Something's gotta' give ...

[JerseyGirl]

If there is anyone reading that has ANY information whatsoever, please contact LE. No matter how small or insignificant you might think your information is, perhaps it could be the missing piece that ties everything together.

There is a little boy that will be celebrating Christmas without his Mommy. There is another child that will never even know Christmas. Please think of these children over the holidays and think of all of the loved ones that have been left behind. Search your memories and your hearts to see if there is anything that you might have to tell LE. Please - for the sake of these children, help to find justice for them.

[guera]

Does anybody have the info of the detective on the case? If so, please post it so that any members or lurkers can contact LE!

[terminatrixator]

If anyone has any tips, heard rumors, no matter how insignificant it may seem to you, heard anything inconsistent with the facts of the case, noticed any suspicious behavior by anyone that may have known Janet, please contact Durham County Police Department or you may anonymously contact CrimeStoppers.


Durham County Police Department


Durham Police Headquarters

Central District Substation
505 West Chapel Hill Street

Durham, NC 27701

Telephone Number: 1-919-560-4935
Facsimile: 1-919-560-1137 FAX

Criminal Investigations: 1-919-560-4440

Website: http://www.durhampolice.com/


Durham County CrimeStoppers:

Please contact CrimeStoppers to provide the confidential information necessary for the arrest of the person(s) who committed the reported crime. Remember, all information is confidential and the caller always remains anonymous.


Telephone Number: 1-919-683-1200

[terminatrixator]

Telephone Number: 1-919-560-4935 any Detective in the Homocide unit can help you or you may ask directly for Detective Vaughn or Seargent Cates or you may contact Crimestoppers anonymously.

[JerseyGirl]

If anyone has any tips, heard rumors, no matter how insignificant it may seem to you, heard anything inconsistent with the facts of the case, noticed any suspicious behavior by anyone that may have known Janet, please contact Durham County Police Department or you may anonymously contact CrimeStoppers.
Even if you don't know the facts or haven't noticed anything suspicious - if you spent time with Raven or Janet around the time of the murder on April 26, or have spent time with Raven since then, perhaps you should call LE. After 8 months, I imagine that they would be interested in hearing from anyone that knows the couple. You might have information that you don't even realize is important. If you know the couple, please call LE if you haven't been interviewed already.

[Thinkoflaura]

Please forgive me for interrupting the thread but it just hit me that Janet would probably be having a Christmas baby, had they not been slaughtered.
Oh, man, I wish I hadn't read the part about 8 months passing.

Even if you don't know the facts or haven't noticed anything suspicious - if you spent time with Raven or Janet around the time of the murder on April 26, or have spent time with Raven since then, perhaps you should call LE. After 8 months, I imagine that they would be interested in hearing from anyone that knows the couple. You might have information that you don't even realize is important. If you know the couple, please call LE if you haven't been interviewed already.

[terminatrixator]

Even if you don't know the facts or haven't noticed anything suspicious - if you spent time with Raven or Janet around the time of the murder on April 26, or have spent time with Raven since then, perhaps you should call LE. After 8 months, I imagine that they would be interested in hearing from anyone that knows the couple. You might have information that you don't even realize is important. If you know the couple, please call LE if you haven't been interviewed already.
Exactly, great point JG.

If you knew the couple at all, were a neighbor, worked on their vehicles, worked at a store they frequented, you may not know what information you may have, but it would be a great idea to contact LE with any information you may have, I'm sure the family would appreciate any help whatsoever in solving this extremely brutal crime.

Justice must be served for Janet Marie Christiansen and her precious baby she was carrying, Kaiden and the family & friends of Janet.

[LTUlegal]

SOMEONE who knows SOMETHING has to come forward!

Was there a pawnbroker who took the laptop--as to my limited memory, that's still missing, isn't it?
Where's the knife? Has his entire "collection" been accounted for?
Is there a brother or sister protecting their own?
Is there a mother protecting her son?

My guess to the last 2 questions is, yes.

[ewwwinteresting]

I agree LTU.

Somebody knows something or saw something or was told something!

[ewwwinteresting]

This is a quote from the latest article about crime in Durham/Raleigh:





"Though some of Raleigh's murders had head-turning twists, the number of killings was at the average level for the past nine years. Police investigated 20 murders in 2005, up from 15 in 2004, according to the Raleigh Police Department. The city's 2005 homicide rate was 5.8 murders per 100,000 residents, up from last year's rate of 4.7 murders per 100,000 residents. As of Sunday, police had made arrests or issued warrants in 18 of the 20 slayings."

What I read out of this is that there were no enormous amount of murders in 2005 then the average over the last nine years......so what is LE doing not arresting somebody on this case by now, it's not like they are overloaded???

What I read into this is that they have named POI or suspects in 18 out of 20 murders?....so what is LE doing not arresting somebody or naming somebody as a POI or suspect on this case by now, when it appears they only have 2 unsolved murders from 2005???

This just doesn't make sense to me. Why isn't any family crying out for LE to do something on this case? As several of us have previously stated, it it was my wife, daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, niece, aunt, whatever, we'd be raising a loud and obnoxious stink until something was done! I don't know how the families can live each day knowing that the person who killed Janet and her child is still out there, living free....I think it would drive me crazy!

[snapple]

This is a quote from the latest article about crime in Durham/Raleigh:





"Though some of Raleigh's murders had head-turning twists, the number of killings was at the average level for the past nine years. Police investigated 20 murders in 2005, up from 15 in 2004, according to the Raleigh Police Department. The city's 2005 homicide rate was 5.8 murders per 100,000 residents, up from last year's rate of 4.7 murders per 100,000 residents. As of Sunday, police had made arrests or issued warrants in 18 of the 20 slayings."

What I read out of this is that there were no enormous amount of murders in 2005 then the average over the last nine years......so what is LE doing not arresting somebody on this case by now, it's not like they are overloaded???

What I read into this is that they have named POI or suspects in 18 out of 20 murders?....so what is LE doing not arresting somebody or naming somebody as a POI or suspect on this case by now, when it appears they only have 2 unsolved murders from 2005???

This just doesn't make sense to me. Why isn't any family crying out for LE to do something on this case? As several of us have previously stated, it it was my wife, daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, niece, aunt, whatever, we'd be raising a loud and obnoxious stink until something was done! I don't know how the families can live each day knowing that the person who killed Janet and her child is still out there, living free....I think it would drive me crazy!
WOW, that's sobering to think that Janet is one out of two unsolved murders. I think that should be a HUGE wake up call. Whatever family and friends were actively doing before is not working now...the quiet strategy is not working. I really believe now is the time for media attention...especially now that he has a new girlfriend...how scary is that. If anyone could find out who she is, I think the only conscientious thing to do would be to warn her about him.

[terminatrixator]

I have done some investigating on my own. There were 38 murders in Durham, NC in 2005. There are 8 full-time detectives on Durham’s force. Recently there was a child murdered, and an execution of 4 people. The way I believe LE works is when a crime is committed, (i.e. felonies, burglaries, homicides, rape, etc.) the detectives are pulled off the cases they are working on to work this new crime. Eventually it gets assigned to certain detective(s) and they all go back to their regular case load. Taking into consideration, these same 8 detectives have prior unsolved murders dating back probably over 20 years old, that they have assigned to them also, having 18 out of 20 POI’s and Suspects and the crimes that they solved just this year, I suppose they probably need a little help. Of course, I wish Janet Marie Christiansen and her unborn child’s murders were solved already.

Perhaps we should actually be petitioning Durham, NC Government for more Detectives and more help. These men and women do not work 9 - 5 and go home for the day, they are always on call. I highly doubt they sit around eating donuts and doing nothing all day. They were hired to serve and protect and I’m sure their salaries aren’t the greatest either for the amount of stress and danger they endure doing their job. I am also pretty sure the men and women working Janet's case have not forgotten her and want Justice also.

It is up to the DA to prosecute this case. Whatever they have would have to be turned over to the Defense in discovery. Defense does not have the same Rules to follow that a Prosecutor has to deal with. The scales of Justice are always tipped in the favor of the Defendant, especially in a CE case.

Since the MURDERER lived in the same home with the Victims, Janet Marie Christiansen and her unborn child, there won't be that much evidence there to pick and chose from, if there is no weapon, no recording, no video of the crime, no confession, there was no Witnesses; there is no "smoking gun." No matter what evidence LE may have some of it will be considered "Circumstantial Evidence."

Evidence of Raven's embezzlement and Raven's NUMEROUS Affairs will probably not be admissible, Raven's tendency towards violence will not be admissible, the other crimes he was a suspect in, (i.e. other embezzlement, setting his OWN car on fire as an insurance scam) will not be admissible as evidence in this case.

Pictures of Janet, Video's of Janet will probably not be admissible as evidence. The defense will object to anything that will HUMANIZE and show Janet as the young, vibrant, lovable, smart, talented woman she was. What you will see is a clean-cut Raven, with his MommyDearest by his side. You will hear what a wonderful guy Raven is. You will hear at court how Raven is involved in his Church. They will not show much of Janet's lifeless body to the jurors, they may not have to show any autopsy pictures at all as this could be information that will “inflame” the jury, and most of the above will not even be mentioned or shown at trial. THIS is how the Justice system works, it is geared toward the Defendant. The Defense attorney and the Defendant get to live by a completely different set of rules than the Prosecutor. The Defense will make sure that anything to do with Janet is not humanized, her clothing will not be called, shirt or bra it will be called exhibits. The defense will do everything possible to not even mention her name. The jury will not see or hear much about their marriage, only the fact that Raven loved his wife.

Considering these facts, I’m sure that LE needs to get as much evidence, including inconsistent statements as they can to convict The Raven. It does not mean they don’t have evidence, it means, they probably need more. I believe they are still dotting their I’s and crossing their T’s. I would rather they do this, than go forward to trial and lose the case because of the circumstantial nature of the case and slimy defense attorney tactics as many use any tactics they can, to get the criminal off.

I do believe that there are Friends and Family members of The Raven's that know something. I believe that publicly naming Raven as the POI or Suspect would definitely help out the situation. Raven is a Murderer and I have a feeling his friends and family are too afraid of this sociopath to come forward with any sort of inconsistent statements or information they may have. They are probably not only afraid of “The Raven”, but of MommyDearest.

Does anyone believe that having him named POI or Suspect would cause his family members or friends to come forward with any information? I would hope so, but have they come forward yet?

We have no clue what the Christiansen family has been told by LE. I do believe they have put their faith in LE. They also have Kaiden to consider. Their only way to see Kaiden is through The Raven, and I doubt he even lets them have any contact with him now. If this were my family member, I would probably follow LE's directive, and unless it happened to any of us, we cannot say what we would do. I may be screaming at the top of my lungs, and have gone to the media, but I also have not talked with LE and don’t know what the family may have been told.

The Detectives handling this case have absolutely nothing to gain by letting this murderer go free and I believe with all my heart they are working hard on this case. Justice will be served for Janet Marie Christiansen and her unborn child. I, like many of you wish we had Justice already, but until there is Justice, I will be one of many voices for Justice for Janet. Keep the Faith, and contact Durham Government.

I do believe Media Attention and having Raven Publicly Named POI or Suspect is the best way to go at this juncture, if The Raven runs, he'll get caught, and anyone that helps him will get caught too!

[ewwwinteresting]

I am in no way saying the detectives of Durham/Raleigh are not working on this case. It just seems that after 8 1/2 months and NOTHING they should ask for help. Whatever they are doing doesn't seem to be working. They should ask for help from the public and the media. Maybe someone out there has the "smoking gun" information and doesn't know it because this case hasn't been in the media. I'm sure all the people of Durham have forgotten all about it. It's up to the family to keep Janet's name and memory alive. We all know raven and his family don't seem to care whether it is or not.

I do hope Janet's family is keeping in touch with LE and that LE is giving them the information they need to be comforted in knowing that Janet's murder will be solved and someone will pay for taking their young family member away from them. If LE was providing me with this, then you are right, term, I would listen to them. However, if they weren't, I wouldn't hesitate to go to the media or whomever I thought could help in bringing this tragedy to everyone's attention.....I have a feeling that tip line isn't ringing off the hook on this case since very few people even know about it!

[Bobbisangel]

Why don't some of you write "letters to the editor" in newspapers in that town in order to refresh the communitys memories? That really is one way to catch the towns peoples attention. Most people who get papers read "letters to the editor." You can't lose anything by writing to the papers and it could stir things up.

I just wonder if this case will ever be resolved. If they had evidence wouldn't they have arrested Raven already? Seems like it has been forever.

I disagree with the poster who said that Janet's picture won't be allowed in court...or videos or autopsy pictures. All of that will get in. It always does.
Remember Scott Peterson's trial? There were pictures of Laci...video and all of the autopsy pictures. The pros will do everything in their power to make Janet real to the jury....if the case ever gets to trial.

I'll bet Raven really thinks he is something if he is the killer. He probably figures that he is home free and clear. I sure hope he isn't right.

[terminatrixator]

I do believe this case needs more attention and more important Raven gets publicly named the Suspect in this case you right Eww I agree wholeheartedly. After over 8 months, I expected an arrest in this case already, and I'm really upset over it too, and I'm pretty sure the family is also. Hopefully they are getting the information they need. I just know too many LE and I know how LE works and I know they are doing everything in their power to bring this sociopath to justice.

I just hope to god that his friends and family start coming forward with information, and because of the dynamic personality issues of many of the Raven's family, I think too many people would be afraid to come forward. I believe the answers lie in Utah, not NC any longer. That's what makes me ill.

I do remember Laci Peterson trial very much, most of the stuff regarding Laci was shown on the media, in the courtroom, however, it is a different deal. Somehow Stanislaus DA got that information entered into, because of the high profile of the case, sadly, until the family members are called to testify, you do not hear very much about the victim in MOST cases.

Many of the personal things of Janet's life will not be entered into as exhibits, and most of the time anything regarding humanizing Janet will be struck in pretrials.

I have worked for Defense and I know how they work, seriously, anything and everything will be done, to keep from using Janet's name, her clothing will be referred to as Exhibits not her shirt, I have seen it done time and time again. Go to a trial, watch how much personal affects of the victims are called exhibits, watch how they do not use the victim's name. MG rarely said the word Laci or Conner,

Most of the time autopsy pictures are scaled down to show just the injury, they do not show the entirety of the person to keep it from being something that may inflame the jury. The more they can dehumanize the victim the better it is for the defense.

I've worked that side of the field and know the end result, no matter the guilt or the innocence of the defendant, the main goal for the defense attorney is to get them off, at all costs, even if it is to make the victim into nothing more than an exhibit, or to make it seem it is the victims fault, look at child molestation case, look at serial killer cases, the blame usually gets put squarely on the victim somehow, someway, with defense anything and everything goes.

[terminatrixator]

Thanks Bobbie, we went to the media already and will do so again and again. Raven thinks he got away with it, he hasn't, he will be brought to Justice, I hope that this gets to the DA and they are as good as Stanislaus DA was and they can humanize Janet and show Raven for what he really is - a Cold Blooded Murderer!

[Jenifred]

Trix,
I seriously don't understand how or why things like embezzlement, affairs, life insurance, could be eliminated from Janet's Murderer's Trial. Doesn't all of that information show a pattern, or at least that there was a money problem in their household? And doens't that money problem point to a possible reason to murder a wife? I don't get how it could be left out. Dang, why didn't I go to law school?

I guess this is yet another reason why there needs to be a little more media coverage on this case. I would think whatever it takes to get Raven brought to justice would be great.

[Thinkoflaura]

Trix,
I seriously don't understand how or why things like embezzlement, affairs, life insurance, could be eliminated from Janet's Murderer's Trial. Doesn't all of that information show a pattern, or at least that there was a money problem in their household? And doens't that money problem point to a possible reason to murder a wife? I don't get how it could be left out. Dang, why didn't I go to law school?

I guess this is yet another reason why there needs to be a little more media coverage on this case. I would think whatever it takes to get Raven brought to justice would be great.

I know it's just TV, but since hubby and I disagree on most network TV shows, we end up watching a lot of A and E things like " City Confidential". " American Justice" and " Cold Case Files".
Unless things are grossly misrepresented in most of these shows, a suspect's circumstantial evidentiary behavior is usually admissable in court. IF they will try to build a case which shows that Janet was murdered either for life insurance or for the burden which another baby would put on the family, then the finances become an important part.

IF IF IF this ever goes to trial. IF IF IF anyone is ever even arrested and charged!!! I am losing faith in the R/D PD and the NC crime lab.

A WS'er who is a criminal attorney or a paralegal for an attorney could probably answer this definitely.

[Thinkoflaura]

Why don't some of you write "letters to the editor" in newspapers in that town in order to refresh the communitys memories? That really is one way to catch the towns peoples attention. Most people who get papers read "letters to the editor." You can't lose anything by writing to the papers and it could stir things up.

I just wonder if this case will ever be resolved. If they had evidence wouldn't they have arrested Raven already? Seems like it has been forever.

I disagree with the poster who said that Janet's picture won't be allowed in court...or videos or autopsy pictures. All of that will get in. It always does.
Remember Scott Peterson's trial? There were pictures of Laci...video and all of the autopsy pictures. The pros will do everything in their power to make Janet real to the jury....if the case ever gets to trial.

I'll bet Raven really thinks he is something if he is the killer. He probably figures that he is home free and clear. I sure hope he isn't right.

I think that now that the major holidays are finally over, a letter writing campaign is in order. Keep in mind that the letters which will have the most impact are the ones to the congresspeople in Janet's district written by constituents.

I live FAR from NC, but can write to all the news media.
I'm going to write my letters now.
How about you? :)

Thank you for reading.
Think of Laura

JUSTICE for Janet Marie Christiansen and baby in 2006!

[Thinkoflaura]

This is a quote from the latest article about crime in Durham/Raleigh:





"Though some of Raleigh's murders had head-turning twists, the number of killings was at the average level for the past nine years. Police investigated 20 murders in 2005, up from 15 in 2004, according to the Raleigh Police Department. The city's 2005 homicide rate was 5.8 murders per 100,000 residents, up from last year's rate of 4.7 murders per 100,000 residents. As of Sunday, police had made arrests or issued warrants in 18 of the 20 slayings."

What I read out of this is that there were no enormous amount of murders in 2005 then the average over the last nine years......so what is LE doing not arresting somebody on this case by now, it's not like they are overloaded???

What I read into this is that they have named POI or suspects in 18 out of 20 murders?....so what is LE doing not arresting somebody or naming somebody as a POI or suspect on this case by now, when it appears they only have 2 unsolved murders from 2005???

This just doesn't make sense to me. Why isn't any family crying out for LE to do something on this case? As several of us have previously stated, it it was my wife, daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, niece, aunt, whatever, we'd be raising a loud and obnoxious stink until something was done! I don't know how the families can live each day knowing that the person who killed Janet and her child is still out there, living free....I think it would drive me crazy!

E- Interesting,
I woud like to use your quote about the 2005 Raleigh/ Durham homicide stats in my letters to editiors and TV news desks. Do I have your permission to do so?
Also, can you please post the link for the source for the quote?
I think it is a huge eye-opener.. It makes me sick that her case is falling by the wayside.
Thank you!

Think of Laura

[Thinkoflaura]

SOMEONE who knows SOMETHING has to come forward!

Was there a pawnbroker who took the laptop--as to my limited memory, that's still missing, isn't it?
Where's the knife? Has his entire "collection" been accounted for?
Is there a brother or sister protecting their own?
Is there a mother protecting her son?

My guess to the last 2 questions is, yes.

My hope is that there is a spurned ex- girlfriend or disgruntled former friend or co-worker who lived through Raven's embezzlement from their mutual employer out there who knows something and will come forward.

Shout out to decent people who were touched by Raven and Janet Abaroa:
Please do one hard, unselfish thing which matters greatly in 2006.
Go to the police and tell them what you saw, heard, or know.
Janet Christiansen was a lovely young woman with a beautiful baby and another one on the way. Please think of her and her childrens lives.
Two lives were ended, and one little boy will never know his mother. He may well be raised in the same conditions which produced a felonious thief.

PLEASE HELP STOP THE CYCLE. Kaiden deserves an emotionally healthy, truly loving life. Janet and her baby deserve justice in this world. Think about the victims. Make the call, please.

Thank you for reading.

[terminatrixator]

Hi Thinkoflaura,

Well the thing about those shows is it shows you the evidence circumstantial evidence and evidence that does NOT get admitted into trial as part of their SHOW. More things do not get admitted into at trial than does. I worked in the legal field for over 20 years and most of that in defense.

For example, we the people knew more about the Scott Peterson trial than the Jurors did. They did not hear 1/2 the information, we remember all this information but at TRIAL it was NOT shown to the jurors, the Jurors never even heard about it, WE heard, but it was not admitted into as evidence at the trial. That's where it counts, not what WE hear, but what is shown to the Jurors. One quick example was The Viagra. The Jurors NEVER heard about that, though Scott Peterson was found with Viagra on him when the police followed him forever on the chase in which he landed up at the golfclub and he was arrested then and there for the Murder of Laci Denise Peterson and Conner Peterson. The only reason much of the evidence was allowed at trial was because it was direct testimony (Scott's own words.)

The article that Eww quoted from was here:

http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/384135.html
"Police in the Triangle investigated a number of bewildering murder cases in 2005. In Chapel Hill, a teenager whom police charged with killing his parents attended a prom the weekend of their deaths. In Durham, four men were executed in a quiet subdivision. In Raleigh, a woman was accused of arranging her husband's murder with her teenage lover. Though some of Raleigh's murders had head-turning twists, the number of killings was at the average level for the past nine years.

Police investigated 20 murders in 2005, up from 15 in 2004, according to the Raleigh Police Department. The city's 2005 homicide rate was 5.8 murders per 100,000 residents, up from last year's rate of 4.7 murders per 100,000 residents. As of Sunday, police had made arrests or issued warrants in 18 of the 20 slayings."


The 18 of 20 slayings was for Raleigh not Durham, unless I am mistaken and they are one and the same, but I don't believe so. These are Raleigh's statistics.


In Durham, however, there were 38 murders, including a quarduple homicide recently. The article quotes 36 but I heard there were 38 murders.

"A five-year high

In Durham, murders reached a five-year high in 2005. Thirty-eight people were shot, beaten, strangled or stabbed to death within the city limits.

Investigators ruled that two people were shot in self-defense, making the total number of murders 36, up from the previous year's total of 30.

Police have made arrests or taken out warrants on suspects in 23 of the killings."

So, in truth 23 out of 36 have had arrests or warrants on the suspects. That's a bigger number than 18 out of 20.

[terminatrixator]

Trix,
I seriously don't understand how or why things like embezzlement, affairs, life insurance, could be eliminated from Janet's Murderer's Trial. Doesn't all of that information show a pattern, or at least that there was a money problem in their household? And doens't that money problem point to a possible reason to murder a wife? I don't get how it could be left out. Dang, why didn't I go to law school?

I guess this is yet another reason why there needs to be a little more media coverage on this case. I would think whatever it takes to get Raven brought to justice would be great. Jenifred, there is a good chance if they arrest Raven and the embezzlement led to the Murder or an affair led to Janet's Murder, it may be allowed at trial. Certain things about Raven's past won't be, and there is still a chance the embezzlement would not be allowed. I'm not saying it WON'T be allowed, depending on the evidence and what happens during all the pretrial.

In pre-trial many things will be omitted as inflammatory and that's the way the Justice system works. Doesn't mean it won't slip in somehow, but it all depends.

I hear you about law school. I think to myself why didn't I become a Private Investigator instead of lowly Paralegal.

[lauriej]

trix:"A five-year high

In Durham, murders reached a five-year high in 2005. Thirty-eight people were shot, beaten, strangled or stabbed to death within the city limits.

Investigators ruled that two people were shot in self-defense, making the total number of murders 36, up from the previous year's total of 30.

Police have made arrests or taken out warrants on suspects in 23 of the killings."

..so, police have made arrests/taken out warrants on approx. 60% of the murders in 2005.........which does not sound good to me..

..i would hope, that if the murder rate substantially increased, that so then did the # of LE .........but we know that that's not usually the case......( in canada anyway).

..does anyone else fear that this will be one of those "cold cases" that TOL and her hubby will be viewing years from now ?

..i agree with TOLaura............i'm looking up the "old" thread SES began to hit the media etc , it can't hurt to flood them with reminders..........

[terminatrixator]

The 5 year high 23 out of 36 leaves 13 unsolved along with previous unsolved murders from the year before, the year before that and so on probably dating back 20 years or more. Divide all those between 8 detectives, and there is a reason for more hiring more detectives right there.

[ewwwinteresting]

Raliegh: 18 out of 20?

Durham: 23 out of 36?


Maybe Durham can ask Raliegh detectives for some help???

[terminatrixator]

LOL Eww.

Yeah, that would work! Since Raleigh is the Capital of North Carolina, I'm sure they have many more, and should send some Durham's way! I'll call the Governor's office!

I have noticed many new crimes solved in Durham, including unsolved homicides dating back pretty far, so they are tenacious and will get this murderer.

[Thinkoflaura]

In the up to the minute news. poster Paradise has posted a news article about a missing woman who is being discussed on WS. The site is credited for interest in finding her.

Here is the news article:
http://wfmz.com/cgi-bin/tt.cgi?action=viewstory&storyid=12083

I hope so much that this woman is found alive and unharmed, and I also hope so much that WE can make a difference in Janet's case. Maybe it will take the right person writing in, maybe it will take a savvy reporter doing his or her own Google search like the ones above did.

I hate to say this again but I am going to: I am sure that Janet's family is very nice and unassuming. I doubt they are the type of people to call and visit the investigators assigned to Janet's case or to publicize the murder by offering a reward or anything, because they have yet to do so.

We KNOW that the man she was married to has not and will not be doing anything to bring any attention to Janet's murder, for his own reasons.

It's up to us.
Again, I ask you to remember that a six month old baby was in that house while his mother was slaughtered in cold blood, savagely stabbed as she apparantely fought back.

Again, I ask you to remember that Kaiden is in grave jeopardy of growing up in the same environment which produced his father, a lying, cheating, recently convicted of multiple felonious embezzlement counts person.
Do you want this for Kaiden?

Again, I ask you to remember that had they lived, Janet would be holding a new baby in her arms now.
She had so much love to give. She and her baby deserved to live, just as all of us deserve to live.

Each of us must take another go at a stand outside WS. Write, call, email, send faxes or telegrams- just get the message to the news media that we have NOT forgotten Janet Abaroa and want to see the case come to fruition. Write her district's Senators and Representatives.

It's not just YOU and it's not just ME, it's ALL of us who must become involved and stay involved to affect interest, concern, and ACTION.

I am greatly encouraged by the other case's attention.
I will post the name of Janet Marie Christiansen Abaroa 1 million times if it helps ANYONE find info on her case.


Thank you for reading, and God bless.

[terminatrixator]

Thanks for your post Thinkoflaura. I think it's great that Websleuths was announced on WFMZ-TV Online and that Websleuths is keeping up with Miriam Acevedo's case and I hope she is found soon.

Websleuth's does so much to keep up with Victim's and their cases and I am proud to be a member.

Thank you also for keeping up with Janet Marie Christiansen's forum and writing to media outlets.

I know many have written to media outlets and I hope this story can get sparked again in the media and there will be Justice for Janet Marie and her unborn child soon.

[lauriej]

SES'S post..............as of 6 weeks after the murder:

06-12-2005, 08:25 AM
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Please Read - Media Appeal
WebSleuths members, guests –

More and more it seems the we are exhausting new "leads" to pursue in Janet’s murder. Revisiting information, discussing theories, speculation on the who, the what, the where, the when….all extremely important, I think anyway. But in order for this case to truly be SOLVED, we need FACTS.

LE remains quiet about this case – hopefully as they work the case towards a resolution.

Media remains quiet about this case – Well, I can’t imagine WHY, quite frankly.

We have put out the word, if you will, to anyone who has first hand information, insights, whatever, about ANY aspect of this case, to share that information here….if they feel comfortable doing so. We’ve had new members provide amazingly insightful information.

What we need now, I think, is a broader appeal – to the media.

The media has power, whether you like it or not, they do. The media also has investigative resources that are often not available to us here. And, I maintain anyway, the media has a RESPONSIBILITY – to viewers, to readers, to citizens. Reporting an event is not the end of a story. True investigative journalism is about two things – INVESTIGATION and REPORTING.

Accordingly, I suggest we start an email campaign to every local media outlet. (Broaden nationally if necessary, but certainly only a local level at minimum.)

If each and every member of this forum, as well as our frequent guests, would send an email to every person on this list, MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, it could LIGHT A FIRE under someone, somewhere – to dig into this case. To pressure LE if necessary. To, quite simply – INVESTIGATE.
If you do choose to contact any or all of these media resources, it will be very helpful to post that information here as well – who you contacted, when, and any feedback you receive.

The following is just an EXAMPLE of a POSSIBLE email to send:

******************************
Dear _________,

As you know, on April 26, 2005, Janet Abaroa was brutally murdered in her home at 2606 Ferrand in Durham. Janet was a wife and the young mother of a 6-month-old son, Kaiden. Janet was only 25. Her friends and family have described Janet as one of the kindest, gentlest people they had ever known. She was an athlete, having been a star soccer player in college. She was by all accounts, a loving wife and mother. She was a dedicated and faithful member of her church.

Janet was a good person. And, her life was taken.

If you search online, theories abound on what happened to Janet that evening. But, as informative as they are, they are just that – theories.

Please, help find justice for Janet and her family.

While I’m sure that local law enforcement is doing all it can in this case, the days continue to pass by. Durham Police stated that Janet’s murder was "not random," and that Durham citizens had nothing to fear with regards to this case. Yet, over six weeks have passed, with no arrest, no mention of suspects. Thus, somewhere, the murderer of Janet Abaroa still walks free.

Please, help find justice for Janet and her family.

There are online message boards loaded with information about this case. I have no doubt that you, personally, have investigative resources at your disposal. So, please do anything in your power to keep the spotlight on this case. Every victim needs a voice. Every family member needs a voice. Please, be that voice for Janet Abaroa.

Sincerely,

******************************


Just an example folks. Write what you want, but I ask you, PLEASE WRITE. We need help.
The following is a list of local media. Some actually wrote the early stories, some are just direct contacts,etc. If you know of others, please add to the list!

Newspapers

The News and Observer

Samiha Khanna skhanna@newsobserver.com (skhanna@newsobserver.com)
Michael Biesecker mbieseck@newsobserver.com (mbieseck@newsobserver.com)

Herald-Sun

Eric Olson eolson@heraldsun.com (eolson@heraldsun.com)
Brooks Dareff bdareff@heraldsun.com (bdareff@heraldsun.com)
Television

WTVD

Darla Miles http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/bios/ (http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/bios/)
Erin O’Hearn (this is an online email for both)

WRAL

Julia Lewis jlewis@wral.com (jlewis@wral.com)
Kamal Wallace kwallace@wral.com (kwallace@wral.com)

WNCN

General newstips@nbc17.com (newstips@nbc17.com)
Ryan Young ryan.young@nbc.com (ryan.young@nbc.com)
Brian DeRoy brian.deroy@nbc.com (brian.deroy@nbc.com)

News14 Carolina

General news@news14.com (news@news14.com)

..the above reporters were assigned the case "then", i'm sure they have not forgotten.............i'm sure it can't hurt if they, and any NEW outlets anyone knows of, to get a barrage of email as a wake-up call...

..i realize that durham LE is over-worked and under-staffed............nothing new there............but, wanting to see justice for the brutal murder of a young pregnant woman is nothing new either.........

..if anyone has a few spare moments--------i'd say , send off an email, a letter, a message of some sort------------------we don't want OUR crime to be on the bottom of the pile.........let's all help to bring it BACK into the spotlight..........2006, the year we see justice for janet.

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http://www.searchforamber.com/

I wasn't sure where to post this, but Websleuths has a forum on 12 year old Amber Harris that if you have a little time, maybe you can check out the section also.

I wanted to share with you the story of Amber Harris. She has been missing since she stepped off her bus in Omaha, NE and there's been so many issues that have stymied the case, if you have some time, maybe you can stop by the section and read on the case and maybe you can see something that may help with the case.

Justice for Janet and her unborn child and prayers that Amber Harris is found safe soon!

Thanks Trixie

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SES'S post..............as of 6 weeks after the murder:

06-12-2005, 08:25 AM
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Please Read - Media Appeal
WebSleuths members, guests –

More and more it seems the we are exhausting new "leads" to pursue in Janet’s murder. Revisiting information, discussing theories, speculation on the who, the what, the where, the when….all extremely important, I think anyway. But in order for this case to truly be SOLVED, we need FACTS.

LE remains quiet about this case – hopefully as they work the case towards a resolution.

Media remains quiet about this case – Well, I can’t imagine WHY, quite frankly.

We have put out the word, if you will, to anyone who has first hand information, insights, whatever, about ANY aspect of this case, to share that information here….if they feel comfortable doing so. We’ve had new members provide amazingly insightful information.

What we need now, I think, is a broader appeal – to the media.

The media has power, whether you like it or not, they do. The media also has investigative resources that are often not available to us here. And, I maintain anyway, the media has a RESPONSIBILITY – to viewers, to readers, to citizens. Reporting an event is not the end of a story. True investigative journalism is about two things – INVESTIGATION and REPORTING.

Accordingly, I suggest we start an email campaign to every local media outlet. (Broaden nationally if necessary, but certainly only a local level at minimum.)

If each and every member of this forum, as well as our frequent guests, would send an email to every person on this list, MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, it could LIGHT A FIRE under someone, somewhere – to dig into this case. To pressure LE if necessary. To, quite simply – INVESTIGATE.
If you do choose to contact any or all of these media resources, it will be very helpful to post that information here as well – who you contacted, when, and any feedback you receive.

The following is just an EXAMPLE of a POSSIBLE email to send:

******************************
Dear _________,

As you know, on April 26, 2005, Janet Abaroa was brutally murdered in her home at 2606 Ferrand in Durham. Janet was a wife and the young mother of a 6-month-old son, Kaiden. Janet was only 25. Her friends and family have described Janet as one of the kindest, gentlest people they had ever known. She was an athlete, having been a star soccer player in college. She was by all accounts, a loving wife and mother. She was a dedicated and faithful member of her church.

Janet was a good person. And, her life was taken.

If you search online, theories abound on what happened to Janet that evening. But, as informative as they are, they are just that – theories.

Please, help find justice for Janet and her family.

While I’m sure that local law enforcement is doing all it can in this case, the days continue to pass by. Durham Police stated that Janet’s murder was "not random," and that Durham citizens had nothing to fear with regards to this case. Yet, over six weeks have passed, with no arrest, no mention of suspects. Thus, somewhere, the murderer of Janet Abaroa still walks free.

Please, help find justice for Janet and her family.

There are online message boards loaded with information about this case. I have no doubt that you, personally, have investigative resources at your disposal. So, please do anything in your power to keep the spotlight on this case. Every victim needs a voice. Every family member needs a voice. Please, be that voice for Janet Abaroa.

Sincerely,

******************************

Just an example folks. Write what you want, but I ask you, PLEASE WRITE. We need help.
The following is a list of local media. Some actually wrote the early stories, some are just direct contacts,etc. If you know of others, please add to the list!

Newspapers

The News and Observer

Samiha Khanna skhanna@newsobserver.com (skhanna@newsobserver.com)
Michael Biesecker mbieseck@newsobserver.com (mbieseck@newsobserver.com)

Herald-Sun

Brooks Dareff bdareff@heraldsun.com (bdareff@heraldsun.com)
Television

WTVD

Darla Miles http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/bios/ (http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/bios/)
Erin O’Hearn (this is an online email for both)

WRAL

Julia Lewis jlewis@wral.com (jlewis@wral.com)
Kamal Wallace kwallace@wral.com (kwallace@wral.com)

WNCN

General newstips@nbc17.com (newstips@nbc17.com)
Ryan Young ryan.young@nbc.com (ryan.young@nbc.com)
Brian DeRoy brian.deroy@nbc.com (brian.deroy@nbc.com)

News14 Carolina

General news@news14.com (news@news14.com)

..the above reporters were assigned the case "then", i'm sure they have not forgotten.............i'm sure it can't hurt if they, and any NEW outlets anyone knows of, to get a barrage of email as a wake-up call...

..i realize that durham LE is over-worked and under-staffed............nothing new there............but, wanting to see justice for the brutal murder of a young pregnant woman is nothing new either.........

..if anyone has a few spare moments--------i'd say , send off an email, a letter, a message of some sort------------------we don't want OUR crime to be on the bottom of the pile.........let's all help to bring it BACK into the spotlight..........2006, the year we see justice for janet.
Laurie, I'm sorry, I did not see this, and I posted something off topic here about Amber Harris, the little girl from Nebraska.

Eric Olson is no longer working for Herald Sun. I don't know if he is even working in the field any longer. I called him to ask him to do more stories, and I got in contact with him on his last day.

I do have a listing of media contacts if you feel like writing. I pulled from different resources, including WS to combine to make one comprehensive listing.
Nightly News Shows

Larry King's email – LarryKingLive@cnn.com http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5.html?12


MSNBC – http://msnbc.msn.com/

Dan Abrams - abramsreport@msnbc.com

Rita Cosby - Rita@msnbc.com

Catherine Crier's personal website.

http://www.criercommunications.com/

I finally enter the 21st century with these pages. I hope you will find something of value or at least something entertaining! A bit of an idealist, I lecture and write about issues that affect us all on a regular basis. I will be updating my commentaries weekly to cover important topics that I cannot cover appropriately on television.

info@criercommunications.com;

Crier Live at Court TV - crierlive@courttv.com

Complete contact page for everyone at CTV -


http://www.courttv.com/contact/

Nancy Grace - "If you are a crime victim or someone who knows about an injustice or case that needs a spotlight, call "Nancy Grace" at 1-888-GRACE-01 or send information via e-mail to http://www.cnn.com/feedback/forms/form5c.html?24

Nancy Grace NancyGrace@courttv.com

Nancy Grace via CNN - Nancy Grace, CNN 1-888-GRACE-01 NancyGrace@cnn.com

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FOX News Channel Show E-Mail Addresses

At Large with Geraldo Rivera - Atlarge@foxnews.com

FOX Report with Shepard Smith - Foxreport@foxnews.com

Sean Hannity - Hannity@foxnews.com

Alan Colmes - Colmes@foxnews.com

On the Record with Greta - Ontherecord@foxnews.com

Forbes on FOX - Forbes@foxnews.com

Special Report with Brit Hume - Special@foxnews.com

Linda Vester - daybreak@cnn.com



FOX & Friends - Friends@foxnews.com

Studio B with Shepard Smith - Studiob@foxnews.com

FOX News Live - Feedback@foxnews.com

FOX News Live Weekend - Feedback@foxnews.com

The Big Story with John Gibson - Myword@foxnews.com

FOX News Sunday - FNS@foxnews.com

The O'Reilly Factor - Oreilly@foxnews.com

FOX News Watch - Newswatch@foxnews.com

Your World with Neil Cavuto - Cavuto@foxnews.com

America's Most Wanted


Dear Viewer:

Thank you for writing to America's Most Wanted. We're so sorry to hear
of the terrible tragedy you've had to endure. We know you would like a
response as soon as possible; however, America's Most Wanted only
accepts requests for stories or segments through the mail. Please send
your request to:

America's Most Wanted
P.O. Box Crime TV
Washington, DC 20016-9126

Please send a concise letter regarding the occurrence, a photograph of
the victim and suspect, any newspaper clippings, police reports and the
name and phone number of the detective investigating this case. Please
allow 8-10 weeks for a response from the producers. All material sent
to the producers will not be returned.

Sincerely,

AMW

Newspapers Raleigh, Durham area

The News and Observer

PO Box 191
215 McDowell St.
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: 919-829-4500
Fax: 919-829-4529
Business Desk Fax: 919-836-2840
http://www.newsobserver.com (http://www.newsobserver.com/)


Samiha Khanna skhanna@newsobserver.com
Michael Biesecker mbieseck@newsobserver.com


The Herald-Sun

PO Box 2092
2828 Pickett Rd.
Durham, NC 27705
Phone: 919-419-6500
Fax: 919-419-6837
http://www.heraldsun.com (http://www.heraldsun.com/)


Brooks Dareff bdareff@heraldsun.com



Apex Herald
P.O. Box 1539
616 W. Chatham Street
Apex, NC 27502
Phone: 919-362-8356
Fax: 919-362-1369Published: Thursday
Circulation: 3,500
Deadline: Mon. at noon Editor: Shawn Daley

The Carolinian
P.O. Box 25308
610 Maywood Avenue
Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: 919-834-5558
Fax: 919-832-3243Published: Mon. and Thurs.
Circulation: 17,000

The Cary News
P.O. Box 4949
212 E. Chatham St.
Cary, NC 27519
Phone: 919-460-2600
Fax: 919-460-6034
http://www.carynews.com (http://www.carynews.com/) Published: Thursday
Editor: Keith King, (919) 460-2605

The Chapel Hill Newspaper
P.O. Box 870
505 W. Franklin St.
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Phone: 919-967-7045
Fax: 919-968-4953Published: every Wed., Fri. and Sun.
Circulation: 25,000Publisher: Ted Vaden,(919) 932-2030
Managing Editor: Sharon Campbell, (919) 932-2002
News Editor: Don Evans, (919) 932-2007

The Cleveland Post
P.O. Box 466
503-L Hwy. 70 East
Garner, NC 27529
Phone: 919-772-1166
Fax: 919-779-7824Published: Every Thursday
Deadline: Friday, 5 pm
Circulation: 8,100Editor: John Cate

Fuquay-Varina Independent
P.O. Box 669
Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526
Phone: 919-552-5675
Fax: 919-552-7564Deadline: Friday, 5 pm
Circulation: 5,000
Published: Every Wednesday
(Gold Leaf Publishers)

Editor: Tom Melville
Staff writer: Mary Justice Blades

Garner News
P.O. Box 466
503-L Hwy. 70 East
Garner, NC 27529
Phone: 919-772-1166
Fax 919-779-7824
http://www.garnernews.net (http://www.garnernews.net/) Published: Every Wednesday
Deadline: Friday, 5 pm
Managing Editor: John Cate
Associate Editor: Amanda Smith

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Garner Times
P.O. Box 787
905-C 5th Ave.
Garner, NC 27529
Phone: 919-772-7751
Fax: 919-772-7131Published: Every Wednesday
Deadline: Friday, 5 pm
Circulation: 10,000

Editor: Tom Harris

The Independent
P.O. Box 2690
2810 Hillsborough Rd.
Durham, NC 27715-2690
Phone: 919-286-1972
Fax: 919-286-4274Published: Wednesday
Circulation: 50,000
Deadline: Wed before issue date
News and Arts newspaper

Editor: Richard Hart



Knightdale Times
P.O. Box 880
207 Main St.
Knightdale, NC 27545
Phone: 919-269-6101
Fax: 919-269-8383Published: Thursday
Deadline: Monday, 12pm

Publisher: Marty Coward, 919-365-6262
Editor: Dena Height, 919-365-6262
Managing Ed.: Don Fuller, 919-365-6262

Southeast Raleigh News
http://www.southeast-raleigh.com (http://www.southeast-raleigh.com/) Weekly online publication

Editor: Venita Peyton, msvp@southeast-raleigh.com

The Wake Weekly
P.O. Box 1919
229 East Owen
Wake Forest, NC 27588
Phone: 919-556-3182
Fax: 919-556-2233
http://www.wakeweekly.com (http://www.wakeweekly.com/) Published: Thursday
Deadline: Monday, 5:00

Editor: Carol Pelosi
Reporter: Susie Rook
Publisher: Greg Allen

Raleigh-Durham Area Wire Service

Associated Press
4020 West Chase Blvd., Ste 300
Raleigh, NC 27607
Phone: 919-833-8687
Fax: 919-834-1078

News Editor: Margaret Lillard

Television Raleigh, Durham area

WTVD-TV Channel 11
P.O. Box 2009
411 Liberty Street
Durham, NC 27702
Phone: 919-683-1111
Fax: 919-687-4373
http://www.wtvd.com (http://www.wtvd.com/) Raleigh ABC affiliate

Associate Manager: Eric Curry
News Director: Rob Elmore
Public Affairs Director: Monica Barnes

Darla Miles http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/bios/ (http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/bios/)

wtvdassignmentdesk@abc.com

Erin O’Hearn (this is an online email for both)



WRAL-TV Channel 5
P.O. Box 12000
2619 Western Blvd.
Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone: 919-821-8555
Fax: 919-821-8541
http://www.wral.com (http://www.wral.com/) Raleigh CBS affiliate

Associate Editors: Julia Lewis; Rick Gall jlewis@wral.com

News Director: Andrea Parque-Taylor
Public Affairs Director: Loretta Harper

Kamal Wallace

Kamal Wallace, Online Producer
WRAL.com
Raleigh, NC

kwallace@wral.com

kwallace@ibsys.com



WLFL-TV Channel 22
WRDC-TV Channel 28
3012 Highwoods Blvd., Ste. 101
Raleigh, NC 27604
Phone: 919-790-9535
Fax: 919-878-3877
http://www.wlfl22.com/ Raleigh WB affiliate, 10pm news

Executive Editor: Dan Wade
News Director: Mark Weiner

WRAZ-TV Channel 50
P.O. Box 12050
Raleigh, NC 27605
Phone: 919-821-8550
Fax: 919-821-8770Raleigh Fox affilliate

News Director: Same as WRAL-TV 5

UNC Center for Public TV
P.O. Box 14900
10 T.W. Alexander Dr.
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-4900
Phone: 919-549-7000
Fax: 919-549-7201Raleigh Public Television affiliate

News Editor: Lindsay Reid, 919-549-7047
Public Affairs: Julia Cox

WAUG-TV 68
1315 Oakwood Ave.
Saint Augustine's College
Raleigh, NC 27610
Phone: 919-516-4750
Fax: 919-516-4425
Program Director: T. McClain Community programming

WNCN-TV Channel 17
1205 Front Street
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: 919-836-1717
Fax: 919-836-1687 (newsroom)
Fax: 919-836-1747 (public affairs)
http://www.nbc17.com (http://www.nbc17.com/) Raleigh NBC affiliate

Associate Manager: Linda Wisniewsky
News Director: Caroline Claeys
General newstips@nbc17.com
Ryan Young ryan.young@nbc.com

Brian DeRoy

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News Reporter
WNCN-TV NBC 17
Raleigh, NC
919-306-6558 (C)

brian.deroy@nbc.com

News14 Carolina – letter received from a member of WS when first email campaign to media.



My name is Danielle Wang, I am an assignment editor with News14 Carolina. We are interested in doing a story this weekend about Janet’s murder, and I wanted to see if you would be interested in talking to us. From your email, I am assuming you were friends with her, and we would like to focus our story on how her family and friends are dealing with the event. If you can be of any help, please give me a call at (919) 882-4040 or email me back at this address. Thanks for your email and your help.

Sincerely,
Danielle Wang
Assignment Editor
News 14 Carolina
danielle.wang@twcable.com


General news@news14.com

Raleigh-Durham Area Radio Stations

WAUG 750 AM
1315 Oakwood Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27610
Phone: 919-516-4750
Fax: 919-516-4425Format: gospel music

Program Director: T. McClain

WBRZ 850 AM
5000 Falls of Neuse Rd., Ste 308
Raleigh, NC 27609
Phone: 919-875-9100
Fax: 919-875-9080
Format: news, talk and sportsProgram Director: Adam Gold

WCPE 89.7 FM
P.O. Box 828
1928 State Road #2054
Wake Forest, NC 27588
Phone: 919-556-5178
Fax: 919-556-9273
Format: classical & BBC World News, no local news

Development Director: Rae Weaver

WDCG 105 FM
3100 Smoketree Ct., Ste 700
Raleigh, NC 27604
Phone: 919-871-1051
Fax: 919-876-2929
Format: popular adult contemporaryProgram Director: Chris Kaye

WQOK 97.5 FM
WFXC 107.1 FM
WFXK 104.3 FM
8001-101 Creedmoor Rd
Raleigh, NC 27613
Phone: 919-941-0700
Fax: 919-954-8405WQOK: Urban Contemporary
WFXC & WFXK: Adult urban contemporary (same programming)

News Director (WQOK): Kat Summers
Promotions Director (WQOK): Dineen Mikell
News Director (WFXC/WFXK): Gail Hurd
Promotions Director (WFXC/WFXK): Bruce Farmer

WKIX 96.9/101.1 FM
5706 New Chapel Hill Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27607
Phone: 919-851-2711
Fax: 919-859-1482Format: country musicNews Director: Steve Mahr [return to top] (http://www.questionwhy.org/getinvolved/mediaoutlets.htm#top)

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Buena Vista News Organizations


The News-GazettePublisher - M.W. Paxton, IV
e-mail: publisher@thenews-gazette.com

Editor - Darryl Woodson
e-mail: editor@thenews-gazette.com

WDBJ7 News: (http://www.wdbj7.com (http://www.wdbj7.com/))

Joe Dashiell email: jdashiell@wdbj7.com



WSLS10 News (http://www.wsls.com/)



Phone: 540-981-9126
News hotline: 1-800-SEE-NEWS
email: news@wsls.com
Fax: 540-343-2059

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Salt Lake City Newspapers and News Media

The Daily Utah Chronicle
200 S Central Campus Dr #236
Salt Lake City UT 84112
801-581-NEWS

Send letters to the editor to: letters@chronicle.utah.edu

Send press releases to: press@chronicle.utah.edu

http://www.dailyutahchronicle.com/home/

Deseret News

City Desk/news tips | (801) 237-2100
Church News (http://www.desnews.com/cn/) | (801) 237-2141
Letters to the editor (letters@desnews.com) | (801) 236-6016

Entertainment Journal

http://www.theentertainmentjournal.com/

tom@valleyjournals.com – Telephone Number: (801)671-5595

Intermountain Commercial Record
1950 West 1500 South
Salt Lake City UT 84104
801.972.5642

http://www.lorrainepress.com/icr/

icr@lorrainepress.com


KFNZ – Sports Radio - Citadel Broadcasting Company
434 Bearcat Drive
SLC, UT 84115

http://www.1320kfan.com/home.asp

Business phone number: 801-485-6700
Office Hours: 8:00am to 6:00pm

1320 KFAN SLC: 483-1320
Provo: 470-1320
Ogden: 670-1320
Contest Line: 570-1320

KNRS – Family Values Stations (part of Fox)

http://www.knrs.com/about_knrs/email.html

Ogden: 670-KNRS (5677)

Salt Lake: 570-KNRS (5677)

Provo: 470-KNRS (5677)

Business Line: 908-1300

KSL – News Radio

http://www.ksl.com/

Contact form: http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=205

KSTU – Fox 13

How do I ask FOX 13 to investigate a story in my neighborhood?
A: Please call FOX13 investigates at 596-1313. Please give us a brief description of the story and your name and number so we may contact you to follow up.

GENERAL E-MAIL: news@fox13.com

KTVX – ABC Channel 4

KTVX Studio Mailing Address:
ABC 4
2175 West 1700 South
Salt Lake City, Utah 84104

Phone Numbers:
General Station: 801-975-4444
News Department: 801-975-4401

To report news or send press releases:
news@abc4.tv
Please do not send comments or programming emails here!

KUTV – CBC Channel

http://kutv.com/contact

2News Hotline - If you have a news story for us, we'd love to hear from you. Please call our 24 hour news hotline. (801) 415-222

MSNBC

Utah News http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3084766/

Mundo Hispano http://www.munhispano.com/

Publisher & Editor - Gladys González
gladys@munhispano.com
(801)-569-3338

General Manager - Sandra Plazas
sandra@munhispano.com
(801)-569-3338

General Manager - Patricia Dark
patricia@munhispano.com(801)-569-3338 Managing

Editor - Patricia Quijano
(801)569-3338
Patricia@munhispano.com

Salt Lake City Weekly - http://www.slweekly.com/

248 S. Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101

801-575-7003

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UPN
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The Weather Channel
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[lauriej]

trix:"I do have a listing of media contacts if you feel like writing. I pulled from different resources, including WS to combine to make one comprehensive listing."
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.............wow........that's quite an impressive 'list'!

..however, i can copy and paste--------i plan on writing to each and every one of them, it can't hurt............janet's killer is out there 'walkin' and talkin"...( and biking?) when he should be firmly behind bars............

..it's sickening that the murderer has had 10 additional months of freedom so far........

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Thanks Lauriej - I know the Weather Channel isn't going to do much good, but figured may as well get everything I have out there.

[JerseyGirl]

*SIGH*

Just stopping in to say that I'm still here and still hoping for justice. I miss the days when there was still so much to say. I wish there was something more we could do. :(

[caffeinatd]

I listen to the Durham news daily, and read the Herald Sun daily, and have not seen anything. I am thinking of contacting the media from a neighborhood prospective, only a few blocks away, and trying to get some info. The women of my neighborhood talk about this occasionally, and one said she thought she heard that they decided it was not random. I do not recall hearing that at all. I feel all Durham citizens deserve an update on this.
I just read in the paper, that they found a body on Dukes East campus, 22 yo, non student, but parents and step parents are all Profs. at Duke, it seems like there are a lot of murders here, but that many of them are solved fairly quickly. A lot are gang related, but not in Janet's neighborhood. In light of the screw ups with Michael Peterson, maybe they are making sure all their ducks are in a row, but almost a year and nothing??
On another note, I drove past the house yesterday, it is occupied, and a lot of trees have been removed. A big black dog was in the fenced yard. Made me feel really sad and angry about all this.

[JerseyGirl]

The women of my neighborhood talk about this occasionally, and one said she thought she heard that they decided it was not random. I do not recall hearing that at all. I feel all Durham citizens deserve an update on this.All along, the police have been saying things like "we've found nothing to indicate that this was a random crime". And while that wording allows them some wiggle room, I believe that they do indeed think that Raven is the perp. I truly believe this since they were still making the "not random" statements just a couple of months back (even in the press release about the reward), and still interviewing people in a place where Raven is known to have gone 9 months or more after the murder. (Clarification: LE was interviewing there 9 months or more after the murder - I have no idea when Raven was last there.) I too hope that it's a ducks-in-a-row issue but I must confess that I have become worried after all of this time. Not that LE doesn't know who did it but that they don't have enough to convict Raven yet - at least not a conviction that would guarantee a complete life behind bars. :(

I am glad to hear that Janet's sad case still gets talked about there once in a while, and that people haven't just completely forgotten about her.

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JG, I am also glad that people have not forgotten about Janet and that people are still talking about the case. I think the Vigil is a great way to get more people talking about it and perhaps someone that does have information, no matter how minor they feel it is, decides to come forward when they see the flyers that are floating around Durham. Also, for those that did not know Janet, perhaps they seen something fishy or some advocate of sometype personally starts getting involved in Durham.

It's hard since most of us live out of State to gauge the pulse of the people who live in Durham, and maybe the attention this vigil will bring will start bringing more people out of the woodwork that heard something, seen something and it would be great if this got some National Exposure just in case people moved.

I believe myself it is a ducks in a row and it is going to take time. I'm sad it's taken this long, but knowing enough law enforcement in my own family, I know they do not give up.

I hope there is Justice for Janet soon.

[less0305]

I hate to say this, but I get the strange feeling that this case will go the way several others in N.C. have gone. It's eerie, but there have been several spousal murders in N.C. where the murdering wife/hubby wasn't arrested and charged until a 2nd spouse came up dead in similar circumstances. Think "the other" Peterson, Barbara Stager, and the false teeth king (I can't think of his name) who also ran an ice cream shop and lived in Greensboro and the black widow who I'm also having a hard time remembering her name. Several years down the road when Raven remarries and wife no. 2 begins to get in his way and she suddenly turns up dead after a "break-in" - they'll connect the dots and he'll eventually pay. And some other poor unfortunate family will bury their daughter and then they can thank the prosecutors for allowing this monster to slide from their grips - because I don't think it's L.E. holding up the train. I think it's the prosecutors who are reluctant to file charges for some reason.

P.S. What in the world is wrong with my memory??!!! The black widow is on death row. She used arsenic to poison husbands, boyfriends, and her own dad in all probability. She lived or worked in Greensboro also.

[caffeinatd]

The local BW was Blanche Taylor Moore, lived between Burlington and Greensboro I think...

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I hate to say this, but I get the strange feeling that this case will go the way several others in N.C. have gone. It's eerie, but there have been several spousal murders in N.C. where the murdering wife/hubby wasn't arrested and charged until a 2nd spouse came up dead in similar circumstances. Think "the other" Peterson, Barbara Stager, and the false teeth king (I can't think of his name) who also ran an ice cream shop and lived in Greensboro and the black widow who I'm also having a hard time remembering her name. Several years down the road when Raven remarries and wife no. 2 begins to get in his way and she suddenly turns up dead after a "break-in" - they'll connect the dots and he'll eventually pay. And some other poor unfortunate family will bury their daughter and then they can thank the prosecutors for allowing this monster to slide from their grips - because I don't think it's L.E. holding up the train. I think it's the prosecutors who are reluctant to file charges for some reason.

P.S. What in the world is wrong with my memory??!!! The black widow is on death row. She used arsenic to poison husbands, boyfriends, and her own dad in all probability. She lived or worked in Greensboro also. Death Row Granny is Velma Barfield. After two marraiges ended with the death of her husbands, by 1977 Barfield was in a relationship with Stuart Taylor, who was a widower and tobacco farmer.

Barfield later confessed to the 1974 murder of her own mother (in whose name she had taken out a loan) and of two elderly people, John Henry Lee (by whom she was being paid as a housekeeper/caregiver) and Dollie Edwards (a relative of Stuart Taylor). Velma always attended the funerals of her victims and appeared to grieve genuinely for them. The body of her late husband, Thomas Barfield, was later exhumed and also found to contain traces of arsenic. Velma denied that she had killed him. Her motives for these four murders were the same. She had misappropriated money from her victims and then according to her, tried to make them ill so she could nurse them whilst finding another job to enable her to repay the money. Needless to say, the jury was less than impressed by this defense.

Barfield gained notoriety as the "Death Row Granny," becoming the first woman to be executed in the U.S. since 1962, and the first since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976.

Barbara Stager - At 6:08 a.m. on February 1st, 1988, the police in Durham, North Carolina got the call that a man had been shot. Barbara Sanger told officers the gun her husband kept under his pillow accidentally fired and shot him in the head. According to friends, coworkers and family members, Barbara was a devoted wife, mother and Christian. It became clear Sanger was not the gentle, caring woman she seemed. The accident was a cold-blooded murder and not Barbara's first. Barbara's first husband died of a gunshot wound.

Fritz Klenner became the serial murderer that killed the Newson and Lynch Families.

Well I think perhaps its time to start writing to the Governor, who I believe is serving his last term along with the Attorney General and see if some laws can be changed and see if they have anything to say about the percentage of Serial Murderers that slip away unnoticed until another death occurs.

Governor Michael F. Easley
Office of the Governor
20301 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-0301
Telephone Number: 1-919-733-4240 or 1-919-733-5811
Facsimile: 1-919-715-3175 or 1-919-733-2120

Attorney General Roy Cooper
Office of the Attorney General
P. O. Box 629
Raleigh, NC 27602-0629
Telephone Number: 1-919-821-0404
Facsimile: 1-919-716-0803

[L L & S]

:laugh:Velma denied that she had killed him. Her motives for these four murders were the same. She had misappropriated money from her victims and then according to her, tried to make them ill so she could nurse them whilst finding another job to enable her to repay the money. Needless to say, the jury was less than impressed by this defense. :doh: Doh! Ya think?

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The local BW was Blanche Taylor Moore, lived between Burlington and Greensboro I think...
You are so right Caffeinatd!

Women on Death Row - Blanche Moore

Criminal Profile

From Charles Montaldo (http://crime.about.com/mbiopage.htm),
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General Information:

Date of Birth - 2/17/1933

Date of Offense - 10/7/1986

Age at Time of Offense - 56

Prior Prison Record - None

Location of Crime - Alamance County, North Carolina

Co-defendants - None

Race and Gender of Victim - White male
Crime Committed: In 1989, police began investigating Moore after her second husband, Rev. Dwight Moore, became ill with suspicious symptoms. A doctor ordered toxic testing and determined his illness was from arsenic poisoning. He somehow survived the ingestion of large amount of poison over a week’s time. The police became suspicious of Moore, and asked that the bodies of Moore's former boyfriend, Raymond Reid, and James N. Taylor, her first husband, who died 1973, be exhumed. It was determined that both men died of arsenic poisoning. Moore's father, P.D. Kiser, also died of symptoms similar to those that occur with arsenic poisoning.

Moore was convicted for the murder of her boyfriend, Raymond Reid and received the death penalty.

Speculators say Moore killed the men in her life because of a deep seeded hate of her alcoholic father that forced her into prostitution to help pay the family bills.

Source: North Carolina Department of Correction

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Velma Barfield is also from North Carolina.


She was executed on November 2 (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=56jpv1oo9lmqn?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=November+2&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc02a), 1984 (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=56jpv1oo9lmqn?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=1984&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc02a) at the Central Prison in Raleigh (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=56jpv1oo9lmqn?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Raleigh%2C+North+Carolina&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc02a), North Carolina (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=56jpv1oo9lmqn?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=North+Carolina&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc02a) for the murder of yet another victim, Stuart Taylor, her boyfriend and a relative of Dollie Edwards. Fearing he found out that she had been forging checks on his account, she mixed an arsenic-based rat poison into his beer and tea. He died on February 3 (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=56jpv1oo9lmqn?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=February+3&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc02a), 1978 (http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=56jpv1oo9lmqn?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=1978&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc02a) while she tried to "nurse" him back to health; an autopsy found arsenic in Taylor's system. After her arrest, the body of Thomas Barfield was exhumed and found to have traces of arsenic.

She was pronounced dead at precisely 2:15 am.

[ewwwinteresting]

I hate to say this, but I get the strange feeling that this case will go the way several others in N.C. have gone. It's eerie, but there have been several spousal murders in N.C. where the murdering wife/hubby wasn't arrested and charged until a 2nd spouse came up dead in similar circumstances. Think "the other" Peterson, Barbara Stager, and the false teeth king (I can't think of his name) who also ran an ice cream shop and lived in Greensboro and the black widow who I'm also having a hard time remembering her name. Several years down the road when Raven remarries and wife no. 2 begins to get in his way and she suddenly turns up dead after a "break-in" - they'll connect the dots and he'll eventually pay. And some other poor unfortunate family will bury their daughter and then they can thank the prosecutors for allowing this monster to slide from their grips - because I don't think it's L.E. holding up the train. I think it's the prosecutors who are reluctant to file charges for some reason.

P.S. What in the world is wrong with my memory??!!! The black widow is on death row. She used arsenic to poison husbands, boyfriends, and her own dad in all probability. She lived or worked in Greensboro also.
Unfortunately I think you are right. A murderer will walk free until he kills again.

[less0305]

The local BW was Blanche Taylor Moore, lived between Burlington and Greensboro I think...

That's the one I was thinking of. Thanks! I had forgotten about Velma, though.

And the man from Greensboro - I still can't remember his name. He drowned his first wife in a bathtub...said she was drinking that night and must have slid under while taking a bath. Moved to Pennsylvania, I believe, and second wife drowned in a hot tub....said she was drinking that night. He was really stooooopid. He's serving time now but I can't remember if it's in NC or PA.

[caffeinatd]

That's the one I was thinking of. Thanks! I had forgotten about Velma, though.

And the man from Greensboro - I still can't remember his name. He drowned his first wife in a bathtub...said she was drinking that night and must have slid under while taking a bath. Moved to Pennsylvania, I believe, and second wife drowned in a hot tub....said she was drinking that night. He was really stooooopid. He's serving time now but I can't remember if it's in NC or PA.
I looked on the web...ugh, I didn't rememeber this one, Tim Boczkowski, he is in Central prison..for life...this is a link to an add he posted..sicko
http://writeaprisoner.com/TemplateDisplay.aspx?i=z-ea3797

[Jenifred]

There is actually a site dedicated to personal ads for prisoners? That is horribly sick! But you know what's even more sick? I bet you money that once Raven is behind bars, he'll have an ad up on that site before you know it.

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There is actually a site dedicated to personal ads for prisoners? That is horribly sick! But you know what's even more sick? I bet you money that once Raven is behind bars, he'll have an ad up on that site before you know it.
roflmao - Loves to ride bikes, and loves sports and soccer and will recite poetry bwaaahaaaaaa.

[caffeinatd]

I went to the DPD web tonight http://www.durhampolice.com/news/This is interesting, Janet's murder is not even on the web for last April. I really think they have forgotten this. I do see that there is a big gap on the site, so maybe i am overreacting, but strikes me wrong. They do not even have the reward on there. :(

[Jenifred]

I went to the DPD web tonight http://www.durhampolice.com/news/This is interesting, Janet's murder is not even on the web for last April. I really think they have forgotten this. I do see that there is a big gap on the site, so maybe i am overreacting, but strikes me wrong. They do not even have the reward on there. :(
I think it's been that way for awhile now. I remember searching that a long time ago and seeing that it hadn't been counted. I think it's more of an image thing--kind of like they don't want it to be public knowledge that there is a murderer running free. I guess the fact that the murderer is in Utah eases their consciences.

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I went to the DPD web tonight http://www.durhampolice.com/news/This is interesting, Janet's murder is not even on the web for last April. I really think they have forgotten this. I do see that there is a big gap on the site, so maybe i am overreacting, but strikes me wrong. They do not even have the reward on there. :(
Okay actually it was not there, there was one listing for April, one for August and then fast forward to November.

I wrote to them, and they were Updating their website. One day I looked and saw it - and it had all the press releases. There was one on April 27, 2006 and then an update later that day, then again in May and then the one for the Reward. I know others saw it too, because someone at ltu put it on their site in the Janet Web Links and now those links don't work.

Then I went back again to check and it was back to the one on April again, but for a few days there was about 20 news releases for April about that many for May, June, July, August, and it's gone now.

I wrote again to Durham PD and have not heard any response from them.

[lauriej]

..it IS odd, the durham police have a SINGLE entry for the entire month of april 2005..(and it's not related to janet's death )....compared to approx. 46 entries for march 2005......

..clicking around the archives of the last year bring up mostly 'dead' links......

..if they have up-dated their site recently:

a). they did a very poor job.
b). i'd fire whoever was responsible for the up-date.

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What I find more interesting Laurie is that though for such a long time they had that only single entry for April, when they updated their website on January 11, 2006, there were over 20 entries for April 2005, two of them were on Janet.

Here are the "Original Links" that were on the Durham PD Website as of January 11, 2006. Sometime a few days later, they were taken down and back to the one original PDF for April 2005 again and the April and May on Janet are now gone, along with ALL the other pdf's that were there at one time for April, May, June, July and now they are back to only one August again, which there were tons in August too for a few days.

These were all "PDF's"

Original Media Release by Durham Police Department - http://www.durhampolice.com/media/2005/apr_27_05_01.pdf

Updated Media Release later that same day on April 27, 2005 -
http://www.durhampolice.com/media/2005/apr_27_05_02.pdf

Then on May 2nd there was another entry on Janet:
http://www.durhampolice.com/media/2005/may_02_05_01.pdf

Now on January 24, 2006 there was and still is a the Media Release regarding the Reward.

http://www.durhampolice.com/news/pdf/060124_1.pdf

Do you all notice their format changes on the way they "name" their pdf's.

it used to be called /media/ year here/ date may _ 02 _ 05 _ 01.pdf

now they are calling it "news"/pdf/ and doing year first 06, month, 01, date 24_ and the number of which release goes out first -1.pdf

I noticed that all March's formats are now in the new format - the one April is in the new format of
http://www.durhampolice.com/news/pdf/050402_1.pdf

I do know for this whole website has been revamped. Perhaps the Web Personell for the Police Department are going in and rechanging their pdf names slowly to reflect the new changes in how they "name" their files and now have to re-upload them online.

Also, in January they implemented a new email addressing system for their police department. Since I used to visit the site often, there was a blurb to people that the Police Department has implemented a new email system and there was a brief explanation as to how to email these employees.

The new policy as first name . last name @durhamnc.gov as opposed to the other way they did it.

[lauriej]

yes, i did notice when they "up-dated" their site, as i've checked in there often............

..although, as far as janet's case goes, it seems that they have "un-dated "the links ,regarding her murder............i recall that there were a few before..........and now just that one little article from january ...

..with an open case, unsolved, i just wonder why they would remove the previous links ?you would thnk they'd want all possible out there, on their own very site, to jog public memory...

..with what we've seen ( in the public ) from durham LE-------and the lack of anything on their site...............as well as the fiasco going on in the DA area................i'm honestly worried that this will become a "cold case"-------------one of those that the media, LE, the DA ,just has nothing super concrete on and so is moving on to something "better"........(more newsworthy? more current?) it IS sickening if that is the criteria upon which the DA views a case.........

..i still have hopes that the candlelight vigil at the end of the month will raise/re-awaken awareness.............the DA, past, present, or future, has no right to over-look this murder, they owe it to the very citizens that they serve to pursue justice.

...why has it taken almost a full year to make an arrest??? could the campaigning and DA election be taking so much of their focus that they are not putting together prosecution for this murder ?

..personally, i'd like to hear just one of the candidates mention this case by name...........from what i've read so far----------i think they would all say, "ummm..who ?"