2nd white woman stabbed to death in DC in less than a year.

[Anonymous]

The guy who murdered this woman grew up here, went to school here and then somehow became lost in his early 20's. While I'm not a mental health expert that sounds like schizophrenia. What would it take for you all to see this guy as a member of this community? He was from here! He lived here! He went to school here! A member of our community who was mentally ill brutally murdered another member of our community. There's no evidence that it was a hate crime. You have to be working pretty hard to look for that and not instead ask how we manage mentally ill people in our community to prevent this kind of violence. The news suggests he was active on social media and that nothing there suggested racial grievance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The guy who murdered this woman grew up here, went to school here and then somehow became lost in his early 20's. While I'm not a mental health expert that sounds like schizophrenia. What would it take for you all to see this guy as a member of this community? He was from here! He lived here! He went to school here! A member of our community who was mentally ill brutally murdered another member of our community. There's no evidence that it was a hate crime. You have to be working pretty hard to look for that and not instead ask how we manage mentally ill people in our community to prevent this kind of violence. The news suggests he was active on social media and that nothing there suggested racial grievance.

Thank you. And also ask how we can research and implement better treatments for schizophrenia. If you've ever known a young person afflicted, it's really awful. They go from being vibrant kids to losing touch with reality. It's clearly a brain disease.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The guy who murdered this woman grew up here, went to school here and then somehow became lost in his early 20's. While I'm not a mental health expert that sounds like schizophrenia. What would it take for you all to see this guy as a member of this community? He was from here! He lived here! He went to school here! A member of our community who was mentally ill brutally murdered another member of our community. There's no evidence that it was a hate crime. You have to be working pretty hard to look for that and not instead ask how we manage mentally ill people in our community to prevent this kind of violence. The news suggests he was active on social media and that nothing there suggested racial grievance.

and you are guessing he is schizo. Was it just chance he chose a white person to kill? Same with Wendy Martinez? Who cares the killer there said he hated wgites

[Anonymous]

The accused killer here lied about attending Wisconsin for 4 years. He only went for a semester

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The guy who murdered this woman grew up here, went to school here and then somehow became lost in his early 20's. While I'm not a mental health expert that sounds like schizophrenia. What would it take for you all to see this guy as a member of this community? He was from here! He lived here! He went to school here! A member of our community who was mentally ill brutally murdered another member of our community. There's no evidence that it was a hate crime. You have to be working pretty hard to look for that and not instead ask how we manage mentally ill people in our community to prevent this kind of violence. The news suggests he was active on social media and that nothing there suggested racial grievance.

and you are guessing he is schizo. Was it just chance he chose a white person to kill? Same with Wendy Martinez? Who cares the killer there said he hated wgites

you are unhinged.

[Anonymous]

Being schizophrenic isn’t likely to be acdefebde to murde it a hate crime. Insanity defense now requires no understanding at all what they did . He’s have to think he delivered the mail. Even thinking “I made her an angel” means he knew he made her not living and would be convicted

[Anonymous]

Meant being a defense to murder charges. Was walking when I wrote that

[Anonymous]

Schizophrenia can cause one to be incompetent to stand trial but in practice that only helps women defendants

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These are all fairly recent:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tricia-mccauley-disturbing-details-emerge-in-death-of-d-c-yoga-teacher/

https://wtop.com/dc/2017/03/dc-police-make-arrest-artists-capitol-hill-slaying/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/dc-jogger-stabbed-death-apparent-random-attack-police/story?id=57953525

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Suspect-Arrested-in-Stabbing-Death-of-27-Year-Old-Woman-in-Northwest-DC-558614241.html

Becoming a trend.

Setting aside the question of motivation, what these cases do point to is that it's not as safe as it should be to be a woman moving around DC alone. None of these cases would have happened to a man. Some of them were in nicer neighborhoods, some were during daylight... it wasn't a matter of not taking proper precautions (and it's frustrating to begin with that women spend everyday having to think about things like this). Women in this city are too dangerously vulnerable and that's really sad.

Earlier this week there was a man stalking mothers with their children on Capitol Hill. Thankfully neighbors banded together and he was arrested on other charges. But if you can't even go for a walk with your child in broad daylight and feel safe, we're doing something wrong.

more info on the Capitol Hill incident?

A woman reported being followed on one of the neighborhood listserves. Numerous other women replied noting that someone with the same description had followed them and their children recently too, even after they veered off on alternate routes, slowed down, sped up, ducked into stores, etc. (so it was unmistakeable he was following them) He was spotted later in the day in Lincoln Park, police were called and he was arrested on other outstanding charges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These are all fairly recent:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tricia-mccauley-disturbing-details-emerge-in-death-of-d-c-yoga-teacher/

https://wtop.com/dc/2017/03/dc-police-make-arrest-artists-capitol-hill-slaying/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/dc-jogger-stabbed-death-apparent-random-attack-police/story?id=57953525

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Suspect-Arrested-in-Stabbing-Death-of-27-Year-Old-Woman-in-Northwest-DC-558614241.html

Becoming a trend.

Setting aside the question of motivation, what these cases do point to is that it's not as safe as it should be to be a woman moving around DC alone. None of these cases would have happened to a man. Some of them were in nicer neighborhoods, some were during daylight... it wasn't a matter of not taking proper precautions (and it's frustrating to begin with that women spend everyday having to think about things like this). Women in this city are too dangerously vulnerable and that's really sad.

Earlier this week there was a man stalking mothers with their children on Capitol Hill. Thankfully neighbors banded together and he was arrested on other charges. But if you can't even go for a walk with your child in broad daylight and feel safe, we're doing something wrong.

more info on the Capitol Hill incident?

A woman reported being followed on one of the neighborhood listserves. Numerous other women replied noting that someone with the same description had followed them and their children recently too, even after they veered off on alternate routes, slowed down, sped up, ducked into stores, etc. (so it was unmistakeable he was following them) He was spotted later in the day in Lincoln Park, police were called and he was arrested on other outstanding charges.

I just checked moth and read about that. Wild! I wonder if he was the same guy who very threateningly jumped into my path on 11th and F st NE a few weeks ago. He scared the sh*t out of me and I've seen him walking around that area a few times since then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These are all fairly recent:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tricia-mccauley-disturbing-details-emerge-in-death-of-d-c-yoga-teacher/

https://wtop.com/dc/2017/03/dc-police-make-arrest-artists-capitol-hill-slaying/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/dc-jogger-stabbed-death-apparent-random-attack-police/story?id=57953525

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Suspect-Arrested-in-Stabbing-Death-of-27-Year-Old-Woman-in-Northwest-DC-558614241.html

Becoming a trend.

Setting aside the question of motivation, what these cases do point to is that it's not as safe as it should be to be a woman moving around DC alone. None of these cases would have happened to a man. Some of them were in nicer neighborhoods, some were during daylight... it wasn't a matter of not taking proper precautions (and it's frustrating to begin with that women spend everyday having to think about things like this). Women in this city are too dangerously vulnerable and that's really sad.

Earlier this week there was a man stalking mothers with their children on Capitol Hill. Thankfully neighbors banded together and he was arrested on other charges. But if you can't even go for a walk with your child in broad daylight and feel safe, we're doing something wrong.

more info on the Capitol Hill incident?

A woman reported being followed on one of the neighborhood listserves. Numerous other women replied noting that someone with the same description had followed them and their children recently too, even after they veered off on alternate routes, slowed down, sped up, ducked into stores, etc. (so it was unmistakeable he was following them) He was spotted later in the day in Lincoln Park, police were called and he was arrested on other outstanding charges.

I just checked moth and read about that. Wild! I wonder if he was the same guy who very threateningly jumped into my path on 11th and F st NE a few weeks ago. He scared the sh*t out of me and I've seen him walking around that area a few times since then.

And we women live our lives in fear of men like this, waiting for them to do something violent, while no one seems to care. I don’t know what the solution is, but we have rights to move about without fear of our basic safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This should be investigated as a hate crime.

What are you basing this on?

It's likely not a hate crime.

But if the profiles of the victims and accused were reversed, the press and DC authorities would presume a hate crime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This should be investigated as a hate crime.

What are you basing this on?

A black man viciously stabbing a random white woman to death in a gentrifying neighborhood. Do you think such murders only warrant investigation as a possible hate crime if the killer wrote a manifesto?

This lady is f%cking dead.

Who cares if it was a "hate" crime or not?

I am sure she would simply prefer to be alive.

That's exactly what people who don't think we need extra hate crime laws say. Murder is murder. Would you dispense with hate crime terminology? Doesnt seem like DC has been doing a great job of investigating them anyway.

Nowadays, it's considered a more serious offense if a person assaults another because he doesn't like their gender orientation/race/etc. than if he assaults them because he wants their money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a white woman who lives in DC, I have no idea why the murder of a white woman should get any more press than any other person. Unless someone is targeting white women as a class - which it does not appear is the case - this is a tragic, random act of violence.

Are you the same poster who only cares about rape when you can pin it on an immigrant?

Is important because we could see ourselves in her shoes, normal, middle class, not criminals doing normal thinga and then get randomly killed so sad.

Is important because we could see ourselves in his shoes, normal, middle class, not criminals doing normal things and then get randomly killed by a police man because he thought all blacks were criminals worthy of the death penalty.

- Now you see how other people can feel about the same tragic events in life. All senseless deaths are tragic regardless of race.

[Anonymous]

Not to make this story or post any less tragic but wasn't the first woman who was stabbed to death from Central America? Latina? She looked like a white woman and seemed to have many of the same hobbies and interests as a professional white woman but she was not white.

Not that this matters (still tragic) but it seems like the pictures of her and her hobbies generated a lot more interest in the story than if they had just said that a woman from Central America was killed in D.C.

I guess my point is that the title of this thread is technically incorrect.