FBI: Body in Ohio may be 2nd Craigslist ad victim
FBI: Body in Ohio may be 2nd Craigslist ad victim
By THOMAS J. SHEERAN, Associated Press – 8 minutes ago
CLEVELAND (AP) — The FBI is investigating whether a body found Friday in a shallow grave in Akron, Ohio, is a second killing connected to a phony Craigslist job ad that authorities say lured victims into a deadly robbery scheme.
The body was found Friday near the Rolling Acres shopping mall in Akron, agency spokeswoman Vicki Anderson told The Associated Press.
The cause of death and identity are under investigation. The FBI is working on the supposition that the body may be that of Timothy Kern, 47, of Massillon, who hasn't been seen in more than a week, Anderson said.
"Do we think it might be? Maybe," Anderson said. "He's missing. We haven't been able to find him. It could possibly be, but we just don't know that yet."
Anderson declined to specify how authorities discovered the body, saying only it was through "information."
Kern answered the same ad for a farm hand that authorities say led to the shooting death of Norfolk, Va., resident David Pauley, 51, in a rural area 90 miles south of Akron. A South Carolina man reported answering the ad but managing to escape after being shot Nov. 6.
Two people from the Akron area are in custody: a high school student who has been charged with attempted murder and 52-year-old Richard Beasley, who is in jail on unrelated charges.
Another man who responded to the ad has said he met Beasley at a food court at a different mall in the Akron area on Oct. 10. Ron Sanson, of Stow, was told the man was looking for an older, single or divorced person to watch over a 688-acre farm in southeast Ohio — the kind of man, Sanson said, whose disappearance might not be quickly noticed.
Sanson and Kern are both divorced. So was Pauley.
Sanson, 58, said he filled out an application and talked for about 20 minutes with Beasley about a $300-a-week job overseeing a swath of land a mile from the nearest neighbor and living rent-free in a two-bedroom trailer with opportunities to hunt and fish, as well as free access to ATVs and snowmobiles.
Law enforcement officials have released few details because of a judge's gag order. The sheriff in Noble County, where Pauley and the South Carolina man were shot, previously said it was unclear how long the ad was online or whether there were other victims.
Associated Press writers JoAnne Viviano and Andrew Welsh-Huggins in Columbus contributed to this report.
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FBI: Remains found in shallow grave behind Rolling Acres Mall
2:24 PM, Nov 25, 2011 | comments
AKRON -- Thursday night, the Cleveland FBI, along with Ohio's Bureau of Investigation and Identification and the Akron Police Department, recovered the remains of someone in a shallow grave on a side road behind the Rolling Acres Mall in Akron.
The FBI tells Channel 3 it is awaiting results on the identification of this individual from the Summit County Coroner's Office. They said a tip led them to the grave.
FBI Special Agent Scott Wilson told Channel 3 about noon that this is an on-going investigation and additional information will be released at a later time.
The FBI is investigating whether the body is a second killing connected to a phony Craigslist job ad.
Agency spokeswoman Vicki Anderson says the FBI is working on the supposition that the body may be that of a missing Massillon man who answered the ad.
Missing Massillon man could be 3rd Craigslist victim
Timothy Kern, 47, of Massillon, hasn't been seen in more than a week. Authorities believe an ad for a farm hand in southeastern Ohio was used to lure people into a robbery.
One man who answered the ad was found dead, and another man escaped after being shot. Two people are in custody.
WKYC-TV
Re: FBI: Body in Ohio may be 2nd Craigslist ad victim
Back during the 70s and early 80s, Rolling Acres mall was _THE_ mall. It was HUGE and thriving.
At some point the local bad element moved in, there were shootings, etc. Last I read, the mall was occasionally used at a flea market, the roofs leak and vendors literally drive their cars INTO the mall to set up shop. The mall closed entirely in 2008.
I just find it bizarre that a place that was so appealing when I was a kid is now a place where people go to bury a body.
Re: FBI: Body in Ohio may be 2nd Craigslist ad victim
Seems to me I went to that mall when I was 15. It was a busy place then.
