her torture, death and how her body was found, some observers believe the killer or killers may strike again, leaving coeds in the area concerned about their safety if they venture out into the city after dark.
One police source told the Boston Herald that the killer may be someone in the furniture moving business, since some of the items used to tie up St. Guillen's body were items used by movers -- packing tape, plastic ties, and blankets. No fingerprints were found on the packing tape, indicating the tape may have been applied with a wrapping tool like movers use, the source said.
Fake Cab Driver?
Police sketch
Meanwhile, New York police have released the sketch of a person they want to talk with in connection with the case. According to the New York Post, the sketch is of a man police believe was posing as a cab driver on Feb. 12 when he picked up a woman in New York, raped her and threw her out of the cab near the vacant lot where St. Guillen's body was found. The cab driver is described as in his 30s, Middle Eastern, with a dark complexion.
Also, investigators have been contacting hotels and motels to see if they can find bedspreads with the same floral pattern as the one used to wrap St. Guillen's body. A photo of the bedspread is posted on the America's Most Wanted Web site.
St. Guillen would have turned 25 years old this week, but instead of celebrating her birthday, her family was planning her funeral, a private service scheduled at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 4, in Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 800-577-TIPS. A reward has been offered for information.
7 Comments:
Note the cab driver's number and call your friends to tell them the number when you get into the car. Call your friends when you get home; make sure it's a practice you follow and have them do the same. If you don't hear within a reasonable amount of time, call them. If there's no answer, call the cab company! There was a girl abducted by a cab driver in San Franciso a few years back... it was a horrible ending, which has made me and my friends super careful... especially when it's the wee hours of the morning, if you know what I mean.
Take extra care of yourself!
Love your blog... we would do well on the Amazing Race; I love people born in the year of the Dragon (I'm a monkey).
10:41 PM
Thanks KISS...great advice. I will definitely do this with the cabs from here on out. Hope you are having a good weekend in San Fran -- I LOVE SF;)
1:19 PM
Wow, totally not the point of your post (I'll read the rest in a second), but how weird is that that you're from DC and live in NYC now? I moved to NYC in '94 for college and lived there till 2002 before coming back home...RIGHT in the middle of the Sniper fiasco. Those were some scary days!
12:46 AM
By the way, I still miss NYC, my second hometown. I toy with the idea of moving back every single day. :)
12:47 AM
Nic -- Come back, come back! Haha!
Do you like being back nome?
I always say I will never move back home but sometimes I miss being close to my family. When I moved here in 98' I had 3 other good friends move here to and they have all gone back!
12:50 PM
Where did you find it? Interesting read » » »
6:56 AM
Enjoyed a lot! » »
8:42 PM
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