The Dana Pretzer Show on Scared Monkeys Radio – Tuesday, February 26, 2008 – Guests Include Pat Brown, Robert Peters, Christopher Lyons, Art Wood and Scared Monkeys

Join Dana this week as he welcomes:

• Pat Brown, Criminal Profiler, discussing the Reno serial rapist / killer case.
• Robert Peters from Morality in Media discusses Lindsay Lohan’s bizarre Marilyn Monroe “Final Sitting” photo shoot.
• Christopher Lyons from Cops Helping Cops.
• Updates from former Secret Service Agent Art Wood.
• “Observer” from ScaredMonkeys.Com discussing last weekend’s Aruban protest at the Boston Travel Show.

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James John Betts, Florida Child Porn Suspect Caught in Thailand

James John Betts, who has been on the run and wanted for child pornography, was caught in Thailand. What a shock that a pedophile be in Thailand. The good news, another one off the streets and out of public circulation. Betts was wanted for 184 counts of child porn in 2004; however, weeks before his trial, Betts disappeared. Let’s just hope this time there is no bail.

A 51-year-old man charged with 184 counts of child pornography was caught in Thailand, ending a four-year search, MyFOXOrlando reported.

In an undercover Internet sting, Vermont police posing as a 14-year-old boy made contact with James John Betts in 2004.

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Mark Lunsford, Father of Murdered Jessica Lunsford Plan to Sue Citrus County Sheriff’s Office

The parents of 9 year old murdered Jessica Lunsford, Mark Lunsford and Angela Wright, plan to sue the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office for negligence in the handling of the case. Jessica Lunsford was kidnapped, raped and murdered only after being buried alive by a sex offender, John Couey.

The notice claims the sheriff’s office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the Citrus County Board of County Commissioners were negligent during the investigation into the girl’s disappearance and alleges that such negligence possibly contributed to her death, according to MyFoxTampaBay.com.

Jessica was murdered by John Couey in 2005. It took a month for authorities to find her body. Couey was sentenced to death last year for the gruesome killing.

“I know you have a lot of questions, and you deserve the answers, and so does the public,” Mark Lunsford told reporters outside his home Thursday. (FOX News)

The reaction by the attorneys of Citrus County is not shocking. What are they going to say but they are surprised and the suit is baseless.  The fact that law enforcement never searched the residence where Couey was staying is irrelevant I guess. While the parents of murdered Jessica Lunsford are suing, maybe they might want to include the prosecutors office as well for not bring conspiracy murder charges against the rest of the individuals who were at the residence where John Couey raped and murdered Jessica.

At a news conference just before Lunsford’s, Citrus County Sheriff Jeff Dawsy said he was surprised by the lawsuit.

“I was surprised and disappointed,” he said. “We truly believe that this litigation is baseless. There is nothing there. A lot of you followed this case and saw the efforts put forth by the men and women of this organization, the Florida Department of Law enforcement, FBI and countless other agencies. And I think everybody in my family at the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office and also my community have to know that Commissioner Bailey [FDLE] and I are going to vigorously defend our agencies against this baseless allegation made by the Lunsfords that we failed to do our job.”

Time Line of Jessica Lundsford Kidnapping to Conviction of Couey

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Woman’s Body Found in Reno, NV … Is it Missing Brianna Denison?

An autopsy is to be performed on a woman’s body that was found in the brush-covered field on the city’s south side near a light industrial area just east of U.S. Highway 395 in Reno, NV. There is much speculation that this could be the body of 19 year old Brianna Denison who went missing on January 20, 2008 by a serial rapist linked by DNA to a string of attacks near the University of Nevada, Reno campus.

The suspect in the disappearance and kidnapping of Brianna Denison has already been linked to three other sexual assaults in the Reno, NV area. Obviously, the Reno area has a serial rapist on their hands who seems to be escalating the severity of his crimes.

The developments stem from an “exponential increase” in information flowing into police tip lines since investigators released a description on Monday of a suspect in a December kidnapping and sexual assault also near campus of the University of Nevada, Reno, Reno Police Commander Ron Holladay said.

On Thursday, Holladay said they now have connected all three attacks with DNA and were investigating the October rape of a woman who came forward on Wednesday to report she was attacked at gunpoint in a UNR parking garage within 100 yards of a campus police station.

UNR Police Chief Adam Garcia said the woman decided to contact authorities as a result of extensive media coverage of Denison’s disappearance.

UPDATE I: The sad but not unexpected news has come out of Reno, NV regarding Brianna Denison. Police have ID’d the female body found yesterday as that of missing 19 year old Brianna Denison.

Police say that Denison was strangled to death, and her body had been in South Reno for at least a week. 

For further updates go to MissingExploited.

To discuss the case, go to Scared Monkeys forum: Brianna Denison

Serial Rapist: DNA Link Between Missing Brianna Denison and December Sexual Assault of University of Nevada-Reno Student

19 year old Brianna Denison has been missing since January 20, 2008, when she went missing without a trace from a Reno, NV friends home. Blood was found on her pillow and her cell phone and purse were left behind.

Police are now saying that there is a DNA link between the missing Brianna Denison and a prior sexual assault that occurred on December 16 of a University of Nevada – Reno student. The DNA was a match. It would appear that the Reno, Nevada area has a serial rapist on their hands.

Police said Sunday a DNA link between the disappearance of a 19-year-old woman and the December sexual assault of a college student leads them to believe a sole attacker was responsible for both cases.

DNA taken from the scene where Brianna Denison was last seen Jan. 20 matches DNA gathered after the Dec. 16 sexual assault of a University of Nevada-Reno student who lived several blocks away,
police commander Ron Holladay said.

Police believe a white male in his 30s is responsible for Denison’s disappearance and the attack, Holladay said.

“Our chances of capturing the suspect are exponentially increased now because of the DNA,” he said. “He probably lives in the area. It’s still my hope that Brianna is alive, and we’re expending every resource possible to get her back safely.”

Holladay said the victim of the earlier attack was interviewed again after the DNA match was made and that a more detailed description of the suspect was developed.

That victim was abducted outside her home on Dec. 16, taken to another location and sexually assaulted, then brought home by her
attacker, Holladay said. She also was the victim of a Jan. 19 attempted burglary at her home that may be connected to the attacker, Holladay said. (KOLO-TV)

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