Slog - Comments on WTF? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1 Remember that parolee? That "person of interest"? The sometime Cornish student that the police thought might be the man that murdered Shannon Harps? And wasn't? Well, someone just stabbed him to death. From the Seattle Times: A man who had been identified as a "person of interest" in the New Year's Eve slaying of Shannon Harps was found fatally stabbed early Thursday in North Seattle. The body of William Francis Ball, 29, of Seattle, was found just after midnight in the 10300 block of Greenwood Avenue North. Seattle police said he suffered a single stab wound to the chest. He... Copyright 2008 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:48:15 -0800 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:52:56 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by wiseblood cruel twist of fate or justice? either way it is fucked up.

]]> wiseblood http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945856 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945856 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:53:07 -0800 Comment by Ziggity Justice? For being implicated in a crime he didn't commit? Sure don't smell like justice.

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945859 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945859 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:59:18 -0800 Comment by cubra In anticipation of the wave of antiknife sentiment this will unleash, I'm going to say that we simply need to enforce the knife control laws we already have.

]]> cubra http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945860 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945860 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:01:47 -0800 Comment by HL @ 2: Puh-leaze! The guy had it coming to him...look at his LONG history of violence against women and anyone else he felt he could intimidate. He may not have killed Shannon Harps, but he would probably end up doing something just as heinous at some point, based on his track record.

Someone did us all a favor.

Paul Kersey, are you out there?

]]> HL http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945861 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945861 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:09:12 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe ...whoa.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945865 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945865 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:25:15 -0800 Comment by rtw I think I'm going to have to take a vacation from the news. Too many people getting stabbed. - whether they had it coming or not, jesus christ.

]]> rtw http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945873 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945873 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:35:26 -0800 Comment by K I just realized that I've gotten to the point where I simply cannot keep track of which young cute white city-residing murdered female Slog is posting about from day to day.

In other news, the guy who killed not-young, not-white, not-Seattle-residing murdered female Darrell Miller turned himself in last week.

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945876 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945876 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:40:56 -0800 Comment by bs Dexter did it.

]]> bs http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945878 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945878 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:47:01 -0800 Comment by stinkbug The PI article is much better, if only because it contains this line:

"A man who lived nearby called 911 after hearing what sounded like a body hitting the ground."

How many of you would notice and recognize the sound of a body hitting the ground?!


]]> stinkbug http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945879 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945879 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:48:38 -0800 Comment by blaire with an e Department of Irony

]]> blaire with an e http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945880 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945880 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:49:03 -0800 Comment by Chris Good riddance. He clearly was a waste of life.

]]> Chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945885 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945885 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:55:26 -0800 Comment by Chris @3: Clearly we need some more Knife-Free Zones.

]]> Chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945886 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945886 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:57:38 -0800 Comment by treacle Lame. The death penalty is always wrong, even for psycho assholes who take a life. Better to let justice get served properly and have him spend the rest of his pitiful little life in jail than give him an exit out.

@4, Maybe he didn't deserve to live, and @11, perhaps he was a waste of life, but no-one should be allowed to make that choice for anyone else.

]]> treacle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945889 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945889 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:04:37 -0800 Comment by Kent Cudgel "It's A Wonderful Life" doesn't punch everyone's ticket, right?

]]> Kent Cudgel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945893 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945893 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:11:04 -0800 Comment by mrobvious Maybe not Dexter but a Dexter wannabe?

]]> mrobvious http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945895 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945895 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:20:03 -0800 Comment by Blade Out of curiosity what are our knife control laws? Can someone show me to the right direction? Thanks...

]]> Blade http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945905 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945905 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:33:15 -0800 Comment by chicago matt I hope Benson and Stabler will get to the bottom of this.

]]> chicago matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945923 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945923 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:58:38 -0800 Comment by kerri harrop I am intrigued by his name: Bill Ball.

]]> kerri harrop http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945924 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945924 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:01:55 -0800 Comment by Methuselah The photo of the guy looks exactly like the suspect sketch released after the Capitol Hill stabbing. Its uncanny!

]]> Methuselah http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945925 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945925 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:05:03 -0800 Comment by elenchos Hey! This was already in the Morning News.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945926 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945926 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:07:36 -0800 Comment by Bhagvan When you are ready for enlightenment, knock and the door will be opened.

]]> Bhagvan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945957 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945957 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:23:50 -0800 Comment by Wolf Sad. And scary.

What if this was coincidence?

And...

...what if it wasn't?

Be careful out there. Please.

]]> Wolf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945962 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945962 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:28:46 -0800 Comment by Papayas Treacle @13: I totally agree.

]]> Papayas http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945989 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c945989 News Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:18:06 -0800 Comment by lMSW @13/23 - I don't think its a matter of should decide for other people but rather can with any reasonable amount of accuracy or lack of bias. There are plenty of rabid dogs out there that this society and prison would be better off without. The problem is there will always be mistakes or intentional entrapment. there will be cases without doubt but on a system level it is clear that too many end up on death row who are not guilty. However, my exception would be for war crimes. Heads of state who give the orders, they should swing.

]]> lMSW http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946022 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946022 News Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:28:01 -0800 Comment by laterite Murder is murder, piece of shit or no.

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946028 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946028 News Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:55:01 -0800 Comment by Trial by Slog That guy? Wasn't he the same person the Slog pretty much tried and found guilty when you announced this?

]]> Trial by Slog http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946030 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946030 News Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:10:44 -0800 Comment by Kiru Banzai Did you guys not run an I, Anonymous to this effect?

http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=484213

]]> Kiru Banzai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946034 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946034 News Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:21:11 -0800 Comment by md Something strange is afoot at the Circle K.

]]> md http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946050 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946050 News Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:34:08 -0800 Comment by dan savage cite, 26?

]]> dan savage http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946147 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946147 News Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:35:55 -0800 Comment by treacle @24: Precisely. Should not because we can not.
Personally I'd prefer to see a criminal head of state incarcerated for the rest of hir life, not dead.

]]> treacle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946169 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946169 News Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:48:02 -0800 Comment by croydonfacelift Sounds to me like Seattle's got its own star chamber.

]]> croydonfacelift http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946185 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946185 News Sat, 23 Feb 2008 16:51:40 -0800 Comment by jmh I worked with the guy. His life outside work...I have no idea. But to me he was always a cordial and kind person. It is surreal that this happened. And we all have past mistakes...it sucks that his are the main item in the postings about his death.

]]> jmh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946356 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c946356 News Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:27:35 -0800 Comment by Friend/Wife/Lover/Girlfriend I am glad someone here is posting who used to know Mr. Ball. He was a very good person when not under the the influence of drugs/alcohol. His violent side I knew that too but when not he was one of nicest/honest/charismatic people i will ever know!! I will miss him forever! He will be our Guardian Angel!! I love You Baby!!!!!

]]> Friend/Wife/Lover/Girlfriend http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c948705 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/wtf_1#c948705 News Tue, 26 Feb 2008 20:52:56 -0800