Re: [Gastric_Bypass_Family] MESSAGE FROM STATE POLICE - VERY IMPORTANT (Not a Joke)
There is some truth to this but it is outdated. This has been going around the
internet for the last 3 years, the name of the murderer has changed several
times.
THE TRUTH:
The "slavemaster" AKA John Edward Robinson is monstrously real, but so far he's
well short of the 56 victims claimed for him, and he remains behind bars, not
out trolling the Internet for additional victims.
This internet warning has taken on a life of its own, one quite independent of
the facts. The small grain of truth (someone using the screen name "Slavemaster"
has been arrested for the murders of women he contacted on the Internet) had
almost been lost in the sandstorm of claims that he's out there now looking for
more victims and that he's killed 56 so far.
As well, pranksters have been pulling off jokes by substituting their
acquaintances' screen names in place of "Slavemaster," so now versions are
circulating that warn netizens to be on the lookout for someone using the handle
"SweetCaliGuy4evr," "ooosparklesooo88," "Monkeyman935," or "Free_mumia911,"
screen names that have nothing to do with John Edward Robinson.
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/slavemas.htm
Happy SAFE Halloween.
Sharon
Information
goes a long way in the Internet era, and this one's got the legs to outlast
even AOL. There is some truth here, but the warning is outdated.
John Edward Robinson Sr., 56, was arrested on 2 June 2000 and charged with
sexual assault on two women in the Kansas City area. Robinson lured the
women (as he had others) into participating in sadomasochistic sex by
contacting them over the Internet under the name "slavemaster." The two
women filed charges after Robinson "brutalized them in a way that went
beyond what they intended."
After Robinson's arrest, law enforcement authorities discovered two
55-gallon industrial barrels, each containing a woman's body, on land
Robinson owned in Kansas. A few days later, they discovered three more
bodies in barrels kept in a storage space Robinson rented in Missouri. All
five women appeared to have been bludgeoned to death.
Robinson was also suspected in the mid-1980s disappearances of three women
and an infant whose bodies had not yet been located. One of the bodies
Robinson had stored in barrels was later identified as being one of these
women, and the missing infant was discovered to have been adopted by
Robinson's brother.
In October 2002, John Robinson was convicted of the murder of three women,
the two found in the barrels on his land, and the third disappeared mother
of the child he placed with his brother. In January 2003 he was sentenced to
death for these murders. He has also been charged in the deaths of the three
women found in Missouri.
The "slavemaster" is monstrously real, but so far he's well short of the 56
victims claimed for him, and he remains behind bars, not out trolling the
Internet for additional victims.
This internet warning has taken on a life of its own, one quite independent
of the facts. The small grain of truth (someone using the screen name
Slavemaster" has been arrested for the murders of women he contacted on the
Internet) had almost been lost in the sandstorm of claims that he's out
there now looking for more victims and that he's killed 56 so far.
As well, pranksters have been pulling off jokes by substituting their
acquaintances' screen names in place of "Slavemaster," so now versions are
circulating that warn netizens to be on the lookout for someone using the
handle "SweetCaliGuy4evr," "ooosparklesooo88," "Monkeyman935," or
Free_mumia911," screen names that have nothing to do with John Edward
Robinson.