I Met My Murderer Online

David Messerschmitt was a successful Washington D.C. attorney with a bright future. He was married and he and his wife appeared very happy together. But things took a turn for the worse when David told his wife he would be home within an hour on February 10, 2015.  Instead, he was found stabbed to death in what many described as a popular gay hotel. A mystery person using the staircase was caught on a surveillance camera. Was this David’s killer?

A special thank you to Dr. Kate Balestrieri, licensed psychologist and certified sex therapist, founder of Modern Intimacy (https://www.modernintimacy.com/)

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A beautiful young, wealthy heiress from China was studying abroad in Cardiff, Wales. She met Jordan Matthews a local pub chef on the Plenty of Fish dating app. The couple would move into an apartment together. Soon after, Jordan would humiliate and beat Xixi often.  Her brother and friends tried to help Xixi, but did Jordan eventually beat her to death?

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Do you like Pina Colada’s and getting caught in the rain? Well, this may be the story for you? A seriously twisted love triangle turned deadly where an innocent young man named Brian Barrett paid with his life. Was it a jealous lover or an online web of lies beyond anyone’s imagination?

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Sarah Butler was a student at New Jersey City College. She was described as a hard working young woman who was loved by many. As things go for young women these days with busy schedules, dating apps have become the best device to meet new people. Sarah wasn’t necessarily looking to date when she met @lilyachtrock on the Tagged App. She just wanted to connect with someone.

Things took a turn when @lilyachtrock offered Sarah $500 to have sex. Sarah surprisingly accepted the offer. The next day Sarah was nowhere to be found. It would take the help of her sister and her friends to find Sarah.  But first they would have to find @lilyachtrock. What they would discover was beyond their wildest imaginations.

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Tiara Pool was a married mother of two young boys. Her husband was deployed in the Navy while Tiara was finishing college. Well, while the cat was away, the mice will play, as they say… On Craigslist Personal Ads… Tiara was found four days later, stabbed to death in her bedroom. It’s always the husband, right? Well, this time, it wasn’t. Who killed Tiara Pool?

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Tim Kern was down on his luck in Northern Ohio’s Noble County. He was getting a divorce and he was flirting with homelessness. By a sheer stroke of luck, or so he thought, he found a job online that came with room and board. Maybe his luck was taking a turn in the right direction? Sadly, this wouldn’t be the case as he was about to meet “The Craigslist Killer’s.”

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Julissa was a former Brooklyn bartender who overcame alcoholism and quit her job to stay sober. She began giving sensual massages online in Boston so that she wouldn’t run into anyone she knew back in New York City. Her last customer of her trip to Boston would be an engaged, medical student, an unlikely “clean cut,” criminal known as “The Craigslist Killer.”

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Mackenzie Lueck was an independent young woman, a student at the University of Utah, where she was also a sorority sister as well. But what many did not know, was that Mackenzie was also seeking “Sugar Daddies,” on the Seeking Arrangements dating app. 

Mackenzie didn’t find what she was seeking, she found a psychopath.

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Cody Virgin worked at a local prison in Arizona. He had a good relationship with his girlfriend. Things were cool. Until a woman on Facebook named Paige Woods offered to meet Cody deep in the desert alone.

Cody took the bait and Cody was murdered.

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