Police: Suspect dead in CMU abduction, sexual assault

1-17-2013 Michigan:

Eric Ramsey killed by police after being tracked down in Gaylord

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. - A man abducted and raped a Central Michigan University student, set a house on fire where the woman had fled for help and was fatally shot miles away by a sheriff's deputy, authorities said Thursday.

Isabella County Sheriff Leo Mioduszewski said the man was identified as Eric Ramsey, 30, of Mount Pleasant.

The woman was abducted from campus in her own vehicle Wednesday night and taken to a home off campus where she was bound and raped.

The sheriff said Ramsey then put her back in the Ford Escape, but she escaped from the moving vehicle and ran to a home yelling for help.

While the woman was inside talking to an emergency dispatcher, Ramsey "ended up pouring gasoline on the house and then lit it on fire," Mioduszewski said in a statement.

By early Thursday morning, Ramsey was spotted in Otsego County, where he rammed the first of two state police cars. The sheriff said he subsequently stole a truck and was fatally shot by a deputy in Crawford County, 85 miles north of the university.

The fire at the Mount Pleasant home was extinguished by the owner.

Campus police Chief Bill Yeagley said Ramsey told the woman that he chose her at random outside the Student Activity Center on campus. The chief said the woman saved her own life by fleeing from the car.

"I believe she made all the right choices," Yeagley said. "She's the true hero in this."

Children recount woman screaming for help

Only two children, a young boy and girl, were inside the home that the victim ran to when she jumped out of the car that Ramsey had put her in.

"I come out and I heard banging on the door, and I here someone screaming 'help'. It sounded like a girl," said the boy.

Little did he know, that woman had just jumped out of a car, and ran for her life after being raped by Ramsey.

The children were waiting for their parents to comeback home when they heard her cries for help.

"She said a guy just kidnapped me, and he was going to try and kill me. She said we've got to hide inside, so I locked all my doors," said the boy.

Soon after that is when Ramsey approached the house.

"He came up to the door, and we heard banging. He was screaming let me in," said the boy.

When they didn't open the door, Ramsey set fire to a bush outside using gasoline. He then drove off.

The children were hiding with the victim in a bathroom.

Luckily their father arrived back home in time to put the fire, and he found his children with the victim inside.

"I'm very proud of my children. This is a scenario you explain to your children," said the boy and girl's father. "You don't want to leave your children at home, but parents have to work, things have to get done. You explain what to do if something like this happens, thinking that it would never happen. I'm very proud, they both did exactly what you'd hope for." ..Source.. by ClickOnDetroit

Sex offender found slain in Marysville

1-25-2013 Washington:

An 82-year-old man was found dead in his Marysville home by a family member.

MARYSVILLE -- Police in Marysville are investigating the death of an 82-year-old man who was found early Friday morning in his ransacked travel trailer.

"What we have is a homicide investigation," Marysville police Cmdr. Robb Lamoureux said.

A family member discovered the man when he went to check on him early Friday. By early afternoon, police were asking for the public's help in locating the slain man's 2006 Chevrolet Colorado. The champagne-colored pickup truck, license B03681A, is believed to have been stolen.

"We are considering the occupants as being armed and dangerous and ask that the public do not try to intervene. We simply want them to call 911 to report the location of the vehicle," Lamoureux said.

Detectives were called to a home in the 9800 block of State Avenue about 3 a.m. Friday.

The first officers to the scene quickly determined the death was a likely homicide and called for detectives, Lamoureux said.

Police were not releasing the man's name pending notification of family and confirmation of identity by the Snohomish County medical examiner.

Late in the day they confirmed that the victim was a registered sex offender.

An 82-year-old man with convictions for statutory rape and indecent liberties was registered as living in the neighborhood where the homicide occurred.

According to the sex offender registry maintained by the Snohomish County Sheriff's Office, the man had convictions in the early 1980s for offenses against girls ages 8 to 14. While in prison, he was determined not to be a good candidate for sex offender treatment.

Convicted serial rapist dies in hospital after assault

1-9-2013 Maryland:

Michael Armstead was assaulted at maximum-security prison in November

A serial rapist serving several life sentences in a maximum-security state prison has died in the hospital after being assaulted by another inmate, Maryland State Police said Wednesday.

Michael Armstead, 53, was assaulted Nov. 27 at the North Branch Correctional Institution in Allegany County as inmates were on their way to the dining hall, and died at Bon Secours Hospital in Baltimore on Jan. 9.

State police did not release the name of the suspect who allegedly assaulted Armstead, but said charges are pending. The suspect is also serving a life sentence, police said.

State police said the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore ruled Armstead's death a homicide caused by a head injury.

Armstead was found guilty in the early 1990s of serial home-invasion rapes in Anne Arundel and Howard counties and was serving six life sentences. ..Source.. by Carrie Wells, The Baltimore Sun

Man found dead near Wapato had extensive criminal history

1-19-2013 Washington:

WAPATO, Wash. -- KIMA learned the man found shot to death near Wapato wednesday had an extensive criminal history and was a registered level 2 sex offender.

Alan Moses pleaded guilty to third degree rape back in 1998 when he was 20 years old.

Moses was arrested by Toppenish Police, though details of the case are still limited.

The Toppenish man was found dead with two gunshots to the head near an Orchard along Kays Road.

His death has been ruled a homicide, according to the Yakima County Coroner.

This discovery came after a shooting on the Yakama Nation that sent someone to the hospital. The FBI is investigating whether there's a connection between the two.

Rapist on Facebook: "Well folks, Im going to get shot"

1-20-2013 Michigan:

MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN (WWBT) -- A man out on parole changed his Facebook status to "Well folkes Im about to get shot. Peace" right before he was killed by police, the Detroit Free Press reports.

Eric Ramsey, 30, of Central Michigan, abducted a college student at random with a BB gun, raped her, set fire to a house, stole a flatbed truck, rammed three police cars' before police shot him dead. Ramsey also posted to one wall of his 117 face book friends, "It's been real, bro. I wish we could have hung out longer."

Officials are now believing that this case was ended by "suicide by cop".

Thursday night, Ramsey abducted a student on the campus of Central Michigan University. He then took the victim to a house off campus, which is now being identified as Ramsey's mother's house where he was residing with her. Ramsey bound and raped the victim and then told her that he was going to kill her in the presiding car ride. The victim jumped from the moving car and found refuge in a local home where 3 children were waiting for their father to return. The four individuals locked themselves in a bathroom. A frustrated Ramsey set the house on fire and fled. The father returned soon after to put out the fire and free the children and victim. Ramsey then went on a 85 mile police chase with two different vehicles where it is believed he posted on the social media web site during the chase.

The victim is now safe and with family.

Ramsey had a violent history. He served a prison term from July 2007 to July 2012 on a conviction for assault with the intent to cause great bodily harm less than murder. He had previous convictions for malicious destruction of fire department or police property, assaulting/resisting/obstructing a police officer, and assault with a dangerous weapon, reports the Detroit Daily Press.

The parole board released him at his minimum sentence time, Michigan Department of Corrections spokesman Russ Marlan said. During his time in several Michigan prisons, he was classified as a minimum-security prisoner. ..Source.. by Dax Gray

Intruder killed in Henderson home invasion

12-16-2012 North Carolina:

Henderson, N.C. — Police are investigating a fatal shooting Sunday at a Henderson home that appeared to result from a home invasion.

Deyon Durham, 24, of 279 Faulkner St., was found shot to death at 1221 Montgomery St. shortly after 7 a.m., police said.

The initial investigation suggests that Durham was breaking and entering at the home when the homeowner, whose name was not released, shot him.

No charges have been filed. Investigators planned to consult with the district attorney's office.

Durham had convictions, starting in 2005, for indecent liberties with a minor, sexual battery, breaking and entering vehicles, larceny and failure to register as a sex offender, according to state Division of Adult Correction records. ..Source.. by Bridget Whelan, Anne Johnson

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What is documented in this blog comes from news reports, credible sources. However with that said, we are sure this is not all there are, only what folks have advised us of.

Yes, it is true some folks documented here actually committed sex offenses and there are victim/s of their crimes that may read this blog. Our heart goes out to those victims. Everyone should be angered by those crimes, and we are too.

However, society is not made safer by the subsequent acts that caused the deaths of the folks documented here, in essence vigilante justice, revenge, etc., which society does not condone. Whatever provoked people to these acts has now LIKELY made them a criminal as well, and that does not make society safer!

Note: If someone commits a sex crime, and is prosecuted and receives a death sentence, those folks ARE NOT recorded. Only acts that, result in deaths, that are not permitted by laws, will be documented.

Preface: This blog records deaths of persons (killed or murdered) who were

A) Registered sex offenders; or,
B) Former sex offenders [no longer required to registered]; or,
C) Persons accused of a new sex offense; or,
D) Persons accused of a new sex offense, but innocent; or,
E) Persons -mistakenly- thought to have committed a sex offense, or,
F) Other people killed during the incident sparking documentation.

these distinctions are statistically important.

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The purpose of this blog is to document deaths i.e., murders, suspicious or unexplainable deaths, or killings when that term is more appropriate than murder based on the circumstances of a specific death/s.

All of the deaths recorded here fall into one of the groups mentioned in the Preface. With the advent of sex offender registries being made public, and community notification, registrants are automatically made targets, easy to find by registry information. Accordingly, our purpose is to document acts which lawmakers choose to ignore, or claim have not happened. The reality is, people are dieing because of these sex offender laws which prove the laws are not protecting everyone, nor are they making society safer. When laws promote further criminal acts, they do not make society safer!

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"+" TAGS: Notice that some of the entries have a "+" before them, these are the entries that are educational in nature, or, we are bringing attention to special cases to help Advocates to find these when they speak with Lawmakers. We will post relevant educational material as we find them or are made aware of them. The remaining entries are factual, actual events. All stories are supported by news articles or other reasonable verifiable sources.

So, if you want further information on the "Topic of Murder" seek the "+" entries. Remember though, the strict judicial system meaning of "Murder (i.e., murder)" is not likely what you'll find here, as it is our intent to explore the gray areas, left and right, of the word murder (homicide and attempts thereof); educational in nature but somehow related to sex offenses.

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YEAR followed by blank or CC: The year follow by no designation means this is a US case. CC means it is a civil commitment case.

Death/s of RSOs/SOs: We are NOT trying to keep track of Foreign deaths. If someone in the U.S. -has no prior sex offense- and is accused of a sex offense, or believed to have committed a sex offense, their death will be flagged "SO."

Accused / Not Accused: By "accused" we mean was the person was accused of a sex crime at the point of death (if a RSO it would mean recidivism, if a SO it would be their first sex crime). The absence of the word "Accused" would put the case in one of the other designations. Accused includes "thought to have committed a sex crime," whether the thinking is the police or others involved in the case. Now, sometimes it is claimed a person committed a sex crime but authorities cannot find any evidence of it, or, the facts of the article does not show real evidence to support the claim, hence, we tag these "... Accused, but innocent." Selecting appropriate tags is difficult and can change when a newer article reveals more or incorrect evidence; we do our best.

Death/s of Innocent Others: Occasionally, someone is killed who IS NOT the RSO or the SO accused, we call those deaths "Innocent Others" and we keep track of them as well. Generally it is the RSO or SO accused who kills the Innocent Other, but there are times when someone else (Public Servants, Police) who accidentally cause the death. Those cases, "Innocent Other" deaths, are also recorded in our "Deaths Related to Sex Offenders or Offenses" blog, where we count the deaths individually, here in the murder blog we just flag the case "Innocent Other".

Just recently we found a couple of cases where ONLY an "Innocent Other" was killed, hence we have tagged these "Innocent Other - ONLY" and these will also be recorded in the other blog mentioned above.

Article Tags, Topics, Issues Index & Their Meanings:
The most important question we are asked is, how many have died. If you look at the "Article Tags / Topics / Issues" Index (right side of page) you will see "Death/s -" and "Death/s US -". NOTE: "Death/s -" are facts about the cases documented, while the other two are the actual number of deaths shown in the (##). Individual groupings are (Mathematically important):

** Is a very special tag, it identifies incidents where MULTIPLE RSOs were killed. The number (##) is to be ignored for counting purposes (in order to have ## for other entries this one had to have it also, a function of blogs)

• **Death/s of RSOs - (Mult RSOs Killed)(##)
• Death/s of RSOs (##)
• Death/s of RSOs Accused (##)
• Death/s of RSOs Accused, but innocent (##)
• Death/s of SOs Accused (##)
• Death/s of SOs Accused, but innocent (##)
• Death/s of Innocent Others(##)
• Death/s of Innocent Others - ONLY(##)
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Multiple RSOs Killed / Multiple SOs Killed: These are incidents were more than one RSO or SO was murdered or killed, in a single crime. The purpose here is to show when multiple offenders were targeted and died at the same time. The individual person/s actually killed is also recorded under "Death/s of RSO/SO" groups.

Deaths by natural causes or other similar cause and are not included: (these are placed in our "Suicides & Other Deaths" blog and Tagged "Death - Not Qualified..."), however, if a person dies and it cannot be determined why or what they died of, then we include the death, and tag them "Review - ..." Later on we go back to see if we can find more about the case, and tag appropriately.

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Designating a case a Status Based murder: For a complete explanation of how we make that determination see HERE

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Deaths by Public Servants:
Because we noticed a substantial number of deaths involving Law Enforcement, we developed special codes to determine whether the registrant or accused person was somehow armed during these incidents:

Deceased-G means they had a gun;
Deceased-N means no gun;
Deceased-W means they had something else to use as a weapon;
Deceased-U means none of the above can be determined.

In our report we provide percentages of each.
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