A young woman was left without a couch when her roommate moved out and took it with her. She went on Craigslist and found one she thought was a steal. It was a model that sells for close to two thousand dollars retail and the owner was asking only six hundred and fifty, with no apparent condition issues.
The young woman was very security-conscious, but the seller was up front in dealing with her worries and had actually crafted a very humorous ad designed to assuage the fears of any potential buyers. He joked about having given up cannibalism "five years ago." She talked to the middle-age man on the phone and he seemed trustworthy, a bit bland actually, but she was a very careful young woman. She told him she would be bringing two strong male friends along to load and move the couch for her (this was true). The couch seller was fine with that but explained that with his work schedule he could not be present for the pickup. However, he could leave the couch in his unlocked garage and and she could just pick it up. She could complete the transaction through Paypal or leave a check in his garage. She chose to do the latter. She thought it was nice of him to trust her in this manner.
Her muscly guy friends helped her get the leather couch into her apartment, enjoyed the pizzas and beers she had provided as "payment," and then went home to their respective partners. She couldn't stop admiring the lovely couch. It was pristine. She sat on it for a few hours, watched her favorite shows and finally went to bed.
The next day she was missing. She hasn't been seen since. Video cameras in her apartment building showed (presumptively) the man from whom she had bought the couch leaving her apartment, carrying a sleeping bag with a body in it. It is virtually certain she was the one in the sleeping bag. Whether alive or dead, nobody knows. The police discovered a compartment in the bottom of the large couch where they figured the man had secreted himself and from which he had emerged after she had gone to bed. She had supervised the carrying of her abductor into her apartment. The house from which she had removed the couch was discovered to have two corpses in it, the former residents and true owners of the couch. Nobody knows who the man is or his present whereabouts. The check the woman had left was made out to a fictitious name, Hugh Lusall. The police detectives working the case believe this to be a sick pun for "you lose all."
The young woman was very security-conscious, but the seller was up front in dealing with her worries and had actually crafted a very humorous ad designed to assuage the fears of any potential buyers. He joked about having given up cannibalism "five years ago." She talked to the middle-age man on the phone and he seemed trustworthy, a bit bland actually, but she was a very careful young woman. She told him she would be bringing two strong male friends along to load and move the couch for her (this was true). The couch seller was fine with that but explained that with his work schedule he could not be present for the pickup. However, he could leave the couch in his unlocked garage and and she could just pick it up. She could complete the transaction through Paypal or leave a check in his garage. She chose to do the latter. She thought it was nice of him to trust her in this manner.
Her muscly guy friends helped her get the leather couch into her apartment, enjoyed the pizzas and beers she had provided as "payment," and then went home to their respective partners. She couldn't stop admiring the lovely couch. It was pristine. She sat on it for a few hours, watched her favorite shows and finally went to bed.
The next day she was missing. She hasn't been seen since. Video cameras in her apartment building showed (presumptively) the man from whom she had bought the couch leaving her apartment, carrying a sleeping bag with a body in it. It is virtually certain she was the one in the sleeping bag. Whether alive or dead, nobody knows. The police discovered a compartment in the bottom of the large couch where they figured the man had secreted himself and from which he had emerged after she had gone to bed. She had supervised the carrying of her abductor into her apartment. The house from which she had removed the couch was discovered to have two corpses in it, the former residents and true owners of the couch. Nobody knows who the man is or his present whereabouts. The check the woman had left was made out to a fictitious name, Hugh Lusall. The police detectives working the case believe this to be a sick pun for "you lose all."
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