Only if it is not your child.
Posted on 09/06/2005 7:50:10 AM PDT by SmithL
BELLINGHAM, Wash. - A man turned himself in to authorities in the killing of two convicted child rapists, saying he picked the victims from a sheriff's Web site, police said.
Michael Anthony Mullen, 36, called 911 on Monday to claim responsibility for the killings, and officers who talked to him said he gave information that only the killer would know, according to a police news release. He was jailed for investigation of two counts of first-degree murder.
Hank Eisses, 49, and Victor Vasquez, 68, were found shot to death at their apartment Aug. 27. They were both classified as Level III sex offenders, considered the type most likely to reoffend. Sex offenders in Washington are required to register with local authorities, and the information is provided on the Web.
Mullen told authorities he targeted at least one of the two men after checking the county sheriff's Web site July 13, according to the police statement.
The bodies of Eisses and Vasquez were found by a roommate, also a sex offender. He said a man wearing a blue jumpsuit and a cap that said FBI on it came to their home, told them he was an FBI agent and said one of them was on a "hit list" on an Internet site, police said.
The roommate said he left while the "FBI" visitor was still there and found the bodies when he returned about four hours later.
Days after the killings, The Bellingham Herald received an unsigned letter claiming responsibility for the killings. Police notified convicted Level 3 sex offenders in the area as a precaution, but said the letter was vague and could be a hoax.
Fine him $50.00 and send him to Aruba for some R&R.
Presidential pardon.
Would a high recidivism rate for this kind of crime bother liberals? Would they set up 12 step programs for people who murder pedophiles? And if not, why not?
A paradox...I can't decide whether to slap him on the back or slap him in prison.
Your links don't work - or have been pulled to protect the guilty perverts.
So, you don't like the death penalty?
Exactly. Pedophiles around the country will now successfully sue to get their identifying information pulled off of the Internet.
Of course, if convicted pedophiles were given minimum sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole this wouldn't be an issue.
Amen! We should start a letter writting campaign calling on Bush to issue a pardon.
"Some folks just need killin'."
The death penalty is the result of our justice system, no matter how flawed it is. This case is of someone taking the law into his own hands. That's the difference in a nutshell.
Probably the latter:
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Then change the laws.
While that is certainly true, many of the posts on this thread are a tad discomforting. I hope most are in jest.
Only if it is not your child.
I will only add the crime of impersonating a Federal Officer as well.
The $50 fine was for not getting a hunting license first. :-(
*The bodies of Eisses and Vasquez were found by a roommate, also a sex offender*
Mr. Mullen demonstrated a certain degree of compassion by not putting a cap into the roomate too.
Right. If he is willing to do the crime, he should be willing to do the time.
Can we start a fund for his defense?
I would like to donate.
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