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Tonya
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Username: Tonya
Post Number: 4353
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 12:30 pm: | 
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Rocky Mountain News
Attempted kidnapping, diapers all part of astronaut love triangle case
By Associated Press
February 5, 2007
ORLANDO, Fla. -- An astronaut drove 900 miles and donned a disguise to confront a woman she believed was her rival for the affections of a space shuttle pilot, police said. She was arrested Monday and charged with attempted kidnapping and other counts.
U.S. Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak, 43, who flew last July on a shuttle mission to the international space station, was also charged with attempted vehicle burglary with battery, destruction of evidence and battery. She was denied bail.
Police said Nowak drove from her home in Houston to the Orlando International Airport to confront Colleen Shipman.
Nowak believed Shipman was romantically involved with Navy Cmdr. William Oefelein, a pilot during space shuttle Discovery's trip to the space station last December, police said.
Nowak told police that her relationship with Oefelein was "more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship," according to an arrest affidavit. Police officers recovered a love letter to Oefelein in her car.
NASA spokesman James Hartsfield in Houston said that, as of Monday, Nowak's status with the astronaut corps remained unchanged.
"What will happen beyond that, I will not speculate," he said.
Hartsfield said he couldn't recall the last time an astronaut was arrested and said there were no rules against fraternizing among astronauts.
When she found out that Shipman was flying to Orlando from Houston, Nowak decided to confront her, according to the arrest affidavit. Nowak raced from Houston to Orlando wearing diapers so she wouldn't have to stop to urinate, authorities said.
Astronauts wear diapers during launch and re-entry.
Dressed in a wig and a trench coat, Nowak boarded an airport bus that Shipman took to her car in an airport parking lot. Shipman told police she noticed someone following her, hurried inside the car and locked the doors, according to the arrest affidavit.
Nowak rapped on the window, tried to open the car door and asked for a ride. Shipman refused but rolled down the car window a few inches when Nowak started crying. Nowak then sprayed a chemical into Shipman's car, the affidavit said.
Shipman drove to the parking lot booth, and the police were called.
During a check of the parking lot, an officer followed Nowak and watched her throw away a bag containing the wig and BB gun. They also found a steel mallet, a 4-inch folding knife, rubber tubing, $600 and garbage bags inside a bag Nowak was carrying when she was arrested, authorities said.
Inside Nowak's vehicle, which was parked at a nearby motel, authorities uncovered a pepper spray package, an unused BB-gun cartridge, latex gloves and e-mails between Shipman and Oefelein. They also found a letter "that indicated how much Mrs. Nowak loved Mr. Oefelein," an opened package for a buck knife, Shipman's home address and hand written directions to the address, the arrest affidavit said.
Police said Nowak told them that she only wanted to scare Shipman into talking to her about her relationship with Oefelein and didn't want to harm her physically.
"If you were just going to talk to someone, I don't know that you would need a wig, a trench coat, an air cartridge BB gun and pepper spray," said Sgt. Barbara Jones, a spokeswoman for the Orlando Police Department. "It's just really a very sad case. ... Now she ends up finding herself on the other side of the law with some very serious charges."
If convicted of attempted kidnapping, Nowak could face a maximum of life in prison.
It was not immediately known whether Nowak had an attorney.
Oefelein and Shipman did not immediately return phone messages Monday night.
According to NASA's official biography, Nowak is married with three children. During her 13-day mission in July she operated the robotic arm during three spacewalks.
Oefelein is unmarried. He piloted the space shuttle Discovery in December. He has two children, according to a NASA biography.
Nowak and Oefelein were both first-time fliers during their shuttle missions last year. They trained together but never flew together.
Associated Press writers Kelli Kennedy and Jessica Gresko in Miami contributed to this report.
Copyright 2007, Rocky Mountain News. All Rights Reserved.
URL: http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/nation/article/0,1299,DRMN_16_5331152,00.h tml
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Ntfs_encryption
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Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 1752
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 01:27 pm: |
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WTF???!!! Ya know, I had to check the links to this story to confirm that it actually happened. I still don't believe it!!! This woman was a full bird Navy Captain????? An 0-6 at 43 years of age? That's very impressive! Well, I guess that goes to prove rank and position have nothing to do with insanity.
It's hard t believe a woman with so much going for herself would jeopardize her entire career like this. I could see confronting someone about an individual you were in love with, but all the other trappings of this story are so bizarre! She's TAD with NASA but if those criminal charges are enacted and she is prosecuted, she can kiss her Naval career goodbye. This is a crazy story. I gotta pass it on to some of my military friends. They're probably not going to believe it either.
I heard something about this story on the news but it was so strange and convoluted I didn't really pay any attention to it. It just didn't sound right and for obvious reasons. Damn..!!! Too hard core for me!!
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Libralind2
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Post Number: 572
Registered: 09-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 01:48 pm: |
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It just goes to show you ANYONE can snap..
LiLi |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 7163
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 02:05 pm: |
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Is this woman "spacey", or what? So much for the reliability of NASA's psychological screening process. |
Doberman23
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Post Number: 713
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 02:10 pm: |
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lol cynique!!! i think she just got banged out of this world by that dude and didnt want no one else to have a piece of that ass-tronaught too. |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 7165
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 02:12 pm: |
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Yea, Dobes, he must've taken her over the moon! |
Chrishayden
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Post Number: 3573
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 02:29 pm: |
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She snapped. All that astronaut training, mission training, and she finally gets her some good meat and it drove her crazy.
Any good lawyer will get her probation. |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 3364
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 02:46 pm: |
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I posted about this in the white people are stupid thread last night and was watching her court appearance on CNN this morning. It's really sad that a person who has a job that millions of people aspire to would conduct themselves in such a degrading manner. The judge should have thrown her sorry ass in jail. She doesn't even deserve to be out on bail.
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Chrishayden
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Post Number: 3579
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 02:57 pm: |
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It's really sad that a person who has a job that millions of people aspire to would conduct themselves in such a degrading manner
(It ought to be obvious to anybody, even you, that she couldn't help herself. She snapped. She's a national hero. Risked her life for the nation. They won't do nothing to her) |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 3367
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 2 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 03:15 pm: |
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It's amazing how you always have excuses for people. She's not a national hero, she's a fucking disgrace. Just like you. |
Chrishayden
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Post Number: 3583
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 03:22 pm: |
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It's amazing how you always have excuses for people. She's not a national hero, she's a fucking disgrace. Just like you
(Just wait. After she has been in therapy and found Jesus and done some unselfish act of derring do, everyone will be hailing her and talking about redemption and we won't be able to find you much less get you to repeat what you've said about her) |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 3369
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 03:32 pm: |
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She's being charged with attempted murder now, so unfortunately your scenario isn't going to play out.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/02/06/D8N4BF1G0.html |
Chrishayden
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Post Number: 3586
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 03:48 pm: |
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Prosecutors always overcharge. Them Duke boys was charged with rape a while ago, remember?
They'll pleabargain it down to misdemeanor assault to avoid all the bad publicity.
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Serenasailor
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Username: Serenasailor
Post Number: 1229
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 04:07 pm: |
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NOBODY CARES ABOUT WHITE WOMEN!! THEM ALONG WITH THERE ASSHOLE WHITE HUSBANDS CAN KISS MY BLACK ASS. AND THE REST OF WHITE AMERICA ALSO. PLEASE DON'T START A DISCUSSION BOARD ABOUT THE THEM. THEY ARE NOT SITTING AROUND IN THERE COMMUNITIES WORRYING ABOUT US!! |
Ntfs_encryption
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Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 1755
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 04:39 pm: |
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Makes no sense at all....none!
Lisa Nowak first became interested in the space program when she was five years old, watching the Apollo moon landings and later followed the space shuttle program, particularly the introduction of women astronauts, while she was growing up. She graduated from C.W. Woodward High School in Rockville, Maryland in 1981 and received a BS degree in aerospace engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1985. Nowak received an MS degree in aeronautical engineering and a degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering in 1992 from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
She received her commission from the U.S. Navy in 1985 and became a naval flight officer in 1987. After her postgraduate studies Nowak entered Aerospace Engineering Duty and the U.S. Naval Pilot Test School. She logged over 1,500 hours of flight in over 30 different aircraft during her career in the Navy, eventually obtaining the rank of captain.
Nowak was selected to be an astronaut in 1996 and entered the astronaut corps at Johnson Space Center in August of that year. She qualified as a mission specialist in robotics and went into space July 4, 2006 on the STS-121 mission which included a trip to the International Space Station. Nowak served as mission flight engineer, operated the shuttle's robotic arm during several spacewalks and logged almost 13 days in space.[1] She was the first Italian American woman to go into space and carried a National Organization of Italian American Women gold pin during her flight.
Nowak is married to Richard T. Nowak, a flight controller in Mission Control for the International Space Station, and they have three children, a teenaged son born in 1992 and twin daughters born in 2001.Her hobbies include reading, piano, gardening, and crossword puzzles. She is a Roman Catholic.
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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 3371
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 05:31 pm: |
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One would think that she didn't even have time to worry about men.
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Ntfs_encryption
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Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 1760
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 07:14 pm: |
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"One would think that she didn't even have time to worry about men."
I was thinking the same thing given her impeccable professional accomplishments. I talked to my mom about this story this afternoon. She said she could not believe the impressive achievements of this woman and what she had done over a man. She said it's quite obvious the criminal charges should be dropped and the woman should be temporarily institutionalized for trreatment because it's plan as day this woman has completely lost her mind -she's insane!
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Abm
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Post Number: 8280
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 07:23 pm: |
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Ntfs,
Maybe it's all the astronaut stuff that drove her crazy.
Either that, or that Oefelein done dyckwhipped dat a$$ somethingkindaAWFUL.` |
Ntfs_encryption
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Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 1762
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 07:29 pm: |
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"Either that, or that Oefelein done dyckwhipped dat a$$ somethingkindaAWFUL."
Uhhhhhhh....could be! My mom also mentioned that as a possibility too. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
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Abm
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Username: Abm
Post Number: 8282
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 07:33 pm: |
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Ntfs,
If you can screw an ASTRONAUT into losing it, you're doing some pretty HIGHGRADE BONING. |
Doberman23
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Post Number: 714
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 10:46 pm: |
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i know some dudes who have done much worse over a piece of arse. hell the more i think about it there have actually been wars fought over a piece of ass. i don't know why ya'll are trippin. look at her. she prolly only been with about 2 or 3 dudes in her life. that last one was probably the only one who wasn't a fellow physics nerd but actually knew how to get his bang on. i personally think she should be forgiven, she better be glad she didn't get a piece of soul sausage or she would have really went crazy. |
Cynique
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Post Number: 7186
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 11:06 pm: |
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Maybe when she was in outerspace she became possessed by an alien and she is now on a mission to mate with an earthling so that their offpspring can breed and take over the earth and put an end to colorism and wars and, you know, stuff like that. |
Ntfs_encryption
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Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 1763
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 11:08 pm: |
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"If you can screw an ASTRONAUT into losing it, you're doing some pretty HIGHGRADE BONING."
You know that's right..!!!!!!!!!!
"i personally think she should be forgiven, she better be glad she didn't get a piece of soul sausage or she would have really went crazy."
Ya, know, that's probably true! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
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Brownbeauty123
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Username: Brownbeauty123
Post Number: 1719
Registered: 03-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 11:10 pm: |
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I really don't think the sex was that serious |
Abm
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Post Number: 8285
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 11:11 pm: |
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BB123,
Why?
'Cause sex is really icky? |
Brownbeauty123
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Post Number: 1720
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 11:18 pm: |
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LOL Women just do that type of stuff when they really love somebody. Sex doesn't have to be mindblowing to drive them to do crazy things. |
Ntfs_encryption
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Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 1767
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 11:48 pm: |
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"Sex doesn't have to be mindblowing to drive them to do crazy things."
Uhhhhhhhhh....that's not true...... |
Brownbeauty123
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Post Number: 1721
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 12:00 am: |
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Why not? |
Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 3378
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 12:05 am: |
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Link to the police affidavit:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0206073astronut1.html |
Doberman23
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Post Number: 718
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 05:14 am: |
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she is married with three kids... outstanding! |
Ntfs_encryption
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Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 1769
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 07:49 am: |
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"Why not?"
Because sex must always be mind blowing...... |
Brownbeauty123
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Post Number: 1722
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 11:41 am: |
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"Because sex must always be mind blowing......"
LMAO! Yeah right! |
Ntfs_encryption
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Username: Ntfs_encryption
Post Number: 1770
Registered: 10-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 01:34 pm: |
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Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! |
Misty
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Post Number: 687
Registered: 02-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 04:39 pm: |
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this wasnt so unexpected to me....people do irrational things all the time even the people our society claims are so intelligent and cultured.
just goes to show intelligence and rationality are subjective.
plus it seems that the people with the most are often the craziest and do some of themost bizarre things...its usually just kept more discreet |
Misty
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Post Number: 688
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 04:40 pm: |
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most serial killers and wife sawppers come from well off families |
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