Naw, Mennonite:
Posted on 05/07/2015 10:42:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Investigators have arrested a St. Louis- area truck driving school employee in the murder of an Illinois student who was found slain after posting his car for sale on Craigslist, reports CBS St. Louis.
The body of 19-year-old Taylor Clark was found at the M.T.C. Truck Center in Hazelwood, Mo. Tuesday, about 400 feet from the red 2007 Nissan 350ZX he had posted for sale and 25 miles west of where he was last seen by his girlfriend Monday in Glen Carbon, Ill.
gordon2.jpg Michael Gordon CBS ST. LOUIS Police say the employee, 24-year-old Michael Gordon, fatally shot the Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville student after the two had met in the truck driving school parking lot about Clark's Craigslist post, reports the station. They say they believe Gordon shot him once and tried to cover his body in a nearby wooded area. Authorities wouldn't discuss a motive but said Gordon made statements to police, reports the station.
Capt. Tim Fagan of the Florissant, Mo., police department said at a press conference Wednesday evening that police arrested Gordon after his name was found in emails Gordon traded with Clark about the car, reports the Chicago Tribune. He said the two didn't know one another previous to the Craigslist post, reports the paper.
Police say they have not recovered the weapon and they are looking for Gordon's car, a red 1990 BMW with a Missouri tag: FL329K, reports CBS St. Louis.
Clark had reportedly just taken final exams and paid his tuition for the next semester before he was killed.
"By all accounts he was a very good young man, a quality person - a college student who unfortunately fell victim to a tragic event," Fagan said Wednesday
It’s becoming a common practice to do craigslist transactions outside of police stations. Provides some safety on both parties part.
Looks Amish.
Naw, Mennonite:
I just had to verify my hunch that this demon was black. Yeppers. Another black youth sucked into the illegal drug industry to get money for his crack cocaine business. Of course the police won’t discuss motive, because they are the enablers helping to line the pockets of the DemonRAT city officials with payoffs from the druggies. Get the picture?
“Man Arrested in Murder of Ill. Student Selling Car on Craigslist”
I’d rather the guy be making license plates, but I guess selling a car is better use of his time than murdering a student.
Just checked. Hazelwood is less than 5.5 miles from Ferguson. Don’t think I’d be selling any expensive cars in that area after all the riots.
It is pretty sad, when we see incidents like this, and the first thing we wonder about, is exactly what we thought. Amish.
I am white and if I lived in that area, I would have already packed up and moved far away from that zoo.
It is sad, but it is all part of our New Obama Reality.
I am a nice guy, outgoing and have always been very approachable. Not anymore, now there are certain groups of people that should stay away from me.
It’s too bad the young man didn’t prepare to defend himself.
Sure seems like an area to stay out of.
Not discussing motive? Then the perp must be a member of the special protections class: Muslim, Homosexual.. we certainly cannot discuss black on white crime. Maaybe a drug deal, lots of college students take drugs esp during finals.
“It’s too bad the young man didn’t prepare to defend himself.”
I’m with you, Gator.
I buy and sell quite a bit through CL and never meet with someone unless I’m packing. I do all I can to keep them away from my house and family by meeting them somewhere nearby.
Like you, I used to be very friendly and trust nearly everybody, just a regular normal likeable guy.
Not anymore, not the way the world is now. Sad, huh?
Police management won’t discuss the motive but the street cops all know why it happened
Does the "captain" mean an event like an annual boyscout camping trip hit by a tornado or a concert where the stage collapses?
What BS! Language meant to covering up not only the motive but even the fact of a crime.
Hmmm, the seller wouldn’t be the one to have a wad of cash on him. Stealing the car would be stupid as it could be traced. But drug addled brains don’t think things through.
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