Thursday, May 21, 2009

San Jose man sentenced to 169 years to life for Craigslist sex assaults

On May 8th, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Alden Danner sentenced Kamari Nelson of San Jose to 169 years to life for attacking two women who advertised on the erotic services section of Craigslist, a section changed to "adult services" after the recent killings of two women in Boston.

Nelson targeted women who advertised erotic services on Craigslist. Two women testified during the trial that Nelson called them over to his apartment to perform "services" on them, according to District Attorney spokesman Nick Muyo. When the women showed up, they testified that Nelson robbed and sexually assaulted them. Muyo said a third woman reported being sexually assaulted and robbed by Nelson, too, but she committed suicide before she could testify.

Nelson videotaped parts of the assault on one victim, while both women said that he taped them. The perp had a previous assault conviction in 2002.

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