MsBetsy
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Yeah, but they may never have communicated in person. I would think it would have been easy for him to fool someone on line, on a website, since it seems to have been a pattern for him.And yes, these types of arrangements have existed for centuries and initiated both ways.
The arrangement site she was on allows people to get badges when they have connected their LinkedIn, Instagram, or Facebook profiles. You can't see the profiles but the badge shows they are connected. There are obviously a lot of scammers out there but an exchange of social media is a good way to see if the person is legit. Many of the women on the arrangement site are tired of going to Cafe Rio (our local version of Chipotle) and splitting the bill and getting pressured to get married (people in Utah often get married after dating a couple of months.) As for verifying socioeconomic status, that's pretty easy from a conversation. Which again makes me skeptical she met AA through the arrangement site since a two minute conversation with him would make it pretty clear he's not very successful. She's from LA ... she would be able to see that.
By now, it probably would have been easy for him to misrepresent himself, and appear to be a successful person with a lot to offer someone.
She probably would not have caught on until she met him in person, which may very well be exactly what happened the day she was murdered.
She was young, inexperienced, and vulnerable. He knew what to look for.
Jmo