Second Death in Craigslist Job Scam? - ABC News
A caller's tip led police to a body buried in a shallow grave behind Rolling Acres Mall in Akron, Ohio, that might be connected to a job-seeking scam on Craigslist, the FBI said today.
The online job ad has already been implicated in the death of one man and the injury of another.
Although the identity of the body found this morning is still unknown, The Associated Press reported it might be that of a missing man in the area, Timothy Kern, 47, of Massillon.
"It could be, it could not be," FBI spokeswoman Vicki Anderson told ABCNews.com. "We do not know until we get that autopsy."
The coroner will not examine the body until Saturday, she said.
"Cadaver dogs were the ones who hit on the grave -- it wasn't a situation where someone would walk by and see it," Anderson said.
Investigators finished recovering the body around 1 p.m., she said. "It's a tedious process to make sure evidence wasn't disturbed."
Now investigators are working to find out whether or not the man found dead today had answered an ad on Craigslist for a job working on an Ohio cattle farm.
Authorities had already identified two victims, one from Florida and one from South Carolina, who had responded to that ad. The men were told to bring all of their belongings, as they would be living on the farm.
The man from South Carolina was shot in the arm but managed to escape and inform authorities. As police investigated the shooting, they found the body of a missing man from Florida in a shallow grave outside Caldwell, Ohio, about 80 miles east of Columbus.
Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal/AP Photo
Authorities believe robbery was the motive, and on Nov.16 took two suspects into custody: a 16-year old high school student identified by Read More @ Source
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