The burned bodies of two dead women were found in the boot of a flaming car just a week after two other dead bodies were found in another vehicle. Three of the four black victims found in Detroit, Michigan, were linked to escort services on classified adverts website Backpage, police said. Demesha Hunt, 24, and Renisha Landers, 23, were found last Monday before two more women aged 28 and 29 were discovered on Sunday.
Killed: Demesha Hunt, 24, right, and Renisha Landers, 23, left, were discovered last Monday before two women aged 28 and 29 were found on Sunday. The other two women, who have not been identified, were burned beyond recognition and found at 1am on Christmas Day in a Buick LeSabre.
Map: Three of the four black victims found in Detroit, Michigan, were linked to escort services on classified adverts website Backpage, police said. Backpage hosts adverts for cars, flats and musicians amongst other things - as well as adult services such as strippers and chat lines. A lawyer for the website, which is owned by Village Voice Media in Phoenix, Arizona, has not yet commented on the incidents.
Earlier this month police said a woman sent a year-old girl on hundreds of trips for sex and took 40 per cent of what she earned. Satoria Youngblood allegedly posted a Backpage ad and police found out the girl was in a minor in an undercover sting in Southfield, Michigan.
Conference: Police told the Detroit Free Press that a tie that the killer might be targeting escorts is 'disconcerting' but they are not calling it a 'serial pattern'. Meanwhile a child sued Backpage for allowing her pimp to post naked photos of her, but a court ruled against her. The pimp was still jailed. To start holding everyone liable for what happens in response to that ad would be quite an extension of liability'.
