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Coventina

(29,792 posts)
Thu Nov 6, 2014, 08:57 AM Nov 2014

The Creeps of 4chan & their murdering member [View all]

At least he's been caught!

Did the Amber Lynn Coplin Murder Photos Sicken the Creeps of 4Chan?

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/06/did-the-amber-lynn-coplin-murder-photos-sicken-the-creeps-of-4chan.html

Maybe even the craven mutts who prowl 4Chan looking for stolen celebrity nudes and revenge pics of ex-girlfriends were sickened by the images of a freshly murdered woman.

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He clearly considered 4Chan creeps to be kindred souls—and perhaps himself as just someone who had taken the notion of women as objects a step further—as he went on to say, “Check the news for port orchard Washington in a few hours. Her son will be home from school soon. He’ll find her, then call the cops. I just wanted to share the pics before they find me.”

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The police and the paramedics found the mother beyond saving. Somebody had rifled through her purse and placed her driver’s license beside her head, with a word scribbled across it.

“DEAD.”

More words were written on a picture that hung on a wall.

“She killed me first.”

A third message was on a window blind.

“Bad News.”

The same impulse that propelled the killer to scrawl on the picture and the license and the shade seems to have prompted him to take pictures of his own and post them on 4Chan—for an audience that he no doubt knew to be vast and seemingly imagined to be of a similar mind.

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I hope this murder will cause that cesspool to be SHUT DOWN FOR GOOD!

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I doubt it will. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #1
Shut down? Codeine Nov 2014 #2
+1 Tom Ripley Nov 2014 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Drayden Nov 2014 #3
It's more like DU in site operation. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Drayden Nov 2014 #24
It's the internet equivalent of international waters. Initech Nov 2014 #23
Wrong. linuxman Nov 2014 #25
There are moderators, ostensibly. hifiguy Nov 2014 #27
It seems that both the killer and the critics of 4chan are guilty of making the same assumptions... Tom Ripley Nov 2014 #4
How about that? kcr Nov 2014 #9
General reply: 4chan encourages lawless behavior like child pornography, stolen celeb photos, Coventina Nov 2014 #7
Not a fan of Anonymous then, I take it. nt Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #13
I'm not a fan of anyone who uses the internet to harass, intimidate, persecute, threaten, or inflict Coventina Nov 2014 #15
Are we judging by group or by individual action? Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2014 #16
Either / both n/t. Coventina Nov 2014 #17
kick for the murder victim Coventina Nov 2014 #8
One final kick Coventina Nov 2014 #10
Don't shut it down. It's a magnet for criminals, white supremacists, child porn peddlers, etc. Ykcutnek Nov 2014 #11
OK, I could go for that. Coventina Nov 2014 #14
Shut them down for good? VScott Nov 2014 #12
someone please tell me her son did not find her like that. Iris Nov 2014 #18
He did. He found the body & called his dad. Coventina Nov 2014 #19
unfortunately, her son is who found her. magical thyme Nov 2014 #21
Good. Throw away the key. hifiguy Nov 2014 #20
How would that happen, exactly? linuxman Nov 2014 #26
4chan doesn't have members Spider Jerusalem Nov 2014 #22
4chan is a shit-hole where my generation's psychopaths and fascists hang out. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #28
Sounds like a regular den of iniquity Art_from_Ark Nov 2014 #29
Good Lord, is this post for real? TransitJohn Nov 2014 #30
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