The trend of online dating continues to surge in popularity each year. Yet, alongside its widespread appeal, the realm of online dating harbours its own set of dangers. The veiled nature of interactions through digital screens allows individuals to craft personas that may diverge significantly from their actual identities. Women could be meeting the man of their dreams, or their worst nightmare. In 2016, a mother in Seattle, Washington, vanished after a date with a man she had met online.
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“Man sentenced for murdering, dismembering woman”
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Capitol Hill Times, 11 April, 2016 – “Seattle Police Make Arrest”
ABC – 2 WSB, 12 April, 2016 – “Human Remains in Seattle Recycling Bin Likely Those of Missing Mother”
Associated Press, 12 April, 2016 – “Woman Dismembered in Home, Body Parts Dumped”
CBS – 6 WTVR, 12 April, 2016 – “Grisly New Details”
Associated Press, 13 April, 2016 – “Vigil Held for Victim”
Tucson Sentinel, 12 April, 2016 – “Dismembered Body in Seattle IDed as Former Tucson Resident”
Associated Press, 13 April, 2016 – “Suspect in Dismemberment Slaying Charged with Murder”
The Daily Mirror, 13 April, 2016 – “Nurse and Mother of Three Murdered by Boyfriend”
Independent Record, 13 April, 2016 – “Man Arrested for Seattle-area Murder Has Criminal Ties”
NBC – 5 KING, 13 April, 2016 – “Ingrid Lyne Remembered at Community Prayer Vigil”
Renton Reporter, 13 April, 2016 – “Renton Woman’s Murder Stuns Community”
Associated Press, 15 April, 2016 – “More Body Parts Found in Seattle”
CBS – 7 KIRO, 15 April, 2016 – “Garbage Collector Finds Body Parts, Likely Related to Slain Mother”
CBS – 17 KIRO, 15 April, 2016 – “Murder Suspect John Charlton Described as Creepy”
Associated Press, 16 April, 2016 – “More Body Parts Found”
CBS – 2 KREM, 18 April, 2016 – “Human Remains Found in Seattle Recycling Centre”
Associated Press, 27 April, 2016 – “Man Pleads Not Guilty in Dismemberment Slaying”
Capitol Hill Times, 26 May, 2017 – “Murder Trial Set for John Charlton”
Capitol Hill Times, 2 October, 2017 – “Man Pleads Guilty to Killing, Dismembering Renton Woman”
CBS – 7 KIRO, 2 October, 2017 – “Man Pleads Guilty to Murdering Renton Mother he Met Online”
The Seattle Times, 2 October, 2017 – “Man Pleads Guilty to Killing, Dismembering Renton Mother”
Associated Press, 5 January, 2017 – “Man Gets 28 Years in Seattle-area Dismemberment Slaying”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 5 January, 2018 – “When He Walks, Ingrid Wont”
The Seattle Times, 5 January, 2018 – “Man Sentenced to More than 27 Years”
The People, 4 February, 2018 – “The Mum Chopped Up in the Bath”
