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Heather Ballinger

Mother of Missing Fresno Woman Says Daughter Called Her:

The day after that Heather Ballinger’s disappearance was reported by the media her mother says that Heather called her. Heather’s mother says that her daughter’s speech was slurred and she could not return the Jeep she was driving because it was broken.

It turns out that Heather has a warrant out for her arrest and that the Jeep may be stolen.

However that does not necessarily mean that she was not taken against her will after answering a craigslist job ad.

To my knowledge Heather Ballinger has still not been found,. I’ll be posting updates as the information becomes available.

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Heather Ballinger

Valley Woman Reported Missing after Answering Craigslist Ad:

22-year-old Heather Ballinger of Fresno, California went missing on June 1st after responding to a job ad on craigslist and has not been seen since. A witness said she met two men at a Jamba Juice. The ad was for a personal assistant.

Ballinger is 5 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds. She has long, black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a multicolored shirt over a white shirt, along with blue jeans and white sandals. She has piercings on her nose and right cheek, along with two tattoos — one on her left shoulder that says “daddy’s girl” and another of an Indian design on her lower leg.

She was last seen driving a white 1994 Jeep Cherokee with California license plate 3FKR292. The vehicle has a large Raiders emblem on the rear door.

Anyone with information about Ballinger can call the Sheriff’s Office at (559) 488-3111.

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I’ve posted stories before about assaults and scams that can happen to you if you respond to a shady craigslist job ad but this is possibly the worst thing imaginable that could happen. My prayers go out to Ms. Ballinger’s family that she’ll be brought home safely.

If you could please share this story on your Facebook or Twitter accounts or anywhere else you think it would be helpful to get the word out.

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Jeffrey Gray

NYC woman lured over CraigsList to New Hampshire home where man raped, imprisoned her: cops:

Don’t ever rely on the kindness of strangers, especially on craigslist.

A woman from New York City supposedly placed an ad on craigslist looking for a place to stay in New England so she could start a new life. What police say she got instead was 3 days of being held captive and raped.

Authorities say that 48-year-old Jeffrey Gray of Windham, New Hampshire lured her to the Green Mountain state with the promise of place she could stay. When she got to New Hampshire and met with Gray he allegedly held her captive for 3 days and repeatedly raped her. He then dropped her off at Boston’s Logan Airport.

It turns out that Gray has a history of criminal threatening and restraining orders.

Face it people. Craigslist is lost to the criminals. It’s no longer the friendly online global community that it briefly was in the late 90s. Scum like Gray are more and more becoming the norm and not the exception.

The fight isn’t over yet. Help spread the word on craigslist and backpage crime by winning a free CraigsCrimeList T-Shirt.

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The Late Michael Crandell

Search Over For Robber:

Lexington Man Kills Self After Chase In N.Y.:

I had trouble finding details on this one but from what I can ascertain 28-year old Michael Crandell of Lexington, Kentucky posted an ad for a motorcycle on craigslist. When someone that he knew showed up at his home about the motorcycle that person was tied up and taken to another county to be robbed.

Crandell was on the run until a few days ago when police spotted him in Clinton County, New York trying to cross over into Canada. A police chase that included Crandell driving on the side walk ended when police surrounded him and Crandell committed suicide by shooting himself while his girlfriend was in the car with him.

The girlfriend, 22-year-old Erica Felix, was arrested for marijuana possession and hindering prosecution. No word on if she was adorned in the chunks of her boyfriend when she was arrested.

The fight isn’t over yet. Help spread the word on craigslist and backpage crime by winning a free CraigsCrimeList T-Shirt.

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Police: Woman tried to arrange kidnap of husband:

Corvallis woman tried to hire kidnapper on Craigslist, police say:

I wasn’t sure how to open this post. I could either go with “You really can find anything on craigslist, even kidnappers” or “Just when I thought I had seen it all.” So instead I’m going with both.

Anyway Mari-Teresa Price of Corvallis, Oregon has been arrested for allegedly trying to solicit kidnappers on craigslist. She wanted them to break into her estranged husband’s home, ransack the place then kidnap him. No word on what she wanted them to do after he was kidnapped or if she would try and demand ransom.

One of the people that she was in contact with called police.

If you want to use a classified site that’s free of kidnappers and other miscreants I really do recommend Geebo.com. The soft G stands for…um….geometry? As in you’ll get a square deal when you use Geebo.

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