'Blood everywhere': Details on Walgreens murder scene

[demmiblue]

COLORADO SPRINGS — A 17-year-old Colorado Springs girl is dead after a confrontation at her workplace. A 28-year-old man has been arrested in connection to her murder.

The Colorado Springs Police Department says it happened at the Walgreens on Centennial Boulevard on Saturday, June 11.

A store manager told police he’d found a body in the breakroom. There was blood everywhere, he said.

Officers rushed out and found the teenager’s body. “There were significant blood staings on the floor, cabinets and counter of the breakroom,” the arrest affidavit reads. “There was an identification badge on the floor and a radio earpiece… near the victim’s feet.” Officers say it was immediately obvious that Riley Whitelaw was dead.

https://www.fox21news.com/news/crime/blood-everywhere-details-on-walgreens-murder-scene/

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[LoisB]

1. Damned shame.

[MontanaMama]

2. I am sick and tired of women being forced into these situations.

17 years old and her manager didn't think she needed protection from this thug. Goddamn it.

[Irish_Dem]

15. The safety of women is not taken seriously.

But what do we expect, the slaughter of children in their classrooms doesn't seem to bother Americans either.

[calimary]

25. WOMEN are not taken seriously. STILL.

How long is THAT gonna prevail?

[Irish_Dem]

27. I do not know when this planet will be safe for women.

Doesn't seem to be any time soon.

[rebe303]

35. Forever

Misogyny is as bad, though I think much stronger and more pervasive than racism, anti-Semitism, etc.

[calimary]

37. Welcome to DU, rebe303.

I agree. I haven't seen any fade-out on misogyny. Maybe it's the last prejudice that's somehow still perceived as excusable?

[MontanaMama]

40. Indeed. If anything misogyny is escalating.

Welcome to DU.

[whathehell]

39. The vast majority of Americans WANT stronger gun laws and you know it

so stop slandering "Americans" in general when what you really mean is " too many Republicans".

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

3. The manager should be liable

If not criminally, then he should definitely lose everything he has in a civil suit.

[Demovictory9]

9. Agreed

[raccoon]

12. +1000. Nt

[SunSeeker]

30. +1

[soldierant]

34. He definitely has blood on his hands

in addition to all the other places there was b;ood.

And it certainly illustrates that "it's always cheaper to be a decent human being." Now he has lost two employees. And it isn't cheap to get blood all over like that cleaned up. (When the police allow him to.) The company is unlikely to think this reflects favorably on his management skills. And all of that is without a bankrupting lawstui.

I apologize gor how crass that sounds (and is) - but some people only understand crass.

[pwb]

4. Aww look he got a haircut for his mug shot.

Very killer bud.

[TheRealNorth]

5. Another fucking incel with a gun....

That thinks women are obligated to screw them.

[Harvey Wineburger]

16. There was no gun

The fat ugly bastard strangled and beat her to death.

[calimary]

26. Welcome to DU, Harvey Wineburger.

So gruesome. Nobody deserves this.

[dalton99a]

6. There should be a lawsuit

[Demovictory9]

10. There will be

[ShazzieB]

22. God, I HOPE so! 😬

IANAL, so I don't know how liability works in a case like this. The manager is OBVIOUSLY culpable for ignoring her pleas, allowing what sounds like blatant sexual harassment to continue, and ultimately putting her life in danger.. Since he was acting in his capacity as manager (as a "representative" of the company, do to speak), how much liability does the company itself have? A lot, I hope, because the company has much deeper pockets than that bozo manager.

Of course, that won't undo what has already happened, but hitting Walgreens HARD in the pocketbook could send a badly needed message to other companies and other bosses to TAKE
SHIT LIKE THIS SERIOUSLY!

This story makes me incredibly sad, horrified, and *HULK SMASH* levels of angry, all st the sane time. ARGH. 😔😢😱🤬

[BlackSkimmer]

7. So many of these cretins have those dead eyes in mug shots.

Is that who they are, or do they practice that look?

This is beyond sickening. I remember older guys hitting on me in my high school days. Ugh.

[SunSeeker]

32. Teenage girls are disproportionately the victims of sexual assault.

It is just heartbreaking and infuriating how this vulnerable, rapist-targeted age group is not taken seriously and protected. The fact that her manager did not immediately protect her from her co-worker harasser, despite her giving him notice about the harassment, and instead required her to continue to work with her harasser, is criminal negligence.

[mercuryblues]

8. She complained at least 2 times about this cretin-

That they admitted to. Why was he still working there?

[Grins]

11. Lawsuit from her family is going to be a sizzler. NM

[SoCalDavidS]

20. Lawsuit Means Shit To The Family

She's Still Fucking Dead.

[Grins]

47. Tell that to the Sandy Hook parents who went after Alex Jones.

[IcyPeas]

13. why are women not believed?

Manager Justin Zunino said Whitelaw had complained about her coworker, 28-year-old Joshua Johnson, last year. She said Johnson had made advances toward her and it made her feel uncomfortable, according to court documents. Zunino reported he’d told Johnson to “keep things professional,” and said Johnson “appeared to be receptive.”
...
Another manager at the store, Crystal Ishmael, said Whitelaw’s boyfriend was hired on about three months ago. When that happened, Ishmael said, Johnson “appeared to be acting jealous.”

[SunSeeker]

33. Misogyny. nt

[NullTuples]

36. Because that would be...inconvenient.

Systems like sex-based hierarchies create countless intertwined structures that reinforce themselves.

If women were believed, either society would have to accept it openly or society would have to decide that men don't deserve to be higher in the social hierarchy by the mere attribute of being men. And there are a whole lot of power based subcultures (think: religions, republicans, etc) whose entire social power structure uses sexism as a foundation on which to build upon.

[Irish_Dem]

14. Killing women and children seems to be America's favorite pastime.

Sickening and disgraceful.

[Sympthsical]

45. Nearly 80% of murder victims are men

Of course, the killing is largely done by other men.

That said, this is fucking horrible. Two different managers could have intervened at any time.

Poor her. Poor family.

[Irish_Dem]

46. Women and children cannot fight back like men can.

Women and children have a much reduced chance of survival when attacked.

[Hassler]

17. And I thought it was just because of worthless pharmacies. Another reason to avoid Walgreens.

[SoCalDavidS]

21. Quite A Leap Extrapolating ONE Store To An Entire Chain

I don't think this is an epidemic amongst Walgreens stores.

[Hassler]

24. I gave my local one two years, but they have a habit of keeping low

Inventory, so I'd pick up 5 pills then have to come back for the rest, or they'd lose my order entirely. No idea if that is their business model and I don't care. All by mail now for me.

[murielm99]

28. Two of the Walgreens in my area do not need my money.

My husband and I both received shitty treatment in those stores. Now we go to a local pharmacy.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

43. Since we are doing an N 1 experience, my Walgreens has only been fantastic

If I renew a prescription that is for a couple flare ups I have, they specifically ask if everything is OK. And if the pharmacist doesn't catch it when I pick up the prescription, I've had them call me later to check on me.

[IronLionZion]

18. Entitled incel POS

love me or I strangle you to death.

[wnylib]

19. At the very least, the manager should

be fired for not dealing with her sexual harassment complaints. Telling a harasser to "be professional" is not dealing with it.

The family has a good case against both Walgreen's and the manager.

And how the hell is an employee absent for 90 minutes after a break without someone noticing and checking? Didn't anyone else question why the break room was closed off?

A lot is not explained here.

[onecaliberal]

23. Women are here to suffer the violence of men.

FUCK THE PATRIARCHY!!

[flying_wahini]

29. His ick factor IS VERY high.

[d_b]

31. Of course it's some incel neckbeard

"Wanna come over and watch Joker with me? My mom bought Doritos."

She was probably nice to him once and he went haywire. Creepy asshole.


RIP

[flying_wahini]

38. His ick factor IS VERY high.

[uponit7771]

41. right ?!

[drmeow]

42. I'm generally very

anti death penalty but if they want to just take this guy out of the gene pool I would not have a problem with that.

[Blue Owl]

44. This mouthbreathing motherfucker better spend the rest of his life in a max. security prison