SeanTX
08-30-2014, 06:44 AM
It's never a good idea to date dangerous sociopaths -- it probably wasn't the sort of "hot date" she had in mind. Kind of ironic she was kidnapped by a guy whose "job" it is to kidnap people for victimless crimes and toss them into cages.
The article first says that he has been fired, but then quotes the police as saying “The officer has been relieved from duty, and is in a non-enforcement status." Sounds more like some sort of administrative leave (paid probably).
I suppose that the police and the cop suckers would say that this should not reflect upon the police, since he did this on "his own time" -- with his issued pistol. Who knows what he might have done while on-duty -- there may be more victims out there.
On the "wanted" poster for him his occupation is listed as "Unknown." :p
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/killed-woman-lit-fire-romantic-encounter-police-article-1.1921834
BY Sasha Goldstein
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, August 29, 2014, 4:51 PM
An Atlanta police officer was busted trying to skip town Thursday, nearly one week after he kidnapped a woman he met online, took her to a secluded suburban area, shot her and then set her dead body on fire, police said.
Tahreem Zeus Rana, 23, was caught around 8:30 a.m. Thursday after he tried to board a flight to Monterey, Mexico, possibly en route to India, WSB-TV reported.
The murder suspect was on the no-fly list, cops said, and has since been fired.
"We are shocked and saddened by these developments,” the department said of the three-year veteran. “The officer has been relieved from duty, and is in a non-enforcement status."
Vernicia Woodard, 26, was killed sometime last Friday after meeting up with Rana, police said. Police Handout
Rana allegedly used his service weapon to kill the woman, cops said. Hapeville Police Department
Rana met 26-year-old Vernicia Woodard on Backpage.com for a “romantic exchange” in Rana’s hometown of Hapeville, a southern Atlanta suburb, police there said. He took the woman to a rural part of the town, shot her several times, then lit her on fire, police said.
A city worker found the burning body on Elm Street the morning of Aug. 22, the news station reported.
Rana was arrested trying to flee the country Thursday morning.
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"He took her to a secluded area to do the crime and then, after killing her, used some kind of fuel to light her body on fire," Hapeville police Detective Stephen Cushing told the station.
Police believe he used his service weapon to kill the Woodard, mother to an 8-year-old. He became the prime suspect after the woman’s phone records led investigators to Backpage.com and eventually Rana, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
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Rana faces charges of murder, arson, kidnapping and tampering with evidence. He’s next due in court Sept. 12.
The article first says that he has been fired, but then quotes the police as saying “The officer has been relieved from duty, and is in a non-enforcement status." Sounds more like some sort of administrative leave (paid probably).
I suppose that the police and the cop suckers would say that this should not reflect upon the police, since he did this on "his own time" -- with his issued pistol. Who knows what he might have done while on-duty -- there may be more victims out there.
On the "wanted" poster for him his occupation is listed as "Unknown." :p
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/killed-woman-lit-fire-romantic-encounter-police-article-1.1921834
BY Sasha Goldstein
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, August 29, 2014, 4:51 PM
An Atlanta police officer was busted trying to skip town Thursday, nearly one week after he kidnapped a woman he met online, took her to a secluded suburban area, shot her and then set her dead body on fire, police said.
Tahreem Zeus Rana, 23, was caught around 8:30 a.m. Thursday after he tried to board a flight to Monterey, Mexico, possibly en route to India, WSB-TV reported.
The murder suspect was on the no-fly list, cops said, and has since been fired.
"We are shocked and saddened by these developments,” the department said of the three-year veteran. “The officer has been relieved from duty, and is in a non-enforcement status."
Vernicia Woodard, 26, was killed sometime last Friday after meeting up with Rana, police said. Police Handout
Rana allegedly used his service weapon to kill the woman, cops said. Hapeville Police Department
Rana met 26-year-old Vernicia Woodard on Backpage.com for a “romantic exchange” in Rana’s hometown of Hapeville, a southern Atlanta suburb, police there said. He took the woman to a rural part of the town, shot her several times, then lit her on fire, police said.
A city worker found the burning body on Elm Street the morning of Aug. 22, the news station reported.
Rana was arrested trying to flee the country Thursday morning.
snip
"He took her to a secluded area to do the crime and then, after killing her, used some kind of fuel to light her body on fire," Hapeville police Detective Stephen Cushing told the station.
Police believe he used his service weapon to kill the Woodard, mother to an 8-year-old. He became the prime suspect after the woman’s phone records led investigators to Backpage.com and eventually Rana, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
snip
Rana faces charges of murder, arson, kidnapping and tampering with evidence. He’s next due in court Sept. 12.