MySpace Rumors, Jealousy Allegedly Led To S.I. Woman's Murder

2009_03_siwv.jpg Police have arrested a man suspected of fatally strangling Caroline Wimmer in her Staten Island apartment back in March. Calvin Lawson was charged with murder and while police didn't not disclose a motive, Wimmer's parents told the Staten Island Advance that their daughter was killed due to rumors on MySpace: The victim's mother Martha (Marti) Wimmer "said investigators believe a female enemy of her daughter's used the social networking site to suggest to another girl that Lawson had been cheating on her with Ms. Wimmer."

Wimmer's parents had found their daughter's dead body after not hearing from her for a few days. The 26-year-old had been beaten and strangled with a hair dryer cord. Lawson had allegedly gone to Wimmer's West Brighton apartment to confront her, but then snapped. Lawson, when being led from the precinct, told reporters, "I don't have anything to say. I told them who did it already." Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said that Lawson confessed, with his written confession reading, "I choked the victim accidentally. I didn't mean for this to happen and I'm truly sorry."

Marti Wimmer told the Advance that her daughter and Lawson were never involved. She added, "My daughter lost her life over a lie. It was over nothing. I want him to rot in jail for the rest of his life. If I have to live to 100 to go to parole hearings so he never walks out of jail, I will."

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in the same way that the craiglist murders are the owners responsibility, this obviously was Rupert Murdoch's fault.

what about the woman who started the lie? no charges?

Oh yeah, I heard that they're going to charge her with criminal lying in the second degree. She'll probably be able to plead down to a misdemeanor fibbing rap, though.

try not to be a douche unless it's called for. this is a valid question as courts and law try to catch up with with new technology. one example below:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/25/internet.suicide/index.html

The only reason the MySpace suicide case was prosecuted was the age of the victim.

This case doesn't really have anything to do with new technology. Had Wimmer's "enemy" told Lawson's girlfriend this fictional story in a bar rather than on MySpace, there'd be no charges, so there shouldn't be any in this case either.

As a side issue: Was Lawson licensed to use a hair-dryer?

Also: Should there be introduced new legislation making a mandatory 48-hour waiting period to purchase a new hair-dryer? Perhaps there should even be classes for new owners of hair-dryers!

And what is the culpability of ConAir? Was the hair-dryer ON (Hi/Lo?) or OFF?! And who exactly SOLD this hair-dryer? WalMart? KMart? ...fittingly Target!

We've got to stop this criminal use of Hair-Dryer!!

If only everyone had a hairdryer, then he could've been taken down before he got to use his!

Judging from the picture, it's possible she lied on her back and suffocated.

There are some crime cases that I see and hope and pray
"Please let it not be a black man" this was one of those. Let's see pretty white girl, Staten Island(a haven of tolerance) and a thuggish looking killer. sigh You know what people are thinking. Thank goodness for school shooters and serial killers.

There are some crime cases that I see and hope and pray
"Please let it not be a black man" this was one of those. Let's see pretty white girl, Staten Island(a haven of tolerance) and a thuggish looking killer. sigh You know what people are thinking. Thank goodness for school shooters and serial killers.

As tragic as this case is its another example of PLTKNBB(Please let the killer not be black). There are certain murders that due to the viciousness of the crime or the race age of the victim make me say a little prayer that the perp isn't black. We have a pretty white victim on Staten Island( that haven of tolerance) and the killer looks like he just stepped off of a perp walk.; Sigh At least I don't have to worry about serial killers and school shooters.

Never before in the history of mankind has it been easier to reach out to people all over the world. Online communitieslike MySpace, make meeting new friends with similar interests incredibly easy. MySpace is a great place to share tips, ideas and stories about the things you find most interesting. If you have a question about your hobby, you can easily find the answer through your network of members with similar interests.

James
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Big deal, he killed a slutty piece of trash. Next!

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