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live4rm52o

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yea obviously looks can be deceiving... look at all the popular serial killers, i was just making the comment; kid looks like a bitch... and its really annoying how the media always loves to play the music influences people to kill or do dumb shit, that subject has been played out to death over the years now and is geting really redundant.
 
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http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/local/crime/article/FARM21_20090920-223409/294416/

By Reed Williams

Published: September 21, 2009
RELATED
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Investigators are trying to determine whether a suspect's fascination with violent rap lyrics fueled the killings of four people found dead in a Longwood University professor's home.

Farmville police said the victims, which include a Presbyterian minister, might have been killed on different days, although authorities still were awaiting completion of autopsies. The bodies were found in different parts of the house.

On Saturday, police captured Richard Samuel Alden McCroskey III at Richmond International Airport as he was waiting for a flight to California, where he lives. That was one day after police found the bodies in the Farmville home of professor Debra S. Kelley, and her daughter, Emma Niederbrock.

The only victim police are identifying is Kelley's husband, Mark Niederbrock, the pastor at Walker's Presbyterian Church in Hixburg in Appomattox County. Authorities have identified the three others only as females, and they are not discussing how the victims were killed. Friends and associates identified the females as Kelley, Emma Niederbrock and Melanie Wells, a friend of Emma's visiting from West Virginia.

Today, McCroskey has an initial court hearing in Prince Edward County General District Court. He is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Mark Niederbrock, robbery and grand larceny in the theft of Niederbrock's car.

McCroskey, 20, of Castro Valley, Calif., rapped about killing people, although police say the deaths did not exactly match the lyrics in his songs.

People who know McCroskey described him as him as a fan and promoter of the "horrorcore" genre, which is hip-hop music accompanied by violent lyrics, but they said they did not believe he was violent.

Wade Stimpson, acting chief of the Farmville Police Department, said it is possible the victims died at different times.

Rebecca Stratton, treasurer of Walker's Presbyterian, said she spoke with Niederbrock by phone Thursday afternoon and that he said he was headed to Richmond for a meeting. He and Kelley were separated.

Farmville police say they found the bodies after an officer smelled what he thought was an odor of human decay on Friday about 3:10 p.m. at Kelley's home at 505 First Ave.

At normal room temperature, a body would not start to smell until about 48 hours after death, suggesting that at least one of the victims died Wednesday or earlier, said Dr. Marcella Fierro, a retired former chief state medical examiner.

"The father would not have been dead at the time the others were," Fierro said.

Stimpson said officers initially discovered three bodies in the house and then left to get a search warrant before returning and finding the fourth. "It wasn't in the same place that the other bodies were," he said, declining to elaborate.

Police say they encountered McCroskey at the home Thursday when they went to check on a visiting West Virginia teenager at the request of her mother. McCroskey told police she was at the movies. They found the bodies when police returned to check on her the next day.

Investigators say McCroskey acted alone in the killings.

Police said McCroskey wrecked Niederbrock's car sometime early Friday, received a ride to Sheetz on South Main Street in Farmville and arrived at Richmond International by taxi. He was captured Saturday sleeping in a baggage-claim area waiting for a flight back to California.

One song attributed to McCroskey on one of his MySpace pages discusses committing murder in a rage, trying to get rid of the remains and driving a stolen vehicle.

"This thing is not playing out exactly like the song was," Stimpson said. "It's ironic that he writes lyrics like this. . . . The fact that he's talking about killing people -- that's close enough to make us interested."

A friend who owns a small, independent record label that specializes in horrorcore confirmed that the site and the songs were McCroskey's. Andres Shrim, who owns Serial Killin Records in New Mexico, said others shouldn't judge McCroskey by what they see on his Web site or hear in his music.

Describing McCroskey as a "great kid," Shrim said he has known him for at least two years and that he last saw McCroskey on Sept. 12 at an all-day music festival in Southgate, Mich.

"You would never, ever imagine that kid even being a suspect," Shrim said. "If he is found to be guilty, I would be 100 percent shocked."

Shrim said performers and fans shouldn't be labeled violent, even though horrorcore focuses on murder and other morbid subjects.

"People get the impression we're these twisted, sick individuals and we don't have hearts and we just want to talk about murder and the devil," said Shrim, who performs under the name SickTanicK. "But we just want to express that other side of life."

One of McCroskey's MySpace pages lists Mars, a horrorcore artist whose real name is Mario Delgado, as one of his favorite artists. Delgado said yesterday that he has seen McCroskey at some of his shows and signed autographs for him.

Delgado, who raps about raping and killing people, said he does not condone murder but also said he believes his lyrics might have influenced McCroskey. Delgado said a Farmville investigator called him yesterday to discuss that angle.

"If the wrong kind of kid gets ahold of this music and takes it the wrong way," Delgado said, "then it could be a dangerous thing."

Delgado has been connected with violent events before. Jeff Weise, a gunman who killed nine students and himself at Red Lake High School in Minnesota in 2005, is said to have listened to Mars.

Amber Edwards, 18, of Indiana described herself as a close online friend of McCroskey and said she also was in touch with Emma Niederbrock.

She said McCroskey, whom she knew as Sam, contacted her this month and wrote that he was leaving Sept. 7 or 8 to fly to Virginia to visit Niederbrock and the teenager who was visiting from West Virginia. The three attended the music festival Sept. 12 in Michigan, Edwards said.

Before he left, McCroskey wrote her that he was afraid the plane would crash on the way to Virginia. "Nobody ever pictured Sam to do anything like this," she said.

McCroskey's sister, reached by phone yesterday, said, "I'm not answering any questions," before the line went dead.

McCroskey had no adult criminal record in Alameda County, Calif., which includes Castro Valley, according to Lt. Dave Alvey of the Alameda Sheriff's Office.

On Sept. 2, though, someone named Sam McCroskey called police at 1:41 a.m. to report that his sister had friends at the home and they were making too much noise, Alvey said.

Yesterday, McCroskey's father called the Sheriff's Office on his way home and requested a police escort because he had heard that reporters were waiting outside, Alvey said. The Sheriff's Office declined.

The phone number to the home is unlisted, and McCroskey's parents could not be reached for comment.
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EastBayDen

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On his myspace page some girl was saying cant wait until you get to Virginia, she was killed too !...Jesus made him do it? too bad he did not say the devil made me do it! maybe to cliche

from Virginia paper:


Published: September 20, 2009

RELATED
• Suspect arrested in four Farmville slayings

• Longwood professor 'loved her work'

• Map of Farmville, murder site

• Suspect may have been in contact via Internet with professor’s daughter

The suspect in the slayings of four people in Farmville may have been in Internet communication with the daughter of the Longwood University professor who lived at the home where the bodies were found.

Richard Samuel Alden McCroskey III keeps two MySpace pages -- one where he goes by the name "Lildemondog" that is for his personal use, the other to promote his music under the stage name "Syko Sam."

Wade Stimpson, acting chief of the Farmville Police Department yesterday confirmed that McCroskey used the name Syko Sam and said he had also heard that the suspect used the name Lildemondog.

His personal page, which lists his status as "out of town," has a black background and in large letters at the top reads "I'm different. I've seen the dead come alive." The last login to the account was Friday, according to the date stamp.

Emma Niederbrock, daughter of associate professor Debra S. Kelley and the Rev. Mark Niederbrock, went by the name RagDoll on MySpace. Her page is set to private, so details weren't available, but she frequently left messages on McCroskey's personal page. Though she doesn't use her name on her MySpace page, friends posted messages throughout the day yesterday mourning Emma's death.

On Sept. 7, the last message she wrote on McCroskey's page, she wrote: "Awwwwwwwwwwwwwe baby the next time you check your myspace, YOULL BE AT MY HOUSE! I cant waiiiit to see you baby its like 6:17AM, and ive been up since 4ish filled with uber amounts of excitement . . . i love you sooo SO much baby; forever and for always."

McCroskey writes that he's 20, from Castro Valley, Calif.; is single and has a high school education. He's 5-foot-9, with an average build and red hair.

The site includes 65 photos from a two-week trip to Washington state in early June, including pictures of McCroskey drinking a 40-ounce beer and references to him "defiling graves" with friends.

He includes on the page "Fun Facts of the Sam: I am.. the Sam, a Web designer, a graphic designer, a musician, a photographer, a gamer, a promoter, a juggalo. I am not.. a creeper, a stalker, a rapist, a serial killer, a zombie . . .

McCroskey also lists himself as promoter for Wicked Intent Records and Serial Killin Records. "I'm a Nerd, a Gamer, a Musician and a Awesome person. I love music, Its one of my passions."

On his other MySpace page, where he goes by the stage name "Syko Sam," he describes his music career: "Syko Sam is a new musician (sic) in the underground and only been rapping for a few months now. As a new artist I feel that I already have some talent in this scene but will only get better as time will do its job."

The songs posted on the site have names such as "Murderous Rage," "Creatures of the Darkness" and "Sick Minds Think Alike."

Yesterday afternoon, someone posted a public statement about the Farmville slayings -- including the victims' names and MySpace identities -- on the Web site for Wicked Intent Records and on KillMusick.com, which sells music, clothes, posters and other items.

The statement says the killings occurred shortly after an all-day music festival Sept. 12 called "Strictly for the Wicked 2009," which was held in Southgate, Mich. That event was hosted by KillMusick.com and Serial Killin Records, the company that McCroskey said he did promotions work for.

"We would like to firstly and most importantly send out deepest regards, respects, and condolences to all the families involved," the statement reads. "This was as much of a shock to us, as were (sic) sure it has been to everyone else involved, and this tragedy will forever impact the rest of our lives as we are sure it has impacted yours."

Dozens of comments were posted online yesterday in response to the statement on the Wicked Intent Records and KillMusick.com sites, including some from people who said they had hung out with two of the victims and the suspect at the Michigan music festival.
 
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yahoo front page had a longer version

Published: September 21, 2009
RELATED

• Appomattox church fondly recalls slain pastor

• Suspect arrested in four Farmville slayings

• Longwood professor ‘loved her work’

• Map of Farmville, murder site

• Suspect may have been in contact via Internet with professor’s daughter


IInvestigators are trying to determine whether a suspect’s fascination with violent rap lyrics fueled the killings of four people found dead in a Longwood University professor’s home.

Farmville police said the victims, which include a church pastor, might have been killed on different days, although authorities still were awaiting the completion of autopsies. One of the bodies was found in a different part of the house.

On Saturday, police captured Richard Samuel Alden McCroskey III at Richmond International Airport as he was waiting for a flight home to California. That was one day after police found the bodies in the Farmville home of professor Debra S. Kelley.

Investigators say McCroskey acted alone.

The only victim police are identifying is Kelley’s husband, Mark Niederbrock, the pastor at Walker’s Presbyterian Church in Appomattox County. Authorities have identified the three others only as females, and they are not discussing how the victims were killed. Friends and associates identified the females as Kelley, her daughter, Emma Niederbrock, and Melanie Wells, a friend of Emma’s visiting from West Virginia.

Today, McCroskey has an initial court hearing in Prince Edward County General District Court. He is charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of Mark Niederbrock, robbery of money from Niederbrock’s wallet and grand larceny in the theft of Niederbrock’s car, police said.

McCroskey, 20, of Castro Valley, Calif., rapped about killing people, although police say the deaths did not necessarily match the lyrics in his songs.

On one of his MySpace Web pages, McCroskey promoted his music under the stage name “Syko Sam.” Both of his MySpace pages were deactivated last night.

People who know McCroskey described him as a fan and promoter of the “horrorcore” genre, which is hip-hop music accompanied by violent lyrics, but they said they did not believe he was violent.

Wade Stimpson, acting chief of the Farmville Police Department, said it is possible the victims died at different times.

Rebecca Stratton, the treasurer of Walker’s Presbyterian, said she spoke with Niederbrock by phone Thursday afternoon and he said he was headed to Richmond for a meeting. He and Kelley were separated.

Farmville police say they found the bodies after an officer smelled what he thought was an odor of human decay about 3:10 p.m. on Friday at Kelley’s home at 505 First Ave.

At normal room temperature, a body would not start to smell until about 48 hours after death, suggesting that at least one of the victims died Wednesday or earlier, said Dr. Marcella Fierro, a retired former chief medical examiner for the state.

“The father would not have been dead at the time the others were,” Fierro said.

Stimpson said officers initially discovered three bodies in the house, then left to get a search warrant before returning and finding the fourth. “It wasn’t in the same place that the other bodies were,” he said, declining to elaborate.

Police say they encountered McCroskey at the home Thursday when they went to check on a visiting West Virginia teenager at the request of her mother. McCroskey told police she was at the movies. They found the bodies when police returned to check on her the next day.

Police said McCroskey wrecked Niederbrock’s car sometime early Friday morning, received a ride to Sheetz on South Main Street in Farmville and arrived at Richmond International by taxi. He was captured Saturday sleeping in a baggage-claim area waiting for a flight back to California.

One song attributed to McCroskey on one of his MySpace pages discusses committing murder in a rage, trying to get rid of the remains and driving a stolen vehicle.

“This thing is not playing out exactly like the song was,” Stimpson said. “It’s ironic that he writes lyrics like this. .¤.¤. The fact that he’s talking about killing people — that’s close enough to make us interested.”

Andres Shrim, a friend who owns a record label that specializes in horrorcore, described McCroskey as a nice, intelligent “good kid.” Shrim said he doesn’t believe McCroskey is guilty.

He said he saw McCroskey on Sept. 12 at a music festival in Southgate, Mich.

If, however, it turns out he committed the killings, “it had absolutely nothing to do with his music, my music or with horrorcore in general,” said Shrim, owner of Serial Killin Records in New Mexico. “He made that decision on his own.”

He said that listening to horrorcore is “no different that turning on the news.”

Phil Chalmers, who wrote the book “Inside the Mind of a Teen Killer,” said he interviewed 200 people who killed when they were juveniles and that a leading cause for the violence was a fascination with violent entertainment.

Chalmers said at least 20 homicide cases in America were tied to horrorcore. He said the genre provides a sense of community for outcasts, sometimes giving them the courage to carry out violent fantasies.

“You kind of throw gasoline on the fire,” Chalmers said.

One of McCroskey’s MySpace pages listed Mars, a horrorcore artist whose real name is Mario Delgado, as one of his favorite artists. Delgado said yesterday that he has seen McCroskey at some of his shows and signed autographs for him.

Delgado, who raps about rape and murder, said he does not condone murder but said he believes his lyrics might have influenced McCroskey. Delgado said a Farmville investigator called him yesterday to discuss that angle.

“If the wrong kind of kid gets ahold of this music and takes it the wrong way,” Delgado said, “then it could be a dangerous thing.”

Delgado has been connected with violent events before. Jeff Weise, a gunman who killed seven people and himself at Red Lake High School in Minnesota in 2005, is said to have listened to Mars.

Amber Edwards, 18, of Indiana described herself as a close online friend of McCroskey and said she also was in touch with Emma Niederbrock.

She said McCroskey, whom she knew as Sam, contacted her this month and wrote that he was leaving Sept. 7 or 8 to fly to Virginia to visit Emma Niederbrock and the teenager who was visiting from West Virginia. The three attended the music festival Sept. 12 in Michigan, Edwards said.

Before he left, McCroskey wrote her that he was afraid the plane would crash on the way to Virginia. “Nobody ever pictured Sam to do anything like this,” she said.

McCroskey’s sister, reached by phone yesterday, said, “I’m not answering any questions,” before the line went dead.

McCroskey had no adult criminal record in Alameda County, Calif., which includes Castro Valley, according to Lt. Dave Alvey of the Alameda Sheriff’s Office.

On Sept. 2, though, someone named Sam McCroskey called police at 1:41 a.m. to report that his sister had friends at the home and they were making too much noise, Alvey said.

Yesterday, McCroskey’s father called the Sheriff’s Office on his way home and requested a police escort because he had heard that reporters were waiting outside, Alvey said. The Sheriff’s Office declined.

The phone number to the home is unlisted, and McCroskey’s parents could not be reached for comment.

Contact Reed Williams at (804) 649-6332 or [email protected] .)

(Staff writer Louis Llovio contributed to this report.)
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