(IT) 크레이그 리스트 살인사건
(IT) 크레이그 리스트 살인사건
Let us begin this half hour with a terrifying murder. A father beaten and shot in front of his wife and two children allegedly by a group of people who answered his ad on the popular website Craigslist. We’re going to talk to the victim’s wife and his brother in just a moment. But first, NBC’s Lee Cowen has the details. A few clicks of the keyboard. A diamond ring for sale. Jewelry ads like this are posted every day on the classified service Craigslist. But this web deal turned deadly inside his own home. The man who posted the ad James Sanders laid died. His wife was holding him in her arms.
“I just kept saying, honey, please, stay with me. Stay with me. Stay with us. Don’t go. Don’t go. And he was just barely gasping for air. And he was all white. He was starting to get white. And I saw that half of his ear was shot off. But I thought okay, maybe he’s just in shock. Maybe he’s just in shock. That’s why he’s white. And he died.”
Police say 21-year-old Madid Night responded to the Craigslist ad saying she wanted the ring as a possible mother’s day present. But when she came to look at it, police say she wasn’t alone. Instead they say these three men showed up with her armed and rushed the door as soon as Sanders opened it. For his wife and two kids, the ordeal still wasn’t over. “I had a gun at the back of my head with the countdown. Three, two, and I was screaming and my kids are standing there. I’m like oh please, god, don’t let them kill me. Don’t let them kill my kids. Don’t let them kill me in front of my kids.”
Police are investigating whether the same team was involved in another home invasion in which the victims were selling a flat screen TV once again on Craigslist. Police say the crimes linked to the website have become almost routine while craigslist offered its sympathy to the Sanders family. It says violent crimes linked to its site are extremely rare. All four pleaded not guilty. For TODAY, Lee Cowen, NBC News, Los Angeles.
Charine Sanders is with us now along with her brother-in-law Derek Sanders. Good morning to both of you, and please accept our condolences. Thank you. Good morning. Thank you. Charine? You and your family have been through such a horrible ordeal. How are you and the boys holding up right now? Well, our whole life’s been ripped apart and just trying to put it back together as best as we can. It’s hard…..I just….I miss husband terribly. But I stand on my faith. And that’s truly why I’m sitting here today. It’s my faith. As we just heard, you and your husband had listed a diamond ring for sale on Craigslist. And a couple answered the ad came by to see the ring. Had you ever put anything on Craigslist before?