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Friends and family of a Lawrence murder victim hope to keep her memory alive. On Wednesday, friends and family gathered for a celebration of life to remember Jana Mackey.

By Caroline Trowbridge

July 5, 2008, 1:59 p.m. Updated July 5, 2008, 4:31 p.m.

Adolfo Garcia-Nunez, 5'08", 150 lbs. (Date of photo: 2006)

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The suspect in the death of a 25-year-old Kansas University student has committed suicide while in police custody in New Jersey, according to Lawrence police.

Adolfo Garcia-Nunez, 46, was arrested Friday night in New Jersey, according to Lawrence Police Sgt. Paul Fellers. Fellers said in a news release Saturday afternoon that Garcia-Nunez committed suicide in custody.

Lawrence police traveled to Elizabeth, N.J., where Garcia-Nunez's white Ford F-150 pickup was located unoccupied. Lawrence police received word Saturday morning that Garcia-Nunez took his own life.

"No further information will be available until our investigators return from New Jersey," the release said.

Garcia-Nunez - a Lawrence artist who also went by the name Fito Garche - was suspected in the death of the student, Jana Lynne Mackey. Mackey was a second-year law student at KU from Hays.

Friday night, Lawrence police had issued an arrest warrant charging Garcia-Nunez with second-degree murder.

Mackey's body was found late Thursday night in a home at 409 Mich., where Garcia-Nunez lived. Mackey and Garcia-Nunez had recently broken off a relationship.

After hearing of the arrest and apparent suicide, KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Law School Dean Gail Agrawal issued the following statements.

"The resolution of this tragedy leaves us all stunned. I hope that everyone will remain considerate of the needs of the family and friends of Jana Mackey during this terrible time," Hemenway said. "I thank the Lawrence Police Department as well as other authorities for their efforts in the investigation."

Agrawal said the law school community continues to be grief-stricken by Mackey's death, and remains focused on getting through the tragedy together.

"While we are shocked at recent developments in the investigation, we remain focused on doing all we can to support her family and friends through this terrible time," Agrawal said. "We are making every effort to inform our students, faculty and staff of available counseling and emotional support. Jana was strongly committed to social justice, and in her memory, we hope to inspire others to share her cause."

According to police, about 4:30 p.m. Thursday one of Mackey's friends reported her missing. About two hours later, Mackey's vehicle was found in the parking lot of Lawrence Memorial Hospital. About 11:30 p.m. Thursday, her body was found inside Garcia-Nunez's home, which is near the hospital.

Victim had worked to reduce violence against women (07-05-08)

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5 July 2008
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vavs0929 (Anonymous) says…

this is going to anger a lot of people… no justice for her family. Shouldnt they watch suspects more closely? GRR! How frustrating this must be for those wanting answers.
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esl03 (Anonymous) says…

Well there is an end to the story but we have no REAL answers to what happened- at least not yet if we can get them. I am praying for Jana's family.
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PitBullGrandma (Anonymous) says…

Fabulous. This saves the city and county thousands of dollars in prosecution costs, saves the state millions of dollars in prison costs and justice is done !
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majiktami (Anonymous) says…

I wish I believed in hell.
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doc1 (Anonymous) says…

Maybe somebody from Topeka went to New Jersey and killed him and then made it look like a suicide. Ok seriously though thats too bad he will never suffer. Suicide is too easy.
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srj (Anonymous) says…

A choice many have faced, life in jail or suicide. Sometimes, it's for selfish reasons, sometimes guilt. All that will happen is the LPD will make sure some NJ policemen are slapped on the wrist or fired, and that's it. RIP Miss Mackey.
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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…

I don't think that it is true that the family has not received “justice”.We already know why the killed Jana Mackey; he has a criminal record of being an abusive thug and this tragedy merely represents continuation of that behaviour.Forensics will tell us the how and exactly who did it.He has taken his own life and in a quite timely manner, thank you and there are no appeals so the family need not wait for years and years for the “justice” of our legal system.He has suffered the Death Penalty which our justice system could not have imposed on him as the charge was Second Degree murder; not a capital crime.In any case, he will not abuse, assault or kill again.If there is indeed such a thing as “justice”, I think that it has been served.

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notajayhawk (Anonymous) says…

vavs0929 (Anonymous) says: “this is going to anger a lot of people: no justice for her family.”She's dead. He's dead. Sounds pretty 'just' to me. Seems like complaining that he killed himself instead of the state doing it is more akin to vengeance than justice.
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50YearResident (Anonymous) says…

Hey, If you believe in Hell, he will do his suffering there. How much worse could that be than life in jail? Justice is served.
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vavs0929 (Anonymous) says…

Granted, I would rather see him dead than sitting in a cell the rest of his life, I just think that it will be hard for her family with no answers as to why.. etc… that was my point. :)
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tellthetruth (Anonymous) says…

Anyone know how this scumbag made his way to Lawrence? Lawrence is very inviting to the underbelly of society. We have a reputation for treating the “transient” population very well, so many of these disturbed people flock to Lawrence. Most in this community are unaware that there are an estimated 300 homeless living along the river. Most in this community have also forgotten or are too young to know or remember the homeless man that lived under the bridge and befriended a young boy who he later killed, chopped up and used for fishbait. This town needs to wake up and take a look at who they are inviting into our community. With a population of 300+, many of whom are extremely disturbed and violent, it is only a matter before there is another tragedy in this town.
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Pywacket (Anonymous) says…

He'll never hurt or kill another woman again. We the people will not have to support his worthless carcass in prison for years or decades. His family (unlike many) will never have to show up for the agony of parole hearings and live in fear that he may eventually breathe the sweet air of freedom again. If someone in my family or circle of friends were murdered, this is exactly the justice I would wish on the perpetrator.I'm ordinarily against suicide, but in this case, I only wish he had carried it out before destroying the life of a vibrant, worthwhile human being.
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…

I wish there were some way to hold the KS parole board liable for Miss Macky's violent death! too often offenders are granted parole, and then reoffend. “reoffend,” what a tiddy little term for such a horrible crime. ***okay, no conspiracy theorists that he was killed and it was made to look like suicide? you know, the lawrence chief of police, etc.? nice that there's no conspiracy nut ravings on here! ***marion, I must disagree with you. yes he is dead, and yes I am opposed to our current *endless appeals* justice system. however, a well run trial might have answered some questions, and made public justice. that's supposed to be one of the purposes of our legal system. indeed, he won't abuse another woman again! and young ladies, be careful with a relationship with an older man…Garcia-nunez was about my age. some of my cohort go for younger women because of less-than-honorable motives!
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LadyJ (Anonymous) says…

tellthetruth–––-In the original blog links were posted to the LJW article saying he moved here to be near his then current girlfriend.
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LadyJ (Anonymous) says…

And I do remember the little boy, haven't forgotten, I lived right there and had seen him around. He tried to strike up a friendship with my sons but they knew enough to trust their instints and would have nothing to do with him. Also know that lack of parental supervision didn't help. He had actually become a friend of the family. If I remember it was two days before anyone checked where the kid was.

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LadyJ (Anonymous) says…

And I also seem to remember that he had previously murdered a boy in Texas.
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hilary (Anonymous) says…

totell,I don't think Lawrence “invites” these people as you proposed. Dangerous, disturbed, violent people are everywhere, and this has nothing to do with homelessness, for those of you going there.Rest in peace, Jana.
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scott3460 (Anonymous) says…

bennyoates:Hope you are not serious. The vast majority of these folks belong in institutions where they cannot do injury to others and themselves. Unfortunately, that doesn't fit with the political agendas of certain elements of our society & those institutions have been largely emptied over the last 20 years. We reap what we sow. Use the ballot thoughtfully this Fall!!
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oldvet (Anonymous) says…

good riddance to a piece of trash
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Boston_Corbett (Anonymous) says…

bennyoates: Says it very well @ 4:04.
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esl03 (Anonymous) says…

What is the story about the little boy? I must be too young to have heard of it. Sorry to get off subject…
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…

I once lost a sister, and we never knew all the details of who might have been around, or might have helped but feared getting caught, etc. It wasn't a violent death, overdose, but still there were questions. Honestly, no one really dwelt on the little issues. We knew what had killed her, and we were able to bury her.I lost a child, and we never new the details of what killed her for a year. We knew it must have been 'this', but didn't know exactly what until a year passed and someone told us. There were some questions, but not enough for us obsess about, just the shock and pain of the death overwhelms most everything.This is good that so-to-speak..it's over. A motive has been established, I believe that will do. They have the privilege of knowing where she is at, not missing.They have the great privilege of knowing he can hurt no one else. So many don't get that. They are spared years of hell waiting and cooperating with the legal system. The horror of watching him in a court room thinking, he's still able to live and breathe…Now the poor family can continue their tragic course more privately, naturally.If someone can figure out a scholarship fund in her name, attached to the causes and education she so enjoyed, it would be a great tribute to her life.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…

Forgot.House-Google map at 424 S. Michigan.Truck included.

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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…

Hays online news doesn't post his suicide yet.
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blondish (Anonymous) says…

The family asks that in lieu of flowers, please contribute to:Jana Mackey Support for Public Advocacy Fundc/o Dean of LawGreen Hall1535 W. 15th St.Lawrence, KS 66045
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…

scott####:your history is weak, it was *liberal dogooders* who had a humanitarian campaign to empty out the longterm mental hospitals, look back a few decades. they automatically assumed that the people in those facilities were being abused just because they were in there. then thorazine came along, and effectively made the fences taller around these facilities. that outraged some of the humanitarians more. so, was a man better off in a longterm facility, looked after, medicated, fed, cleaned, etc.. or, better dumped out on the street. and before you start to claim that being a conservative, i don't know what I'm talking about: I did volunteer work *in a longterm facility* in the early '80s, as some of this movement was taking hold. as a volunteer, i worked directly with schizophrenics (the largest number); dementia patients; and patients with other psychoses. we do need to return to having more state hospitals, and private hospitals, for the longterm mentally ill. ***Garcia-nunez wasn't homeless! 'Tellthetruth' did you even read any of the articles…or was that something you thought unnecessary for your *rant*!?
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phoenixforce (Anonymous) says…

Does Lawrence lose its mind and kill people left and right every summer, or is this just a really strange year? I've never been around in the summer.
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…

Multi:I think that's the wrong address.***oh, just to finish previous post:there's been no reference to Garcia-Nunez having any kind of mental health care history at all. obviously, while in the Pen, he needed advanced anger management work if he was going to be safe when released. did he get any? and, shouldn't we hold the parole board liable for this?
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scott3460 (Anonymous) says…

I stand by my history, bearded. There were also do-gooders who wanted to mainstream the mentally ill to the largest degree possible, and that, no doubt, contributed to the problem in some way, but that contribution is dwarfed by the decision made by Reagan and his backers to defund these institutions and open the doors for the truely deranged to afflict us on the streets of our towns and cities. That point is simply not arguable.
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misslawrence (Anonymous) says…

The Topeka thing is getting realllllllllllllllllllllllly old…………come up with some more or other material…next!!!!!!!!!!
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…

gnome,Google maps.1, if someone types in 409 Michigan, they are shown an address north of the turnpike. This house involved is just S of 4th street.The google maps street view also doesn't show most any address correctly. They kind of break up a block as though there were a max of 100 addresses. a 50 gets you half way down the block. For instance in Lawrence. On many blocks, the last house on the block is a 45, but on Google, the same house would show up as 90 or so.So people have to know what the house looks like. In this case we have a picture. I googled it, noted the address that appears at the top of the “street view” window for this house, and brought it here to help folks.Google has a page for people to go to correct their address on their site.

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iLikelawrence (Anonymous) says…

There was a dog at the house that was there Tuesday and I haven't seen it since.
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Fatty_McButterpants (Anonymous) says…

Bennyoates said: “What this Mackey murder case boils down to is that we coddle the homeless too much.”I'm sorry, I miss the relevance of homeless people in our community, and how those people are treated while here, has anything to do with this murder. She was a law student. He was an artist. Neither one was homeless. Quit using any crime you can find to turn it into a rallying cry against the homeless.
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LadyJ (Anonymous) says…

esl03–-Do a search on the name Richard Settlemyre on the LJW. Unfortunately it will only go back on stories until Oct 20, 1989 and not back to the time of the murder July 12, 1988. You can read the trial stories that are between Nov. 11th to the 18th. When you read the parent's testimony it is not the same as their statements given at the time, it actually changes quite a bit, thus my previous remarks. In fact in the original story the parents were separated, and she was going out of town. She left, the dad came later to care for the kids. Says Richard didn't come home and he thought the mother had given him permission to spend the night somewhere. Mom is coming back so dad leaves. Mom gets home, Richard isn't around and says she figured dad had given him permission to stay overnight a someone's house so didn't worry about it and didn't check with the father and thus didn't report him missing. Be advised it is graphic and very upsetting. The part about the murder committed by the killer when he was 15 appears in the May 21, 2003 story. Believe me, it's not something you forget.
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esl03 (Anonymous) says…

Thank you for the information LadyJ. I like to keep up with stories and understand what people are talking about.
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…

thanks for reposting my post! apparently, you must've thought it worth repeating, I'm flattered.
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…

Take the link below, you'll find dozens of scholarly articles, and other google webfinds, illustrating how this “humanitarian” movement to release the mentally ill from institutions started 20 years before Reagan! Put away your biases, you are proven wrong Scott%%%%. This is also what my profs taught in undergrad/grad school. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&am… one of them:”With the “deinstitutionalization” effort that began in the 1960s, hundreds of thousands of mentally ill men and women were released from state institutions.These people escaped grim conditions and sometimes brutal treatment. They largely did not, however, obtain proper care after their release. Rather thanreceiving continuing mental health treatment, thousands of mentally ill people were released to communities that had made little or no accommodation fortheir care.While states cut funding for mental hospitals, they have not made commensurate increases in their budgets for community-based mental health services. Chronicallyunderfunded, the country's mental health system does not reach anywhere near the number of people who need it today.”—note, this also indites Clintonia, GHWB, Carter:in the failure to provide sufficient funds for states/communities to care for those deinstitutionalized. I will also add that frequently, deinstitutionalization caused many to be pushed out the door who couldn't be properly out of an institution, no matter how well funding was provided! So put it away Scott@@@@, you've just been fried.
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FlintHawk (Anonymous) says…

Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says:Forgot.House-Google map at 424 S. Michigan.Truck included–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—Multid, I think that's simply an AT&T truck, like the one parked on the street. Looks as if it has a logo on the door.fwiw
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bearded_gnome (Anonymous) says…

I've been gently reminded I need to elaborate on that post that SM so graciously reposted:to hold the parole board liable: can we for example impeach them? can we apply some pressure on the Governor to change how they do business, since they obviously aren't considering our safety? and as to his getting mental health care, I was more responding to the above/homeless comments. I had thought that if a judge ordered anger management Garcia-nunez would've gotten it. maybe not. but, as i said, there's no indication this guy had any mental health history.

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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…

Spiderman:Let be be perfectly clear on this matter; I am *NOT* opposed to our appeals system!Take away the right of appeal from one and you take it away from all, including yourself and recent news has shown just how many erroneous convictions there really are out there.As far as a public trial goes, the guy would most likley have plead out and as yo know, Branson is famous for pleas, not that pleas are bad things but I seriously doubt that a trial would have ensued.As far as the fact that he killed himsel; I cannot say that I wish death on no one; to say that would be a lie although I am opposed to capital punishment simply as a practical issue.It costs less to lock'em up for life than it does to execute them and if we kill them, we lose the opportunity to study them and figure out what makes them tick.The taking of a life is a thing which must be carefully considered or realised at the moment that it is the only and safest course of action for the innocents.Am I sorry that he did it?No, I'm not and have no shame is so stating.By the way, I was acquainted with the guy and steered clear of him.By his own choice, he will not abuse again, he will not batter again and he will not kill again and I feel no sympathy for him at all.There will be those who will now come out and tell us what a tortured soul was “Fito” or “Adolfo” or “Cubanito” or “Crapart” or whatever name he was using this week.You know what?I don't care.I don't care how “tortured”, “disenfranchised”, “persecuted” or otherwise messed with by the Game of Life.Had he been brought back to Lawrence, a deal would have been struck and sooner or later the guy would have been back on the streets.Warren Zevon described this guy and others like him in the song, “Excitable Boy”.Again, at the risk of experiencing the Heavy Hammer of “Staff”, you'll see what I mean when you go here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb2UvzNx2Sw&feature=related
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OldEnuf2BYurDad (Anonymous) says…

“Ok seriously though thats too bad he will never suffer. Suicide is too easy.”Well, I'm guessing he's been suffering ever since he did it. He's a “recovered” perpetrator of domestic violence and he kills his love - an advocate for victims of domestic violence. He was in a deep hell, I'm guessing, which is why he decided to end it all. He may not have suffered as much as some of us would have wanted, but I'm sure he died in a lot of anguish.
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hairshoptalk (Anonymous) says…

this man had a history of violence and he obviously wasn't in his right mind. it is a tragedy what happen to Jana, but this is one less crazy person sitting in jail while we pay for him to live!
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lostintranslation (Anonymous) says…

He hanged himself in his cell. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008…
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hairshoptalk (Anonymous) says…

did he confess or comment on the murder before he hanged himself???
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ASBESTOS (Anonymous) says…

“He was in a deep hell, I'm guessing, which is why he decided to end it all. He may not have suffered as much as some of us would have wanted, but I'm sure he died in a lot of anguish.”Sorry to be so “unfeeling” but I really don't care what he “felt”! I do care a great deal however how the woan he killed felt, and how her family and friends are “feeling' and my heart goes out to them. This filth, should have been taken care of earlier, and I am finding out he has an explozive temper, and was pretty domineering, and the picture that is becoming clear is that this was “no nice guy”.So if you are more concerned with this dirtbag's feelings, you have misplaced your moral center. The victims are the woman from Hays and her family, not the scumbag that fled to NJ immediately after he apparently murdered her.
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Marion (Marion Lynn) says…

Without the “drop”, hanging is a slow way to go.
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toe (Anonymous) says…

As this girl found out, you cannot reform evil. What a sad end.

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M_Partial_Partisan (Anonymous) says…

hairshoptalk-“this man had a history of violence and he obviously wasn't in his right mind. it is a tragedy what happen to Jana, but this is one less crazy person sitting in jail while we pay for him to live!” I agree. He was pretty much a waste of space and we didn't need him taking up air in the already overcrowded prisons, waiting for his parole. He was certainly not going to get the death penalty, and when he got out he probably would have killed someone else. So i think everything worked out great.
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just_another_bozo_on_this_bus (Anonymous) says…

Looks like there might be some sort of admission of vigilante justice in this case.http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/man_arrested_in_kansas_law_stu.html#1174642
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…

Marion (Marion Lynn) says: Without the “drop”, hanging is a slow way to go.–According to the recent trend in hanging in the UK, the articles warn kids and adults that even 'cry for help' hanging can be lethal, as a person can pass out in 30 seconds making it impossible to intervene their actions.They've got children hanging themselves simply because they got in trouble and couldn't play video games that night.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…

FlintHawk (Anonymous) says: Multid, I think that's simply an AT&T truck, like the one parked on the street. Looks as if it has a logo on the door.fwiw–-I had thought about that, but no comprendo..the brain totally missed the orange cone sitting right by the truck in the driveway!! Old eye's couldn't see the logo.Jeez.Now the old brain has to go look up fwiw..lol
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KansasKel (Anonymous) says…

I am kinda freaked out right now because I looked for this guy's myspace page and realized he sent me a friend request on June 19th! (I did not accept it.)My condolences to Miss Mackey's family.
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reason (Anonymous) says…

I didnt know who Jana was but i feel for her family and friends and as far as the scum bag that did this—my hats off to the new jersey police—you gave him enough rope to hang himself—at least we know now that we dont have to worry about the court here letting him off after we spend thousands in tax dollars to put him away for the scum bag to get out and kill another innocent victim,
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LadyJ (Anonymous) says…

Posted in the New Jersey newspaperPosted by jersey10006 on 07/06/08 at 7:39AMDear Kansas taxpayers,We just saved you all (youse in jersey speak) $25,000 a year in prison costs. Don't forget to send us a thank you card.