The Fake Murder.

On July 17, 2007, Steve (http://anythingbutsad.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/guns/) reported that he had been the victim of a mugging at “a major shopping mall.” Two teenage males, at least one of whom was African American, held guns to his head while committing the act of violence. The pair went on to attack a family, in the process of which an 11-year-old girl went into an epileptic seizure and was shot and killed.

Meanwhile, Steve had run away and ran into a man who turned out to be a former Secret Service/CIA/FBI agent. After contacting the police, Steve was taken to the second crime scene and positively identified the two suspects. Later he was taken to the police station and interviewed by a very handsome detective with green eyes and a wedding ring.

Steve went to Rehoboth Beach for five days with Joshua and on his return, on July 24, 2007, he reported that he had received a letter stating that “this whole trial thingie begins on August 3^rd… What’s even more annoying is that it’s 2 separate trials. I guess the losers lawyered up, with different attorneys (or something). And one of them filed a motion to have the case transferred from Baltimore County (where the crime happened, and a place which is pro-death penalty) to Baltimore City (This has delayed that trial until October.”

On July 31, 2007, Steve was meeting with a female Assistant District Attorney. He mentioned to her that the detective who interviewed him was “Hot as shit! She went on to tell me that he posed for playgirl in the 90’s , and was “Hung like a horse.” Later Steve would locate his picture online, and on August 1 he noted that he felt the man was not as well hung as the prosecutor had implied.

Steve attended the young girl’s viewing and met her parents, who he described as:

“The family was extremely poor, and the mother was in hysterics. One couldn’t help, but cry; in reaction to the mom. I ’looked very rich‘ compared to the other mourners (I, and my friends, were the only ones wearing suits). I was afraid to tell them who I was.”On August 21, 2007, Steve reported that “The first trial begins this morning. I was advised to be there, everyday (in case I’m needed). My biggest fear is that the attorney will try to trip me up. Tricking me into saying things which would incriminate myself; or make me look like an unreliable witness. This is the first of 2 trials; and I hope they both go quickly. But, most importantly, I want justice for that poor girl.”

Steve reported in a comment on August 21, 2007 (number 21) that he did not have to testify that day. “But my eye did catch the faces of the murdered girl’s parents. They recognized me from being at her viewing. So I walker over, introduced myself; and treated them to lunch. I feel so bad for them. But it gave me impetus to get up on that stand; and ensure that this guy is convicted.”  This a screenshot of his entire comment:

And then came comment number 27 on the August 21^st entry, from someone who called themself “Bailey”. This is a screenshot of the actual comment on Steve’s blog:

This comment, among many others, were removed shortly after they were posted.

Soon Steve would change the beginning of the August 21, 2007 entry to state that it was a preliminary hearing instead of a trial. He would also claim that he had mistakenly linked to the wrong 11-year-old epileptic girl’s obituary. He immediately removed the original link to Amelia M. P____’s obituary. Both he and Joshua stated that Steve’s account was true and that people were “cyber-bullying” them for pointing out the factual incongruities. Steve deleted Bailey’s comment from his blog and has also added a disclaimer stating that the murder did not take place in Baltimore, although elsewhere he noted that it had happened in Baltimore County.

On September 25, 2007, Steve reported that the two youths had been charged with “Murder, Second Degree; Manslaughter, First Degree; Armed Robbery; Carjacking; Robbery; Assault, First Degree; Assault, Second Degree; Grand Theft; Theft less than $500; Handgun on person; Handgun used in crime; Possession of unregistered firearm.” No articles appeared in the Baltimore Sun or the Washington Post at this time indicating the youths had been charged.

Incongruities

Steve initially linked the July 17 entry to an obituary, for an 11-year-old girl named Amelia M. P____. The obituary appeared in the Baltimore Sun and provides very basic information on the girl. The online guest book provides some additional data. There is no suggestion on either the obituary or the guest book that the girl was the victim of foul play. Instead, it is implied that she died from epilepsy. A search online for the girl’s name does not provide any newspaper articles indicating she was murdered.

Steve claimed on August 24, in a revision to his July 19 entry, that he was mistaken, that the girl in fact hadn’t been shot after all. And yet he had already attended a hearing or trial on August 21, 2007 in which he wrote “the murder happen in Baltimore.” So after being taken to her supposed crime scene, a two-hour-long meeting with a detective, an interview with the Assistant District Attorney, and the preliminary hearing/trial he doesn’t seem to know whether the girl was murdered or not? That certainly stretches the limits of credibility.

Steve claimed he had linked to the wrong obituary and that the incident did not happen in Baltimore. All major newspapers now maintain online databases containing their last few years worth of stories. A Google and a Yahoo search was conducted for any suitable newspaper articles reporting the death of an 11-year-old girl in a mugging incident in Baltimore County, Maryland (as he stated in his July 24, 2007 entry). The death of a young girl suffering from epilepsy would have been reported. No such crime is reported to have taken place.

The Baltimore County Civil Court maintains a website (http://www.co.ba.md.us/Agencies/circuit/index.html) that includes lists of major crimes that have taken place in the county. No murder or crime is reported to have taken place involving an 11-year-old girl.

The Social Security Death Index, available online at several websites, was checked for deaths of children born in 1995 or 1996 which took place on July 17, 2007. Only four were found. Two were of boys. One was a girl who died in California. The last was for Amelia P____ in Baltimore, the girl Steve had linked to in his original blog entry.

Steve’s understanding of police procedures is flawed. He stated on July 17, 2007 that he was taken to the second crime scene to identify the murderers. This would never have taken place. Detectives would have been collecting crucial forensic evidence, including fiber and DNA samples, at the second crime scene. Steve’s presence at the scene would have introduced the possibility of contamination. He would not have been allowed to come anywhere close to the second crime scene. If he were to be asked to identify the suspects, he would have done so at the police station, in a line-up situation, and likely the event would have been videotaped to provide a permanent record of the identification.

Moving on, there is the problem of the Assistant District Attorney. She is reported to have shared information about the size of the sexual organs of a Baltimore County detective with Steve. Does anyone honestly believe that a female court employee would do something of this nature, something that could have a high likelihood of ending a fledgling legal career? A lawyer would not have introduced any comment of this type in a conversation. To do so opens the door to sexual harassment lawsuits. A female lawyer is even less likely to steer a conversation toward the cock size of a fellow employee.

Lastly, the timing of the trial or preliminary hearing. Steve first claimed that the event was the first of two trials. Then, after several individuals pointed out that it was impossible for a trial to start five weeks after a murder, he changed the entry to “preliminary hearing” from “trial” and stated that he had been confused. Given the complexity of the crime, which took place in two different places and involved numerous charges (a minimum of 12), it seems unlikely that any such event would have taken place so quickly.

So What’s the Truth?

Steve and Joshua went ballistic after being questioned by Bailey and other individuals about whether the girl was murdered, whether the event took ever took place. People who have questioned Steve’s accounts have been called “liars.”Steve has repeatedly demanded that the questioners provide “proof” that he is lying.

There is no proof, because Steve/Joshua is a liar. The crime never took place. No 11-year-old, epileptic girl was murdered in Baltimore County on July 17, 2007. Instead, an 11-year-girl died from epilepsy and Steve used her obituary as a tool to create an exciting blog entry, one that produced sympathy from the readers of his blog.