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It has now been three years and this is certainly a cold case that is begging to be solved, but who is up to the challenge?
The West Mesa Killer and His Modus Operandi
There are 11 confirmed victims (excluding the fetus) who are all young women aged 15 to 32 years. The youngest of his victims was a runaway from Oklahoma, being his only victim from out-of-town. She was also the only African-American woman as the alleged serial killer seems to prefer white or latin women. Like the Long Island Serial Killer, this guy (or what-have-you) seems to prefer damaged women, so-to-speak. However, this appears to be the case with many serial killers. Women who are involved in drugs, prostitution or strained home relations tend to fall victims to these predators because they are easy targets.

See the full article from “Gather.com”

Madelaine Adelman, co-founder and co-chair of the Phoenix chapter for the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, which aims to improve safety in schools so that students, regardless of sexual orientation or gender, are treated fairly.
Donald Campbell, who has spent much of his life helping to educate inner-city youths. His work has included volunteer efforts at Project Challenge, a program that educates high-school dropouts.
Dr. Wil Counts, a psychologist, who founded the Terros drug-rehabilitation center in the 1970s and later helped create a scholarship program, Juneteenth, for inner-city kids and adults. He also helped found South Mountain Community College.
Adam Lopez-Falk, a governing-board member of Alhambra Elementary School District in west Phoenix, who has advocated for minority and immigrant students and their families. He also co-founded the Granada Neighborhood Partnership, a block-watch program to end prostitution and other crimes in the community.

See the full article from “AZ Central.com”

Auto auction just a sad metal meat market
David Booth, National Post · Jan. 27, 2012 | Last Updated: Jan. 27, 2012 3:13 AM ET
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – I am not sure the good folks at Barrett-Jackson will appreciate the association, but, in person, the world’s most famous car auction feels a lot like the Moonlite BunnyRanch brothel that was forced into our hotel room TVs by HBO’s Cathouse: The Series. Oh, for sure, the Barrett-Jackson playground literally dwarfs the BunnyRanch, which always looks as if it is a bunch of double-wides thrown together. And, certainly, the money changing hands at Barrett-Jackson is off the charts; the purported US$100-million that customers plunked down for their lead sleds would require the girls at Las Vegas’s Ranch to work some serious overtime.

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And so nonviolent portions of the various religions – and they are there, albeit often hidden and censored – can be erroneously painted with the same brush that justifiably condemns the hypocrisy and the violence.
It is certainly true that the Catholic Church endorsed and/or orchestrated the genocide of the Crusades, the Inquisition and many wars of colonization and exploitation — with the origins of these atrocities in fundamentalist interpretations of “holy” scripture.
But I do have to take exception to the blanket condemnation of the entirety of the religion by pointing out one reality — that the original form of Christianity, the church of the first generation after Jesus and even most of the first three centuries was a religion of pacifists, oppressed women, orphans, those forced into prostitution, despised people of all stripes and others of those called “the least.”

See the full article from “Consortium News”

Shannan Gilbert’s mother and sister made their first pilgrimage Saturday to Oak Beach, L.I., where the prostitute’s remains were found one month ago.
Mari Gilbert, 48, made the emotional trek with about a dozen heartbroken relatives and friends to hold a vigil near the marsh where Gilbert disappeared.
“I had to see where my daughters’ remains were. It’s important to remember her and keep fighting for her as a person and as a daughter,” Gilbert told the Daily News.
After Gilbert went missing in May 2010, police searching for her discovered 10 victims whose remains were scattered in miles of brush along a parkway that leads to Jones Beach.

See the full article from “New York Daily News”

Gilbert, 24, who worked as a prostitute, disappeared in May 2010. The hunt for her led to the discovery that bodies of sex workers were being dumped around Gilgo Beach and that perhaps a serial killer or killers were at work.

See the full article from “Newsday”

Madelaine Adelman, co-founder and co-chair of the Phoenix chapter for the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, which aims to improve safety in schools so that students, regardless of sexual orientation or gender, are treated fairly.
Donald Campbell, who has spent much of his life helping to educate inner-city youths. His work has included volunteer efforts at Project Challenge, a program that educates high-school dropouts.
Dr. Wil Counts, a psychologist, who founded the Terros drug-rehabilitation center in the 1970s and later helped create a scholarship program, Juneteenth, for inner-city kids and adults. He also helped found South Mountain Community College.
Adam Lopez-Falk, a governing-board member of Alhambra Elementary School District in west Phoenix, who has advocated for minority and immigrant students and their families. He also co-founded the Granada Neighborhood Partnership, a block-watch program to end prostitution and other crimes in the community.

See the full article from “Tucson Citizen”

Updates on high-profile Surprise sex cases
by D.S. Woodfill – Jan. 6, 2012 10:15 AMThe Republic | azcentral.com
The Republic updates high-profile cases in the West Valley. In three cases, a youth umpire, a nurse and a teacher are accused of abusing minors.
Trial set for former umpire
Edward Lee Hartley, a 67-year-old former high school softball umpire from Surprise, was indicted on 15 counts stemming from allegations that he sexually abused runaway girls he picked up at a Phoenix bus stop in August. He was arrested at his Surprise home in September.
Jerry Cobb, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, said the charges include kidnapping, sexual conduct with a minor, molestation, prostitution with a minor and public sexual indecency. Hartley is to go to trial in February.

See the full article from “AZ Central.com”

Updates on high-profile Surprise sex cases
The Republic updates high-profile cases in the West Valley. In three cases, a youth umpire, a nurse and a teacher are accused of abusing minors.
Trial set for former umpire
Edward Lee Hartley, a 67-year-old former high school softball umpire from Surprise, was indicted on 15 counts stemming from allegations that he sexually abused runaway girls he picked up at a Phoenix bus stop in August. He was arrested at his Surprise home in September.
Jerry Cobb, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, said the charges include kidnapping, sexual conduct with a minor, molestation, prostitution with a minor and public sexual indecency. Hartley is to go to trial in February.
Authorities had said Hartley’s criminal history dates to 1973 and includes six sex-crime violations, including rape. They believe he has records in New York, Texas, Kentucky and Alabama.

See the full article from “Tucson Citizen”

Updates on high-profile Surprise sex cases
by D.S. Woodfill – Jan. 6, 2012 10:15 AMThe Republic | azcentral.com
The Republic updates high-profile cases in the West Valley. In three cases, a youth umpire, a nurse and a teacher are accused of abusing minors.
Trial set for former umpire
Edward Lee Hartley, a 67-year-old former high school softball umpire from Surprise, was indicted on 15 counts stemming from allegations that he sexually abused runaway girls he picked up at a Phoenix bus stop in August. He was arrested at his Surprise home in September.
Jerry Cobb, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, said the charges include kidnapping, sexual conduct with a minor, molestation, prostitution with a minor and public sexual indecency. Hartley is to go to trial in February.

See the full article from “Arizona Republic”