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Is it someone just snatching people off of the street? >> investigators discover a crucial circumstantial link between the two cases. three of the four victims had posted profiles online in the adult services section of the classified ad website backpage.com. >> when there was a definitive tie to backpage.com, and adult escort services, from a serial pattern standpoint it helped us to understand who the targets are. >> this tie for us is disconcerting. >> the backpage connection helps police foc...

In detroit, hunting and killing young women two at a time. >> when you add to that there was a connection between three of the four deceased to a website called backpage.com, the a-ha moment came very quickly in our investigation. >> recently there have been two separate incidences -- >> on december 26th chief godbee calls a press conference to alert the public to the clear and present danger of what the local media have now dubbed the backpage killer. >> there is an immediate danger. there is a...

Link to demesha hunt. and chikita reminds us that her daughter renisha came from a solid family, had a well-paying job at chrysler, and no logical reason to sell her body for cash. >> they have a very large family. everybody helps everybody. if either one of them needed anything, they could have gotten it. >> but as far as them meeting with someone on an escort to get a couple of dollars, no, i dont believe that at all. >> but police say renisha landers and the other two women found a week later...

Public with what we knew. >> in may 2012 their hard work pays off. police arrest 24-year-old james brown in the detroit suburb of sterling heights. brown is held for several months on charges of arson and mutilation of a dead body. in november 2012 hes formally charged with four counts of first-degree murder. brown pleads not guilty and is currently awaiting trial. the case in detroit and a similar string of online escort murders in long island have reignited a national debate about the role of ...

>> on december 26th chief godbee calls a press conference to alert the public to the clear and present danger of what the local media have now dubbed the backpage killer. >> there is an immediate danger. there is a person thats potentially preying on women of a specific age in their early 20s that have utilized backpage.com or maybe other similar websites. >> this tie for us is disconcerting. >> it would have been irresponsible for us to have that information, take a chance on another young lady...

It. >> but as far as them meeting with someone on an escort to get a couple of dollars, no, i dont believe that at all. >> but police say renisha landers and the other two women found a week later were posting ads on backpage. >> its prostitution. and you know, not to cast any aspersions on the deceased. that is no reason for anyone to lose their life. that is no reason for any deviant individual to be able to manipulate a system and hurt someone who does not deserve to die. so i just wanted to ...

Disconcerting. >> the backpage connection helps police focus their investigation, but it also riles the victims families, who bristle at the implication that their daughters may have been selling sex online. >> they were not prostitutes. they were not prostitutes. >> they were young girls that had goals in life. my daughter was a mother. my niece worked. and they just wanted to go out and have a good time like most young girls do. >> in fact, there is no backpage link to demesha hunt. and chikit...

>> why? why? they wasnt a threat to anyone. so how could you do something like this? >> one week later police say the killer struck again, claiming two more women and spreading fear in the streets of detroit. >> its alarming, and obviously women in the city of detroit were very concerned. are these random acts? is it someone just snatching people off of the street? >> investigators discover a crucial circumstantial link between the two cases. three of the four victims had posted profiles online ...

our national security. >> within two hours of the presidents departure, a suicide bomber rocked kabul. at least seven people were killed. the taliban is claiming responsibility for the attack. the nfl suspended four players from the new orleans saints today. anthony hargrove, scott fujita, will smith, and jonathan vilma were all named in the so-called bountygate scandal. players were allegedly offered bonuses for hurting players. the league has already suspended sean payton for the 2...

bachmann and john huntsman are in the single digits. bachmann is still trying to rally support. tonight doing it without the support of two high-ranking members of her team. bachmanns iowa campaign chairman, a man named state senator ken sorenson has jumped ship, going to ron pauls campaign. bachmann says sorenson is a quote sellout and said he was paid to go to the paul campaign. >> i had a conversation with kent sorenson and in the direct conversation that i had with him, he told me ...