Katherine Ann Olson
Posted on 10/30/2007 9:24:23 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
Bail has been set at $1 million in the case of Michael John Anderson, a 19-year-old man from Savage, who has been charged with second degree murder in the killing of a woman while she was answering an ad for a nanny on Craigslist.org. Information released today reveals that Katherine Ann Olson, 24, was shot in the back. Police found a .357 Magnum in Anderson’s house, along with blood stains and drag marks on stairs. A neighbor saw Olson's gold Hyundai Elantra sitting in front of Anderson's house for over two hours Thursday late afternoon.
The car was later found five blocks from Anderson's house with with Olson's body in the trunk. In a dumpster nearby, police found a garbage bag with bloody towels, including one with Olson's name on it in marker.
Anderson told police that he had nothing to do with the murder, and denied having phone contact with Olson, although cell phone records indicated he had talked with her Thursday morning. Anderson also said he had not used Craig's List since January of this year, but the email in the address in the ad matched Anderson's. Anderson denied using that email address, saying he had tried to cancel that account the week before, and that his mother and three friends also had access to it.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
“Michael John Anderson, a 19-year-old man from Savage”
One of life’s little ironies.
“Let’s be careful out here in cyberspace......”
I used people from Craig’s list in the past. I am afraid to use them in light of this story. It is so scary. You can’t trust anyone.
If you’re going for a job you found online, some preliminary safeguards are necessary, then meet in a public place.
Poor girl, God rest her soul.
Typical MSM scare article particularly trying to SCARE YOU AWAY FROM A COMPETITOR. Had she read a classified ad in the Star-Tribune, called the number, gotten the address and driven over would she be any less dead?
Being a nanny requires one to go to someone’s house and interview and work. Maybe the going to someone’s house makes it more dangerous, maybe not.
Anderson told police that he had nothing to do with the murder, and denied having phone contact with Olson, although cell phone records indicated he had talked with her Thursday morning. Anderson also said he had not used Craig's List since January of this year, but the email in the address in the ad matched Anderson's. Anderson denied using that email address, saying he had tried to cancel that account the week before, and that his mother and three friends also had access to it.
Guilty!
Looks open and shut to me, too...
Katherine Ann Olson
Heh. The headline writers are going to have to be mindful not to write “Savage Man Appears For Arraignment”, etc.
It is stuff like this that makes me wonder how *anyone* can not be for the death penalty.
It's unfortunate too because something like this will make folks think twice before advertising on the net. My son was only a few months from going in the Air Force and he used Craig's List to do odd jobs to earn money before then.
Sounds like Anderson has a pretty low IQ and is crazy too.
Not according to the neighbors I’ve seen interviewed on local TV reports. Normal kid....total shock....
Read the criminal complaint......http://kstp.com/kstpImages/tempcomp.pdf
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