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CASPER, Wyo. - Even in the Craigslist "Casual Encounters" section -the red light district of the Internet- it was a shocking offer.
A woman named 'Sara,' looking for a "real aggressive man," asking him to rape her inside her home. Even more shocking, however, was that at least one man, 26-year-old Ty McDowell answered the ad, saying he was willing to be the woman's attacker.
But the biggest surprise was yet to come.
The author of the dark fantasy, police say, was really the woman's ex-boyfriend, a U.S. Marine named Jebidiah Stipe. And it was Stipe, police say, who was e-mailing with McDowell as he planned the break-in and rape.
Police say Stipe provided an address, a picture, and then waited for the brutal assault to happen.
On Dec. 11th, Ty McDowell broke into the woman's home in Casper, Wyoming, gagged her, tied her up and raped her, according to police.
When investigators from the Natrona County Sheriff's Office sorted everything out, they charged McDowell with sexual assault and Stipe with being an accomplice.
Both men are still in the Natrona County jail as their cases move forward. Stipe was formally charged this week.
"The aspect of the internet being involved and the technological part of recovering evidence, computer sources, phone sources, multimedia sources, does create some issues for investigators," District Attorney Mike Blonigen told us. "It's not the kind of case I would have seen 10-years ago."
Blonigan is still charging McDowell with rape, even if McDowell contends he thought he was just acting out a fantasy.
"We anticipated that. We'll be ready to answer that with our evidence," Blonigen said.
Computer security expert Charles Tendell says there is little you can do to stop something from happening, but some measures can help.
"Every now and then Google-ing yourself will give you a good sense of your Internet presence, and if you see something fraudulent you can report it," Tendell told us.
http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-craigslist-rape-020410,0,6704069.story
A woman named 'Sara,' looking for a "real aggressive man," asking him to rape her inside her home. Even more shocking, however, was that at least one man, 26-year-old Ty McDowell answered the ad, saying he was willing to be the woman's attacker.
But the biggest surprise was yet to come.
The author of the dark fantasy, police say, was really the woman's ex-boyfriend, a U.S. Marine named Jebidiah Stipe. And it was Stipe, police say, who was e-mailing with McDowell as he planned the break-in and rape.
Police say Stipe provided an address, a picture, and then waited for the brutal assault to happen.
On Dec. 11th, Ty McDowell broke into the woman's home in Casper, Wyoming, gagged her, tied her up and raped her, according to police.
When investigators from the Natrona County Sheriff's Office sorted everything out, they charged McDowell with sexual assault and Stipe with being an accomplice.
Both men are still in the Natrona County jail as their cases move forward. Stipe was formally charged this week.
"The aspect of the internet being involved and the technological part of recovering evidence, computer sources, phone sources, multimedia sources, does create some issues for investigators," District Attorney Mike Blonigen told us. "It's not the kind of case I would have seen 10-years ago."
Blonigan is still charging McDowell with rape, even if McDowell contends he thought he was just acting out a fantasy.
"We anticipated that. We'll be ready to answer that with our evidence," Blonigen said.
Computer security expert Charles Tendell says there is little you can do to stop something from happening, but some measures can help.
"Every now and then Google-ing yourself will give you a good sense of your Internet presence, and if you see something fraudulent you can report it," Tendell told us.
http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-craigslist-rape-020410,0,6704069.story
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