I read in the news that she was arrested:
Deputies: Ladson Murder Suspect Ran Escort Website
Mandy Gaither, Live 5 News
Deputies believe 30 year old XXXX XXXXXX was running an escort service over Internet. She was arrested last week for the shooting death of her former roommate and boyfriend XXXXX XXXXXXX.
Her website reveals her views on different issues. She even talks about the fact that she owns a gun and have several quotes about them. Detective Mike Crumbly is leading the investigation. He's trying to determine if the websites are linked to the case. Detective Crumbly says XXXXXX is claiming self defense, saying that on the night of the murder, a verbal argument occurred, and XXXXXX felt her life in jeopardy.
XXXXX is behind bars in Berkeley county. Police reports from North Charleston show she was arrested for prostitution back in February of 2004. She also faced a petty larceny charge in 2003.
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BY YVONNE M. WENGER AND GLENN SMITH
Ladson - With its neatly manicured lawn and whimsical duck figurines, XXXXXXX XXXXXX tidy brick ranch home easily blends in with its neighbors along a quiet stretch of road in College Park.
But when a man was shot to death there last week, his killing opened a window into XXXXXX's double life.
The petite woman with exotic features was using the Internet to run a discreet, high-price escort service from her unassuming, middle-class neighborhood. But as she sits in a Berkeley County jail cell on a murder charge, her self-named and anonymous Web sites are creating a stir in the Charleston underground.
The 30-year-old woman listed her occupation on her booking record as self-employed. But her racy Web site, which includes semi-nude photos, makes it clear she trades companionship for cash.
"If you have trouble parting with your money, you can't afford me," according to a posting on her explicit Web site that warns potential clients that she will not negotiate and her "donation" of $250 an hour will be collected at the "beginning of the date so just hand it over."
On Thursday, XXXXXX confessed to firing two bullets into the head and abdomen of Jason Xxxxxx xxxxxxxx inside the bedroom of her home on Hartford Drive, according to an arrest affidavit. xxxxxxxx, 33, was already dead when sheriff's deputies arrived.
Berkeley investigators have released few details about the case, and they have said nothing about a possible motive for the shooting. Little is known about xxxxxxxx, who apparently was living with XXXXXX at the time of his death. Officials are still trying to determine if there was a romantic link between the 5-foot-3-inch, 108-pound XXXXXX and xxxxxxxx, who stood 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighed 300 pounds.
No date has been set for XXXXXX's bail hearing.
The State Law Enforcement Division could find no criminal record for XXXXXX, but North Charleston police arrested her on a prostitution charge in February 2004 in a sting at a massage parlor on Ashley Phosphate Road. She reportedly tried to fondle an undercover officer who had paid $160 for a private session with her, according to a police report. XXXXXX also was charged with stealing a DVD from a friend's house in 2003. The disposition of those charges couldn't be determined Tuesday.
XXXXXX also contacted a Secret Service agent after a client stuck her with 13 counterfeit $20 bills during a clandestine meeting in January at a Charleston area motel. XXXXXX told authorities she works as an escort and operates an explicit Web site, according to a Charleston County Sheriff's Office incident report.
The site is one of several run by XXXXXX that divulge detailed postings of her life and thoughts, often with strong feminist viewpoints and her take on issues such as rape and the death penalty.
She said on her self-named site that she runs errands and designs Web sites for a living, but chooses to keep some other "projects" private. XXXXXX also operates a WebRing - a series of linked sites tied together by a common theme - and many smaller sites dealing with movies, celebrities and medieval fantasy games. She gives advice, including telling people to carry a tape recorder to document every detail at work, and tells stories about betrayal.
XXXXXX, who posted a time line of her life from middle school to 2003, detailed the painful death of her mother, who was diagnosed with cancer in 1997 and died in 2002, according to the site.
She freely shares her name, image and details of her life on most of her Web sites. But her name is nowhere to be found on the escort Web site and the face is blurred in the images posted there. The main page features a cartoon of a woman with a gun in her hand. XXXXXX states she is selective about the clients she chooses and requires them to meet her in a public place prior to a rendezvous.
On an earlier post on the escort Web site, XXXXXX talks about Charleston police cracking down on erotic massages with strangers. The site explains the service will be available only if the escort has "dated" the person in the past.
"Any monies paid are for companionship only. I do not respond to solicitations or requests to contract for any activity which is sexual or otherwise illegal," the site says.
Multiple explicit Web sites list reviews of XXXXXX from men. The news of her arrest for murder also generated discussion about whether XXXXXX was the same person as a local escort, which she admitted to authorities earlier this year.
"It is indeed sad," one person wrote on a message board. "I do know that she was paranoid. We communicated a couple of years ago, and she wanted me to go to Charleston to take her to lunch or dinner and find out if we were 'compatible' before she would give me an appointment. Naturally, I declined. Now I'm glad that I did."
Staff reporter Nita Birmingham contributed to this report.
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