Young Couple Dies After Finding Sociopath for Tryst on Craigslist

http://woodtv.com/2014/07/17/police-trying-to-arrest-wyoming-homicide-suspect/
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A pregnant teenager and her boyfriend, 25, were both killed, after connecting with the wrong man for a sexual encounter through Craigslist. Brady Oestrike, who had a large collection of assault rifles, allegedly strangled 18 year old Brooke Slocum and decapitated Charles Oppenneer. Slocum, who was eight months pregnant, was allegedly held captive before he death.

According to the AP, “It’s likely that Oppenneer died of some kind of head trauma, but that couldn’t be determined without his head being found, police said.”

Oestrike shot himself to death after crashing his car in an attempted escape from police.

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