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.
Are you talking about him turning himself in? I wish he would have taken a tropical vacation and thought that through.
I want the information on who is out there. This guy has just shown that this info can be used by someone to track down and kill them, even if they do deserve it, and it puts in danger our right to know those who are out there. I agree these pedophiles are the scum of the earth, but this is not justice in our nation.
Needs to be said again and again.
I wholeheartedly agree. Still, My Question is: What murder charge? This man should recieve an award for his actions.
What is justice when child rapists live to rape again?
Killing someone off of some list is murder. Period. Total chaos if this became the norm. You would have people killing people for walking on the grass in the end. Is that what you want? Total anarchy?
And if you don't think that would happen, take a good look at NO.
I was being ironic in my Clint quote - I agree with you - change the laws.
There is no right reason that those convicted of serious crimes ought not to be confined for life.
L. I. F. E.
I suppose there is more money for the legal and judicial profiteers of human misery under the current 'catch and release' program.
I wouldn't. I would hammer him for two counts of first degree murder.
We're already there. Have you seen how many sexual predators are out on the streets?
You may be right. Now what about the cheering for the result?
That's a very interesting point.
It is a little crazy to compare killing a child rapist to killing someone that walks on your grass.
It appears that you must enter the site from the root and agree to the terms.
Scary the number of these offenders that exist. I put in a 3 mile radius of a Seattle McDonalds and got "more than 100 listings, narrow your search."
Slap him in prison and then go visit him and slap him on the back if you like.
I see both sides. Do we permit premeditated murder, or do we expose our children to rapists? Do we get a third choice in here somewhere?
None. Why I advocate either the death penalty or life in prison for this crime.
However, change the laws legally, not by some scumbag killing two people in cold blood.
Well done, I hope this becomes a new Fad.
You want to get really wigged out, check out the sex offender map in Chicago or Baltimore.
And never cash his check.
He must have turned himself in because he has something the low-life sexual predator child torturers don't have....... A CONSCIENCE.
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