My friend has just been murdered

[Unspeakable Horror]

Be careful

[Dinner]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
Whereas two murders within 2 blocks of me in the last year is simply average for Baltimore.

That's because Baltimoreis a ****hole. I'm glad I only lived their for 6 months growing up before my parents figured out what a bad idea it was and moved back to California. Finish Med School and move to some where civilized.

[Hot Mustard]

Sorry for your loss.

I am glad I live in a safe city.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Cruddy
... Pekka, the problem with talking to my mutual friends is that one of them is probably the killer and the others aren't exactly level headed right now.

First, my belated condolences.

If that's what you are suspecting then do not go talk to any of the mutual friends. Try to remember if your dead friend dropped you any clues. You are probably too confused to think straight anyway.

You can do worse by leaving town now to go stay with family or a friend in another city. After you have settled down and recalled all the information you know, either go to the police or send it in.

[Kidlicious]

Check it out. A friend of mine was walking along the river and saw a guy he knew dumping a body there. They guy just asked him if he was going to tell anyone. My friend said no, and that was that. Of course my friend went to the cops.

[Sandman]

I can't even imagine what it's like for you. Just be careful.

[Pekka]

Kid, sure. And I know other cases where the one who tipped off someone got the bad end of the deal. Not to this caliber, but semi serious. If this case is open, and all that, if you feel threatened, don't go to cops. Period. Protect yourself. Screw the rest. These folks saying you should go to cops are not taking things into account. The cops will get it all working.. they will figure it out. And if they don't, or if it takes ages, send in the info. Protect yourself. THat's the most important thing. Like I said earlier, don't be fool.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Pekka
Kid, sure. And I know other cases where the one who tipped off someone got the bad end of the deal. Not to this caliber, but semi serious. If this case is open, and all that, if you feel threatened, don't go to cops. Period. Protect yourself. Screw the rest. These folks saying you should go to cops are not taking things into account. The cops will get it all working.. they will figure it out. And if they don't, or if it takes ages, send in the info. Protect yourself. THat's the most important thing. Like I said earlier, don't be fool.

In my experience the detectives are not like the detectives on television. They will not try very hard to find murderers unless they have something to go on. It's up to civilians to come forward with information.

[Pekka]

Yeah, and detectives can't protect you either. All I'm saying is, help the authorities so the people behind this get locked up, but at the same time protect yourself and don't be stupid.

[Dinner]

Just out of curiosity what city in the UK does Cruddy live in?

[Dinner]

Originally posted by dejon
Sorry for your loss.

I am glad I live in a safe city.

Something seems funny about those numbers. They're like several hundred lower then everything else I found on the net even when you only look at the violent crime rate. Once property crime is included every city's crime rate is an order of magnitude higher. Still the order seems to be right so maybe a different methidology was used or they are looking at the whole urban area and not the city limits.

Either way where I live is in the 6-8 range of safest big cities which isn't bad. The least safe cities in North America were Baltimore, Detroit, and Atlanta. The first two were obvious to anyone who's been to those cities but Atlanta surprised me. I suppose they just have a crap police department and a bunch of poor people.

[child of Thor]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Just out of curiosity what city in the UK does Cruddy live in?

Not sure, but London is a good bet if murder has happened.

Take care Cruddy, sorry to hear this.

If you suspect any of your friends then best leave them well alone. Look at it this way, two people close to you have been killed, probably by the same person. Dont become the third. So just be very, very carefull until it blows over.

[Heresson]

Really sad

[Cruddy]

Thank you God! She's OK! She's alive! I've met her!

If fact, she's better than OK... she think she's pregnant! :

HOWEVER...

1) She is in fear of her life, and tells me someone wants her dead. She won't tell me more but she is keeping a very low profile.

2) All my pals are in the clear.

3) Someone with a very close resemblence to her did indeed turn up murdered the other day. Don't ask for details because I don't want to make people puke.

SO... mostly good news. Lots of other bits of rumours and speculation that I won't bother listing because I don't know if they are true.

Thanks to ALL posters for your help, suggestions and support. I really didn't know where else to turn!

Ok Mods, you can unsticky this thread now thank God.

EDIT: It's pointless trying to Google for this, reporting restrictions are still in force.

[Dinner]

I imagine if a body had every bone broken then it would be difficult to identify without using dental (assuming enough teeth left) or DNA which takes time.