Carolina Girl
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I think it was the ex boyfriend. He is abusive and she even tried to get a protection order on him and it's my understanding that she couldn't get one. It seems like the guy was nothing but trouble. Lacey broke up with him which you don't do to a control freaking abusive creep. Then she had the nerve to get another boyfriend. That is a real big no no to an abuser and control freak. Then bring the little boy into it. There is no way this creep could ever have gotten custody of the little boy. Sounds like he started proceedings and then didn't carry through.
I don't think he would have anyone else do this murder for him. Most killers like the victim to know it is him. Yes, he knew that Lacey was strong and that is why he grabbed her from the back instead of the front. He probably even let her know that she was going to die. I don't think he was worried about being seen and he wasn't seen...no one was. I'll be surprised if this murder was committed by anyone else but the ex.
I just wish Lacey hadn't gone home after she dropped her little boy off. She might have felt like my daughter did though....my daughter said "mom I can't hide forever. I have to work and live my life. I can't just hide out forever because I'm afraid of what he might do. She had a protection order! As we know they are worthless and having one wouldn't have helped Lacey.
I hope it won't be long until the creep in locked away and made someone's girlfriend in prison.
Petition signed!!
THANK YOU!!
Does anyone know the criteria for submitting a case to AMW or any other show suggestions?
Lacey was a very smart girl. She asked me what to do and I told her to file police reports. Which she did. I told her to file for an OP and she did. She even went to the police to show them he admitted to having sex with her when she was under-aged and she asked if they could press charges against him for statutory rape. She took photos of him with her cell phone running away to show police he had been there. She took her text messages to the police and had a trap put on her phone.
But no one did anything. She was frustrated no one was doing anything. She didn't feel like anyone took her situation seriously. She couldn't get away from him.
I feel very badly I wasn't able to help her. I gave her hundreds of attorney's names, advocate names, shelter names.
She called almost all of them. The attorneys couldn't help her. The advocates tried to help her and so did the shelters. But still she couldn't escape. She was young and she was frustrated by the system. She was desperate.
I feel she was a victim of domestic violence of the worst kind - murder. I am not rushing to judgment. It looks like it was a non-stranger crime. Which means it was someone she knew.
Thank you all for all your kind words. This Christmas has been a difficult one. I greatly appreciate your help and your insights.
Any ideas you have - please don't hesitate to share them.
Here is a petition we have begun to ask for AMW to look at Lacey's case.
Please sign it:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/laceygainesmurder
I would write to Oprah, Dr Phil, Greta and Nancy Grace! In fact if it is ok, let me know and I will write also!
Cha Cha! I am so sorry for your loss! This is just horrible. I hope you and your family are holding up okay....
My thoughts on this:
Could the perp have been in her apartment already? This would mean that he/she knew of the doctor's visit.
It was too planned out and with no defensive wounds sure seems like a blitz attack.. I could see someone lying in wait for her inside her apartment. I surly don't see her opening the door to the ex at all. If someone rang the doorbell and attacked her as she opened the door she would have defensive wounds. For some reason I just see the perp lying in wait for her...
I have a question... why did she ask her Grandmother to keep the baby? Why didn't she pick the baby up on her way back home from the doctor? Did she have to go to work later that day???
Are there any cameras around the apartment complex? Have all the neighbors been canvased for info... like did they see any strange cars there that day, etc?
Email/storyline ideas sent to Oprah, Dr. Phil and Nancy Grace!
Does anyone know how to look up past police beat's or past charges?
Lacey said the ex was suppose to have shot at his ex's new boyfriend back 5 yrs ago in Schaumburg, IL. It could have been reported as a weapons discharge or worse.
Lacey told me she thought he had fled Bond Forfeiture Warrant- arrest for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon by using an alias and just running. But I'm having a difficult time substantiating this.
I was told by a Lt in Hanover Park last spring it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack without his alias. Then just after Lacey's murder the LT called me and asked if I was the same woman who contacted him last spring. I said I was and he said that the ex had in fact shot at or shot someone in Shaumburg not Hanover Park 5 yrs ago. They are close by one another.
So I asked him if would give this info to Justice Det 's. Then I called Justice Det and they said they'd check on it. Now I hear from another source it wasn't same guy. How do they know? Or not know?
Does anyone know are OP's listed online? Are marriage records?
Will my friends here at websleuths help us find Lacey's killer?
My niece Lacey Claire Gaines just turned 20 on Dec 1 and was murdered on Dec 7, 2009.
There have been a few Facebook sites and a memorial site created. You may read all news so far at links on sites.
Story Link
http://www.my.opera.com/LaceyClaireGaines
We have a petition for Justice for Lacey at: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/laceygainesmurder
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Help...Lacey-Gainess.../2379838
http://laceygaines.yolasite.com/
http://peace4missing.ning.com/profiles/blogs/in-memory-of-lacey-gaines?xg_source=activity