You may want to correct your headline -- she went by Katherine, not Katie.

to thwart the deviants and predators that populate its site.

How sad that a group like this has to be here Voices Of Hope Minnesota Hope Chapter Parents Of Murdered Children Inc www.pomcmn.com

Craig's List is a primarily self-regulated public forum. People need to use common sense and safety precautions before meeting ANYBODY from the site. Human beings must still have personal responsibility.

...Someone called the victim's (Katherine Olson) residence regarding the "babysitting" job that ultimately lead to her murder. The roommate who answered the phone said it was a woman's voice. I know that because I read it on a police report posted on this site last year.

Are we to believe that the perpetrator-- known to have zero social skills bordering on Aspergers-- successfully disguised his voice as a woman's? Then there's the fact that he initially told investigators that his "friend" shot Olson...

I'm not saying that Michael Anderson is innocent of this crime; only that there is evidence of other participants that is being hushed up.

I agree that the standard garage sale and commercial services stuff requires individual due diligence and precaution, but the "personals" section is an incubator predatory behavior. Newmark needs to rethink why he is in that business.

Dear akorn, with all due respect, you have your facts wrong. Having sat through the hearings and trial, not to mention living through this nightmare for for the last year and half, I assure you a woman never called Katherine. All e-mails generated by Katherine were replied to by "Amy". All calls placed by Katherine were answerred by a male. There never were any other participants, just the animal Mr Anderson, period. Mr Anderson's "friend" was was Mr Anderson himself. The first mistake is to listen to Anderson's interview and believe any of as true...the evidence does not suport his origial statement. Besides, his lawyer admitted in court, Mr Anderson did fire the gun killing Katherine. There are no "weird features" to this case, other than Anderson himself.