http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/20/us/ind...html?hpt=hp_c2
Wasn't it Angiebla that theorized that there was a serial killer working this area?
http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/20/us/ind...html?hpt=hp_c2
Wasn't it Angiebla that theorized that there was a serial killer working this area?
Last edited by raisedbywolves; 11-15-2022 at 10:54 AM.
Darren -
Originally Posted by Gawna
Anith -
Afrikka -
Geez he looks familiar to me. Weird
Gary and Hammond are the other side of Indiana from where I believe there was a thought of a serial killer.
The final two women classified as Jane Does who officials say were slain by suspected Indiana killer Darren Vann have been identified, the Sun-Times is reporting.
Sonya Billingsley, 53, and Tanya Gatlin, 27, were both identified using DNA traces from an abandoned house at 413 E. 43rd Ave. in Gary, Ind.
they were found in last October, according to a statement from the Lake County Coroner's office. Both women were last known to live in Gary.
Last October, Darren Vann, 43, helped police find the bodies of six women after he was arrested in the death of Afrika Hardy, 19, whose body was found in the bathtub at a Hammond motel. The women had been left in abandoned, run-down buildings all over Gary.
Billingsley and Gatlin were the final two of the seven women to be identified.
Vann, of Gary, has been charged with murder in the deaths of Hardy and 35-year-old Anith Jones of Merrillville, whose body also was found in the same abandoned home as the two women whose identities were released Friday.
In a sworn affidavit filed last year, Gary police said that Vann told authorities he was promised cocaine and $300 in cash by an unnamed person to make Jones "disappear."
Court records show Vann has a history of violence toward women in both Indiana and Texas.
He served a five-year sentence in Texas for sexual assault. During his 2009 sentencing hearing, prosecutors brought up another
attack in which he hit a woman in the face and attempted to force her into his apartment in Austin, Texas.
During a 2004 standoff with Gary police, Vann doused himself and his then-girlfriend with gasoline and threatened to set them both on fire,
according to court records and an officer who was at the scene. He was later convicted of the minor offense of misdemeanor residential entry.
U.S. Marine Corps records show Vann was trained as a Hawk missile system operator. But it also shows his service in the Corps was abbreviated.
Vann was discharged in September 1993, less than two years after enlisting in December 1991,
after he failed to live up to the military's "expectations and standards." He held the rank of private and was awarded the National Defense Service Medal.
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/02/...er-identified/
Go, Indiana! You suck all across the board as of late!
Denzel, is that you?Darren -
Let's not rush to call him a serial killer. He'll probably get less time than the girl with her home abortion.
I think it would be safe to call him a serial killer. He admitted to killing 6 women and led the police to their bodies.
He's def. evil.
He also has his own Wiki page. Here's a list of his victimsDuring a 2004 standoff with Gary police, Vann doused himself and his then-girlfriend with gasoline and threatened to set them both on fire,
according to court records and an officer who was at the scene.
Vann is suspected of murdering at least seven people. Three victims remain unidentified.[7]
Afrikka Hardy[edit]
Afrikka Hardy, 19, had recently moved to Chicago after graduating from high school. She met Vann at a Motel 6 in Hammond, Indiana after he hired her through an escort agency. She was found dead at the Motel 6.[7]
Teira Batey[edit]
Teira Batey, 28, from Gary, Indiana, left to meet a friend but never came back. Her family waited to hear from her for a few days but reported her missing in late January 2014.[7]
Anith Jones[edit]
Anith Jones, 35, of Merrillville, Indiana, was last seen alive on October 8, 2014 and reported missing two days later. Her car was found parked in the driveway of an abandoned house in Gary, Indiana. After Vann was arrested, he pointed the police in the direction of an abandoned house in Gary where her body and two unidentified victims were found.[7] He was charged on October 22, 2014.
Kristine Williams[edit]
Kristine Williams, 36, was a resident of Gary, Indiana and a mother of four. She was employed at the time of her death. Her mother-in-law stated that she had not heard from Williams since February 2014.[7]
Tracy Martin[edit]
Was 5-feet tall and had shoulder length blonde hair with red tints. Lake County Coroner Merrilee Frey described her outfit as size 3/4 twenty-one black blue jeans by RUE21, paired with white, size six Nike gym shoes.[7]
Jane Doe #5[edit]
Another victim, known as "Jane Doe #5", was a five-foot, three inch tall woman of African American descent, who wore a silver-colored chain link bracelet with the engraving "Best Aunt", and two silver rings: one with scalloped engravings, and the other in the shape of a heart.[7]
Jane Doe #6[edit]
The second unidentified victim is an African-American woman referred to as "Jane Doe #6".[7]
Sonya Billingsley[edit]
Tanya Gatlin[edit]
Wow what an evil fuck !
I think he looks more like Lennie James.
Lurker checking in.
CROWN POINT, Ind. - Indiana prosecutors filed a request Friday seeking the death penalty against a man charged in the slayings of two women and suspected in the deaths of five other women whose bodies were found last fall in abandoned homes in Gary.
Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter filed the death penalty request for Darren Deon Vann if he's convicted in the deaths of Afrikka Hardy, 19, of Gary and Anith Jones, 35, of Merrillville. The 44-year-old Gary man did not attend Friday's hearing in Crown Point. A judge had recorded not guilty pleas on his behalf in October.
During the hearing, Lake Superior Court Judge Diane Ross Boswell agreed to allow prosecutors to file amended information that consolidates the two murder cases under one charging document and adds two counts that seek the death sentence for the two homicides.
The case consolidation means one jury will determine whether Vann murdered Hardy and Jones. His trial is set for June 22.
Carter argued that the two cases were similar in that both women had been strangled, they were killed within 10 days of each other and DNA analysis shows the same weapon - a brown cord - was used in both slayings.
He also said similar kinds of victims were targeted. Both Hardy and Jones had advertised as prostitutes on social media, according to court documents.
Vann's attorney, Teresa Hollandsworth, opposed the motion, arguing that joining the two cases would be highly prejudicial to her client. She said Jones' strangulation appeared to be a murder-for-hire and not a rage killing as prosecutors contended in their filing.
Boswell said joining the cases could lead to prejudice against Vann, but added that could happen even if the cases weren't joined because of the wide media coverage the killings received.
"From a practical standpoint, we would be hard-pressed to find two juries with no exposure to this case," the judge said.
Hardy was found strangled in the bathtub of a Hammond motel on Oct. 17. While being questioned by police in her death, Vann led investigators to the bodies of Jones and five other women in abandoned homes scattered across Gary. He has not been charged in connection with the other five homicide victims.
Boswell scheduled a May 6 hearing to advise Vann of the amended information and death sentence request. She also took under advisement until May 6 a letter that Vann is suspected of writing to Carter.
The contents of that letter are not part of the public case file, and authorities are prevented from discussing the case outside of court because of a gag order.
Prosecutors are seeking a handwriting sample from Vann to determine if he wrote the letter addressed to Carter.
Hollandsworth told Boswell she objected to the handwriting sample, but she did not deny the letter was written by Vann.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/04/17...men-suspected/
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/suspecte...s-new-charges/CROWN POINT, Ind. -- An Indiana man who police say confessed to killing seven women was charged with murder Monday in five of the slayings and now faces the death penalty in each of the cases.
The Lake County Prosecutor's Office filed the charges against Darren Vann, 44, in the deaths of Teaira Batey, 28; Tracy Martin, 41; Kristine Williams, 36; Sonya Billingsley, 53; and Tanya Gatlin, 27. The women's bodies were found in 2014 in abandoned buildings in northwest Indiana.
Vann, of Gary, was already charged with murder in the strangulation deaths of Afrikka Hardy, 19, and Anith Jones, 35. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in all seven cases, The (Munster) Times reported.
Police said shortly after the bodies were found that Vann had confessed to all seven killings. Calls to the prosecutor's office during business hours Monday went directly to a recording.
One of Vann's attorneys, Gojko Kasich, said he has not yet seen the court documents and could not comment on the new charges.
Vann was arrested Oct. 18, 2014, a day after Hammond officers found Hardy strangled to death inside a motel room. The other bodies were found in buildings across Gary.
Billingsley and Gatlin were the last two women to be identified, nearly four months after Vann's arrest.
Vann has pleaded not guilty in the Hardy and Jones deaths.
According to court records, a brown cord recovered by detectives contained DNA from Hardy and Jones, and Jones' DNA was found on a pair of Vann's shoes. Prosecutors contend Vann used the cord to kill both women. A judge last year granted the state's request to prevent the coroner's office from releasing the autopsy reports on Hardy and Jones.
It was not immediately clear whether the new charges would affect Vann's trial date of July 25.
Vann was convicted in 2009 of sexual assaulting a 25-year-old female in Texas and was sentenced to five years in prison. The state's sex offender registry listed Vann as being a "low" risk.
The victim in the 2009 case told police she went to Vann's apartment, where he asked if she was a police officer. After she told him no, he knocked her down and began to strangle and beat her, hitting her several times in the face and telling the woman he could kill her. He then raped her.
Vann allowed the woman to leave and she called police the next day.
He only has 2 names. I'm calling shenanigans.
And no square, thick framed glasses. No moustache. Yeah. I call bullshit.
You can take those Fleets and shove them up your ass
What's that supposed to mean?
Serial killer outfit 101 . That's what I thought you were eluding toWhat's that supposed to mean?
You can take those Fleets and shove them up your ass
I was.Serial killer outfit 101 . That's what I thought you were eluding to
What's wrong with glasses and a mustache??
I was.
What's wrong with glasses and a mustache??
Nothing....
You can take those Fleets and shove them up your ass
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