Woman who shot alleged attacker may have slain a serial killer, police say

Washington Post ^ | 7/25/2015 | Peter Holley

[GoneSalt]

A woman in Charleston, W.Va., may have saved her own life and the lives of many other women, as well, when she shot and killed an alleged attacker in her home last week.

Neal Falls showed up at the woman’s home on July 18 after answering an escort ad she had placed on Backpage.com, according to police. He showed up with a “kill list,” multiple pairs of handcuffs and a Subaru full of weapons and tools, including a shovel, knives, a bulletproof vest, a machete, bleach, trash bags, sledgehammers and axes, according to Fox affiliate KPTV.

In Falls’s pocket, police said, was a list of names of potential future victims, all of whom are sex workers who advertised on Backpage, according to the Daily Dot.

Now investigators are trying to determine whether Falls, 45, was responsible for a string of slayings targeting sex workers in Ohio and Nevada, the station reported.

[Gen.Blather]

Sex workers. I guess they can’t be called prostitutes as that’s judgmental.

[exnavy]

Interesting storyline.

[Tax-chick]

Good for her.

[ilovesarah2012]

Liberals control the language.

[ChildOfThe60s]

In this particular instance (which is very rare) I don’t have a problem with the term “sex worker”. That’s what it is. Unlike most of the language revisions they are forcing on us.

[Navy Patriot]

Very interesting, apparently she was just lucky. I read it to see if she was prepared for the possibility that a john would be an attacker, but apparently not.

[ilovesarah2012]

I take offense at the term “worker”. It is what most people think of as pleasure. Why are they called “workers”?

[PGR88]

It wasn’t until 2/3 of the way through the article did I finally understand who was soliciting whom for sex.

[momtothree]

“.. it is what most people think of as pleasure.. Why are they called workers?”

My best guess is there is no real pleasure in it for them but the money. Thus, it is a job that requires them to “work”.

[ryderann]

The words “prostitutes” and “whores” should be reserved for the gang in D.C.

[ilovesarah2012]

Well, it doesn’t require intelligence or physical strength so I wouldn’t call it work.

[G Larry]

I’m guessing it was a revolver.

[Kartographer]

"When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?"

"She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more."
John 8:10-11

Maybe Jesus should have held on for a bit someone would have surely came along and not only condemned her, but most likely would have started throwing stones.

[JudyinCanada]

Actually, sex worker sounds worse, IMHO. If we had always called them sex workers, switching it to prostitute would sound better....similar to calling a drunk an alcoholic instead.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Why are they called “workers”?

I don't imagine there any whores out there doing it for "pleasure". That only happens in the movies.

[grobdriver]

Liberals control the language.

Yup.

"Sex Workers" = prostitute / whore
"Democratic" party = Democrat party
"Gay" = homosexual
"Undocumented Immigrant" or just "Immigrant" = illegal alien
"Common sense" = draconion
Must be a bunch of others...

[null and void]

I take offense at the term “worker”. It is what most people think of as pleasure. Why are they called “workers”?

I'm an engineer, is it not work simply because I enjoy it?

[Pearls Before Swine]

I'm an engineer, is it not work simply because I enjoy it?

I was having a bad day, and my wife said, "That's why they call it work. If it were more fun, they'd call it play."

Congrats on having a fun job! Some engineering jobs don't make that cut.

[Drew68]

Crazy story. I hope they can close some cold cases now.

Anyways, there's a safer way to be a sex worker and a method for vetting potential customers. The very entertaining book SuperFreakonomics lays it out pretty well.