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A Minnesota woman was killed after answering a nanny job advertised on Craigslist. It is the first murder on the site, which offers free classified ads hawking just about anything you can imagine.
Katherine Ann Olson, 24, was found dead in the trunk of her car late Friday night at a park about 15 miles south of Minneapolis. She was last seen on Thursday morning, when she went to meet what she believed was a couple who recently relocated to the area and was in need of a babysitter, according to news reports.
Police have arrested a 19-year-old man they believe placed the ad. They have declined to identify the suspect except to say he worked at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. He was arrested there Friday night.
Like a lot of online bazaars, Craigslist has its fair share of illegal activity. Prostitutes have long advertised their services there, and it's also been used by fraudsters pushing 419 schemes and other types of scams. It's the first known time the site has been used to lure a victim of murder.
"I can't recall a single case like it," Craigslist founder Craig Newmark told KARE 11 News. "I'd like to express my condolences. This is a real tragedy and we're more eager than ever to help deal with the bad guy."
Olson had landed two previous nanny jobs through Craigslist, including one in Turkey, according to reports.
Earlier on Friday, Olson's purse had been found in a trash can not far from where her body was recovered. Police later found a blood-soaked towel in the same can. Police haven't disclosed a cause of death.
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Parents who use a staffing agency to find a nanny do so as a way to protect their children, but agencies also help ensure the nannies’ safety,
Olson was found dead the day after she responded to an online ad for a nanny job. The 19-year-old man police suspect placed the ad is under arrest in connection with Olson’s death.
Agencies gather a good deal of information about our clients before we begin working with them to find household employees, if anyone we send to be interviewed has a bad experience with the potential employer, we will follow up. If we discover that the client is consistently unpleasant, or worse, we will terminate our contract with them. On top of screening families, we know when they are interviewing a job candidate, and all parties know we are waiting to hear how it went.”
Online ads may seem like the answer in a busy world, but staffing agencies are still the safest, most effective way to make household placements.
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