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94. She worked as a "home health aide."

Mon Apr 22, 2013, 03:10 PM

Apr 2013

That is a minimum wage position, very popular amongst new arrivals to our land and illegals. It's a "just over" minimum wage job, it pays lousy, it involves doing housekeeping for the sick/elderly, helping them with bathing/toileting, making simple meals, that kind of thing. Suppposedly she worked 70-80 hours a week, so that's the equivalent of two people working minimum wage. It's not enough to pay rent in Cambridge (unless they were getting HUD assistance--but whose name was on that lease?), tuition/room and board at UMASS Dartmouth, which is $22,255.00 per year (and we know Number Two was not on scholarship--he flunked seven or eight classes in the past few semesters), and all the other expenses these two incurred.

There was "illegal money" involved there--make no mistake.

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�Boston Bomber's� Former Friends Suspect Him In Triple Murder [View all] dkf Apr 2013 OP

If so Warpy Apr 2013 #1

Now that would be an extra twist on this twist. dkf Apr 2013 #2

"Tam" never had a J. O. B. EVER. The guy had zero visible means of support. MADem Apr 2013 #3

Then he'd have taken the money Warpy Apr 2013 #4

They thought there were two other men with the victims before the murder. dkf Apr 2013 #5

Could be Warpy Apr 2013 #6

It looks like an initiation FarCenter Apr 2013 #74

'Cause nothing says low-key like a triple homocide n/t Scootaloo Apr 2013 #79

Cutting the throats of a drug dealer and two Jews says you're a genuine jihadi n/t FarCenter Apr 2013 #88

On the night of September 11, no less. reformist2 Apr 2013 #92

I wouldn't know. Is there a guidebook for this? Scootaloo Apr 2013 #105

It's the way the Mafia do it... FarCenter Apr 2013 #111

How do you know he didn't? MADem Apr 2013 #8

Five grand is a lot of money. LisaL Apr 2013 #9

It's pennies if there was a hundred grand in the house. MADem Apr 2013 #95

They weren't living all that large. LisaL Apr 2013 #11

The younger one recently boasted about wearing $900 shoes. Warpy Apr 2013 #13

But he could have been wearing cheap knock offs and bragging. LisaL Apr 2013 #14

Older had an apartment, a house in the burbs, Mercedes, wife, child, and took a 6 month Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #81

Wife had a job. LisaL Apr 2013 #84

Ah. So did she also pay for the cars, toys, his apartment, the brother's dorm, the classes Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #85

She worked as a "home health aide." MADem Apr 2013 #94

His wife was an American, I believe. nt tblue37 Apr 2013 #100

She is, a young woman from N. Kingstown RI MADem Apr 2013 #108

Unless I've missed something, elleng Apr 2013 #10

No, they had a older model Mercedes-according to the car mechanic that was working on it. LisaL Apr 2013 #12

Used Mercedes are still expensive: elleng Apr 2013 #16

I don't know where he was getting his money. LisaL Apr 2013 #17

Like the Taliban? dkf Apr 2013 #18

What does Taliban have to do with any of it? LisaL Apr 2013 #19

The Taliban is in the business of selling drugs yet they are very religious. dkf Apr 2013 #22

If it was a drug deal gone bad, LisaL Apr 2013 #25

Maybe he freaked out? Although they do seem to be pretty cool even when committing heinous acts. dkf Apr 2013 #28

I think whoever did it was angry at the victim(s). LisaL Apr 2013 #32

It makes sense if you are leaving a message, a warning to others who will know what that means. MADem Apr 2013 #33

While I agree it looks like a message, I totally disagree on what the message was about. LisaL Apr 2013 #38

Why didn't he get annoyed with his sister's boyfriend, then, if he was so opposed to drugs? MADem Apr 2013 #54

It doesn't make sense for anyone to do that caseymoz Apr 2013 #48

Afghan hashish is some of the best in the world. And they are Numbah One in the heroin trade. MADem Apr 2013 #58

This was pot. Not heroin. LisaL Apr 2013 #89

I know it was pot that was sprinkled over the dead--perhaps all the MADem Apr 2013 #91

Check out post 103, the link. MADem Apr 2013 #104

Maybe he was selling or distributing drugs--like his sister's boyfriend. MADem Apr 2013 #52

Oh for goodness sake alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #82

I don't believe this was related to a drug deal got bad either. LisaL Apr 2013 #83

Again--how do you know these guys were "retail level?" MADem Apr 2013 #98

I actually told you how I know alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #101

I think you are thinking of these three as a unit, when the MADem Apr 2013 #102

Depends on how old.. sendero Apr 2013 #63

He had a Mercedes in the "Will Box For Passport" piece and he drove his wife to see her MADem Apr 2013 #39

Thanks. Didn't watch that piece. elleng Apr 2013 #40

It was a photoessay; it was up on the web but then the photographer put MADem Apr 2013 #46

I don't think the mercedes in that video belonged to him. I think it was for the filming. I saw HiPointDem Apr 2013 #15

In one article, I read that he drove his wife to see her mother every weekend in a Mercedes. MADem Apr 2013 #27

They definitely need to look at forensics. LisaL Apr 2013 #30

that video is the one where in whatever i read the implication was that the get-up & the car HiPointDem Apr 2013 #34

There are two mentions of Mercedes vehicles... MADem Apr 2013 #42

i'm just reporting what i read. i'm not particularly interested in his (supposed) amazon wish list, HiPointDem Apr 2013 #45

If you aren't interested in 'this level of investigation' I don't understand why you are MADem Apr 2013 #47

i originally posted what i had read elsewhere; you responded with his amazon list, which i don't HiPointDem Apr 2013 #49

Slate, Salon, a number of news sites have it. You will have to ask them. MADem Apr 2013 #56

as i said: the last time i bought something off an amazon wishlist, the person gave me the password. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #61

That person you knew didn't want their list to be public. MADem Apr 2013 #64

you dont know *what* his account was set as. you don't know how slate or whatever got the HiPointDem Apr 2013 #66

You just want to fight about what others are "allowed" to talk about here. MADem Apr 2013 #68

i'm not doing any such thing. i've made no comments about what others should talk about. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #71

I'm not nasty, and I don't tell people what they should or shouldn't talk about. MADem Apr 2013 #76

i didn't characterize *your remarks* that way. i characterized the publication of the suspect's HiPointDem Apr 2013 #109

You've been going on about witch hunts and making disparaging remarks about every MADem Apr 2013 #112

So he could have been part of the Russian Mafia, although being from Chechnya is that likely? sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #73

The Chechens are big into drug smuggling--heroin, mostly, from MADem Apr 2013 #75

Interesting, I didn't know the father was actually Chechen. sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #80

I've read that the boys are half Chechen and half Avar FarCenter Apr 2013 #90

The mother is Avar. They look very Persian, many of them. nt MADem Apr 2013 #93

I thought they looked like what they turned out to be .... REP Apr 2013 #96

With those two, though, if you scratch the surface, the patina is thin. MADem Apr 2013 #110

They also look Armenian... KoKo Apr 2013 #106

No one is trying to pin them into an ethnic loyalty. MADem Apr 2013 #107

Yes...I do know some history of that Area...How dismissive of you to think that I didn't... KoKo Apr 2013 #121

I think you are reading into my post attitudes that MADem Apr 2013 #122

Me too marions ghost Apr 2013 #119

Looking back at it now, I take your point about the body language. MADem Apr 2013 #123

Yes, his brother made a point of mentioning it, and MADem Apr 2013 #99

That makes it hard to even guess at the motives for what they did. sabrina 1 Apr 2013 #124

Maybe one was a means to an end. MADem Apr 2013 #125

I wonder what else the boss could put him up to? malaise Apr 2013 #62

I wonder why he traveled to Russia in JAN, and didn't get there till MAR. MADem Apr 2013 #65

Interesting malaise Apr 2013 #70

Yes he did, he was a car mechanic Turborama Apr 2013 #50

That was his FATHER.....he worked like a dog; sometimes repairing cars in the street MADem Apr 2013 #51

I'm in no way defending him, but I'm a stay at home dad. Turborama Apr 2013 #55

You would be a loser if you stayed at home and your child stayed in a different MADem Apr 2013 #57

That's not what stay at home dads do, though. Turborama Apr 2013 #59

Well, yeah. I'll bet you don't beat your wife, girlfriend or sister, either. MADem Apr 2013 #60

Yes, I read the father could never get past the language barrier and couldn't polly7 Apr 2013 #97

Additional articles on the links below regarding the unsolved murders Tx4obama Apr 2013 #7

We've got a psycho, bomber, jihadist, alienated, drug dealer, stay-at-home dad, boxer flamingdem Apr 2013 #20

Lol. dkf Apr 2013 #26

Fingerprints on cash identify Tamerlan Tsernaev as 'D.B. Cooper' ... DreamGypsy Apr 2013 #21

Very funny. LisaL Apr 2013 #23

Tamerlan Tsernaev found two objects called the Urim and Thummim ... DreamGypsy Apr 2013 #24

Tamerlan Tsernaev is source of "alien autopsy" .. DreamGypsy Apr 2013 #29

Look. This is getting to be very annoying. LisaL Apr 2013 #31

like some of the news reports aren't nonsense as well. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #36

You got a point there, judge. (nt) DreamGypsy Apr 2013 #37

Tamerlan Tsernaev finds evidence of Piltdown Man ... DreamGypsy Apr 2013 #35

He said he didn't have any American friends because he probably murdered them. dookers Apr 2013 #41

A sure way not to have many friends N/T dems_rightnow Apr 2013 #67

Thanks for all the 'fun' about Tam this morning, guys. elleng Apr 2013 #43

HuffPo has a link under the top photo on front page that says: "Did the Slain Suspect Kill Before?" Tx4obama Apr 2013 #44

Where are all the "DO NOT DARE SPECULATE!!" DU'ers now? WinkyDink Apr 2013 #78

Now, we all know he WAS capable of murder. Quantess Apr 2013 #53

Of course they do, MadHound Apr 2013 #69

Good point, but the apparent odds he did it are a lot higher than they were last week. reformist2 Apr 2013 #72

That and five bucks will get you........ People trying to fill in blanks with ZEE-RO info. WinkyDink Apr 2013 #77

I think they are probably right BootinUp Apr 2013 #86

When I read that story.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2013 #87

ABC has picked this up: MADem Apr 2013 #103

"And their throats were slashed right out of an al Qaeda training video." reformist2 Apr 2013 #113

There are also reports that FIVE GUYS lived in that apartment. MADem Apr 2013 #114

If it was over selling little brother weed, then little brother is also good for the murder FarCenter Apr 2013 #115

Three dead, but the neighbor says five lived there. MADem Apr 2013 #116

I still do not understand Tamerlan's living arrangements. dkf Apr 2013 #117

Her parents have put their house on the market. MADem Apr 2013 #126

If it was over weed, it seems odd that Tamerlan would be friends with this guy at all... reformist2 Apr 2013 #118

Tamerlan's brain should be autopsied for CTE glinda Apr 2013 #120