Colo. Killer Says He Commited 48 Murders

Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:21 AM EDT
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{"commentId":223862,"authorDomain":"MissDev"}
Miss Dev

I hope this man's confession is true - that would mean a horrible murderer is off the streets, and 48 murders could be laid to rest.

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Reply#1 - Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:56 PM EDT
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Shawn Gordon

At the same time, it means that if his claim was true, 48 people died.

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#1.1 - Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:14 AM EDT
{"commentId":224513,"authorDomain":"enigmaobscura"}
enigma

No, the veracity of his claim doesn't affect the fact that the 48 people are dead.

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#1.2 - Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:21 AM EDT
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{"commentId":224139,"authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}
Viki Babbles Gonia

What drives these people? It's so bizarre.

I guess we'll see the TV movie within a year or so!

I'm confused though-the article says he plead guilty today to the murder 19 years ago of a girl who was 15 at the time. The caption under the photo claims the man pictured is the husband of that murdered girl. Seems odd, no?

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Reply#2 - Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:53 PM EDT
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listentothis

The girl mentioned in the article is most likely not the same person who is mentioned in the caption.

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    #2.1 - Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:31 AM EDT
    {"commentId":224531,"authorDomain":"betsy"}
    Betsy

    That seems like a stretch.. two Rocio Sperrys? Plus, wouldn't AP differentiate between the two? I guess he must have married a 15 year old.

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      #2.2 - Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:36 AM EDT
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      {"commentId":224481,"authorDomain":"TheObserver1"}
      The Observer

      If he is found guilty of an additional murder in a separate trial, he should be put to death.

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      Reply#3 - Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:43 AM EDT
      {"commentId":225180,"authorDomain":"stolte-sawa"}
      Ryan Stolte-Sawa

      He doesn't deserve to be put to death. Let him rot in prison.

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        #3.1 - Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:38 PM EDT
        {"commentId":225242,"authorDomain":"MissDev"}
        Miss Dev

        Hear hear!

        I want him to have to live every single day knowing the pain he has caused - don't let him have the easy way out!

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          #3.2 - Fri Jul 28, 2006 5:27 PM EDT
          {"commentId":225249,"authorDomain":"jumier"}
          jumier

          That is assuming that he even understands the pain he caused.

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            #3.3 - Fri Jul 28, 2006 5:31 PM EDT
            {"commentId":225533,"authorDomain":"ejronin"}
            Shawn Gordon
            He doesn't deserve to be put to death. Let him rot in prison.

            And have ME pay for it? This doesn't make success. I'm an advocate of torture, and hear me out on it.

            I think that if someone commits a cruel and unusual crime, then they should endure the same things their victims did. I feel this is the only way to get the criminal to understand what their victims endured. Screw right in this kind of thing... I want fair. Word gets out that criminals will suffer the same fate(s) as their victims - It will be like the difference between looking down the barrel of a 9mm, and a .50. One makes you think, the other makes you think 5 times.

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              #3.4 - Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:17 PM EDT
              {"commentId":225538,"authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}
              Viki Babbles Gonia

              Phew. Yes, Shawn, right and fair are two totally separate and entirely different things.

              And I hope that doesn't come off as sarcastic, because I mean it.

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                #3.5 - Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:34 PM EDT
                {"commentId":225545,"authorDomain":"ejronin"}
                Shawn Gordon

                actually...

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                  #3.6 - Fri Jul 28, 2006 11:51 PM EDT
                  {"commentId":225693,"authorDomain":"vikibabbles"}
                  Viki Babbles Gonia

                  Okay, so you wrote a whole article on the subject of right vs. fair.

                  To be perfectly honest, I don't even know what the heck I was talking about. No idea why it struck me to even say that up there, because right and fair are not really two totally separate and entirely different things.

                  I blame it on the heat. It's the heat! It's making me say bizarre and random things!

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                    #3.7 - Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:00 AM EDT
                    {"commentId":225798,"authorDomain":"ejronin"}
                    Shawn Gordon

                    They are separate things and different, otherwise they'd either be synonymous or the same word.

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                    #3.8 - Sat Jul 29, 2006 11:35 AM EDT
                    {"commentId":225902,"authorDomain":"MissDev"}
                    Miss Dev

                    @Shawn - because of the appeals process, it is actually more pricey to put someone to death then to let them rot in prison - even if they are 18 when they go in and 100 when they die... which this guy clearly is not. Just one link about it

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                      #3.9 - Sat Jul 29, 2006 1:26 PM EDT
                      {"commentId":226055,"authorDomain":"ejronin"}
                      Shawn Gordon

                      Yeah, unfortunately Appellate Court costs a lot of money for some reason. I don't see why once a sentence of death is given, they don't just go take care of it then. I mean, I do... but still.... somethings just don't need a second opinion - especially if they own up to it.

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                      #3.10 - Sat Jul 29, 2006 6:01 PM EDT
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                      {"commentId":224528,"authorDomain":"avholloway"}
                      Anthony H.

                      So he was arrested 11 years ago, and is just now talking about the 40+ other murders?

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                      Reply#4 - Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:33 AM EDT
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                      Peter Filias

                      What a monster. I couldn't even imagine. I couldn't imagine being the murderer or one of the families of the victims. Glad it's over, though.

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                      Reply#5 - Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:44 AM EDT
                      {"commentId":225178,"authorDomain":"stolte-sawa"}
                      Ryan Stolte-Sawa

                      Jesus. Well.

                      I read this stuff and find myself so fascinated. I remember one sick day that turned into two sick days when I discovered that the History Channel was running a serial killer/mass murder documentary marathon.

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                        Reply#6 - Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:37 PM EDT
                        {"commentId":225254,"authorDomain":"jumier"}
                        jumier

                        I find it pretty fascinating as well. It is just so bizarre that it begs us to try to understand.

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                          #6.1 - Fri Jul 28, 2006 5:34 PM EDT
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