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Craigslist

The "Craigslist Murder" Gets High-Gloss Treatment in Vanity Fair

Posted by: Frederick Lane on 10 September 2009

Tagged in: text message(s) , screen name(s) , online predators , murder , mobile forensics , instant messaging , e-mail(s) , criminal , Craigslist , cloud forensics , cellphone , America Online

Last April, a murder in Boston's tony Back Bay made headlines across the country. From one perspective, there was sadly nothing remarkable about the crime: a woman advertising erotic services ("massage") was assaulted and murdered by a customer. But what caught everyone's attention was the fact that the alleged killer found his victim on Craigslist, an online classified advertising site that included a category called "Erotic Services."

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