Internet Rape and Craigslist
by Craigslist has been accused of promoting prostitution and Internet crime and rape is on the rise. False idenities are easy to set up in cyberspace and it’s anybody’s guess who is out there. A good example is the woman from Wyoming who was assaulted at her front door. Her attacker claimed he was only fulfilling her fantasy she had shared with him on the Internet.
Is the Internet getting too far out of hand? A woman who was accosted on her front steps and raped in her living room believes it is. This woman in the Wyoming city of Casper was returning home when a man grabbed her. He proceeded to to drag her into the living room, hog tie, and rape her at knife point, leaving her bound on the living room floor.
A few days before the rape she had complained to the police that someone had made a false Craigslist posting about her, which had personal information and photographs included. The ad read, ” need a real aggressive man with no concern for women” When she complained, the ad was taken off Craigslist, but not before it was seen by scores of people.
When questioned by Natrona County’s Deputy Sheriff Todd Sexton, Ty Oliver McDowell admitted going to the victim’s home, he thought at her invitation, and having sexual contact with her to “fulfill her sexual fantasy” He told officials he had corresponded with a person he thought was the woman by email. But when investigated it was found the victims ex boy friend Jebidiah James Stripe, was the person who had set the woman up without her knowledge.
Stripe was communicating from the email address pretending to be the woman. So, the ex boy friend, a Marine based in Twentynine Palms Calif, was also charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree sexual assault. Stripe is accused of posing as the woman on line and claiming to have a fantasy about being raped.
Prosecutor Mike Blonigen, the Natrona County district attorney, said Internet cases pose a big problem to law enforcement.”Tracking down who is involved is difficult” Blonigen said. “its easy to set up a false identity in cyberspace, and they have to commit some overt action to come to our attention. It’s a big issue.”
This is only one of several sex crimes in which the Internet linked the perpetrator and the victim. Craigslist has been accused of promoting prostitution and in 2008 the company agreed to tighten it’s adult services ads. Craigslist started requiring working numbers and credit card payment for such ads. But concerns have again been raised after prosecutors linked a sex related killing in Boston to Craigslist. Blonigen said he would prefer Craigslist not to run such ads, but added, “You know somebody’s going to do it even if they don’t.”
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Post Commentnobert soloria bermosa
On February 8, 2010 at 7:54 am
eye opener…thanks Ruby for letting us know about it
Jimmy Shilaho
On February 8, 2010 at 7:58 am
The issues you have raised are real, but sometimes we take them for granted.
MCA
On February 8, 2010 at 8:12 am
really strange.
martie
On February 8, 2010 at 8:26 am
I honestly believe the ex boyfriend should be charged with the most. He set the whole thing up and pretended to be the woman. As sick and as stupid as the rapist was he may well have believed he was having consenual sex with someone who had a kinking fantasy.
What really made me think hard was the fact that the ex boyfriend set the entire thing up so even if the woman said no the rapist would think she was playing a game. The ex wanted to make sure this woman was hurt and hurt badly.
amandeep13
On February 8, 2010 at 8:38 am
People becomes dissatisfied then they proceed wrong things. The humanity levels are decreasing day by day and we are turning into animals. Or worse than the animals.
Very strange but true.
Guy Hogan
On February 8, 2010 at 8:50 am
No matter what the technology you will always have crimminals. Before it was the telephone. Now it’s the Internet. Tomorrow it will be something else.
sambhafusia
On February 8, 2010 at 9:23 am
i too agree with guy hogan…nice..
CRYSTAL EVANS
On February 8, 2010 at 10:07 am
wow. frighening ..
pattiann
On February 8, 2010 at 10:53 am
Thank you for keeping me up to date with the news.
BeatsMe
On February 8, 2010 at 10:57 am
I don’t think the internet has gone too far. I think her boyfriend had gone too far. Even without internet, her boyfriend would’ve thought of other plans to hurt her.
Buma
On February 8, 2010 at 11:46 am
Very scary, I heard this on CNN as well. Not a good image.
Brenda Nelson
On February 8, 2010 at 11:50 am
Craigslist has not gone too far, I am sure they took it down as soon as they were made aware. The problem is the people. Both guys are to blame.
drelayaraja
On February 8, 2010 at 11:57 am
mad world.. everything can happen.
Inna Tysoe
On February 8, 2010 at 12:19 pm
I think this guy would have done that regardless… the Internet is, at bottom, a communication tool. You can’t control how people will communicate on it because you can’t control how people communicate.
And communication, in general, has never been 100% “safe”. People say hurtful things and do hurtful things all the time. But it only makes the news if the Internet is involved.
Regards,
Inna
Mark Gordon Brown
On February 8, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Internet and everything on it are purely inert tools that can be used for good or bad. The main thing we need to remember is that we can not control everyone. We need to teach our children how to view themselves so they are not fodder for the nasties…….. as children or when they become adults. Also so they will not become one of the nasties… With all these new technologies emerging keeping our family and ourselves safe is gonna be a bumpy ride. I feel that texting and email are destroying communication….. there comes a time when you need to hear an actual voice, write an actual letter. That all might seem off topic but if you really think about it in regards to this article is is kinda linked.
Judy Kaelin
On February 8, 2010 at 2:54 pm
Interesting topic, Ruby. However, very disturbing but it’s a good thing to consider when corresponding with others via Internet
valli
On February 8, 2010 at 9:17 pm
A frightening one.
A. Fool
On February 8, 2010 at 11:26 pm
I wrote something, not as terrifying as this, tho. I went on one of those dating sites to actually find a stalker. And then to figure out how to get rid of him…all for the purposes of an article.
Don’t try this at home, unless you live in Jamaica, in a ‘local’ area.
Shirley Shuler
On February 9, 2010 at 12:22 am
Very interesting topic, Ruby. Once again, wonders never cease to amaze me.
Sharif Ishnin
On February 9, 2010 at 5:04 am
All the more to protect your private information.
albert1jemi
On February 9, 2010 at 6:12 am
excellent share
qasimdharamsy
On February 9, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Nice share…well done…
afaqshoupa
On February 9, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Be aware …
I Have Had Enough
On February 9, 2010 at 3:47 pm
There is a big drive in the UK at the minute to keep children safe online, and given my daughter is starting to use it to play games on cbeebies, I’m obviously concerned that it won’t be much longer before she progresses to other sites. The internet is a playground for the depraved, and the more done to catch/deter those who would use it to prowl for victims, the better.
CA Johnson
On February 9, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Oh wow! What a terrible thing to happen. That is horrible that someone would post info about you online and it could get you hurt.
Snooky
On February 9, 2010 at 4:37 pm
Another door on which Satan is sure to knock in one of his many maskerades. We have got to be more aware of who we are inviting in.
S A JOHNSON
On February 10, 2010 at 3:26 am
In late 2005 my ex-boyfriend had posted an article on Craigslist saying that I would do all kinds of nasty things. My mom woke me up about two hours before I had to go to work (I worked Graveyard) because men kept calling. It sucked. I was just really lucky that I had moved in with my mom and so he only knew the phone number and not the address.
standingproud
On February 10, 2010 at 5:11 am
yes their is for sure a lot of weid ones out there, I have had an internet stalker, was so frightening
PR Mace
On February 10, 2010 at 5:23 pm
I have to agree it was the men and Craigslist was just their avenue. Good article, Ruby.
Anupam Kachroo
On February 12, 2010 at 8:00 am
yup, its a big, bad world out dere….
chitragopi
On February 12, 2010 at 9:16 am
Yes, internet is getting to be making all the crimes easier