Jezebel: emily sander

As Another Woman Goes Missing, Two Others Get Justice

Jessica — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:20:00 EST

Another day, another slew of stories about missing white women. 21-year-old Leah Hickman, a student at Marshall University in West Virginia, has been missing since Saturday night. There are no leads in her disappearance, and her friends have created a Facebook page to help aid in the search for her. Her absence was noted when she missed her shift at Dress Barn on Saturday. (I am desperately trying to keep myself from making a joke about how she probably ran away to avoid another Saturday night at the Barn of Dresses, but I'm too classy for that.) In other news, an arrest has finally been made in the murder of Emily Sander. Emily's original disappearance received a lot of salacious press because of her foray into internet nudie pics. Israel Mireles, with whom Emily left a bar on the night of her death, is now in police custody.

And lastly, police officer Bobby Cutts, who has been in jail for the murder of his pregnant girlfriend Jessie Davis, admitted to killing her. Though Cutts originally plead not guilty, he confessed the murder to his high school friend, Myisha Ferrell. Ferrell has agreed to testify against Cutts. Jessie Davis was nearly nine months pregnant when she was killed.

Student's Disappearance Baffles Family, Friends [ABC News]
Arrest in Student-Porn Actress' Death [Breitbart]
Cop Admits to Killing Pregnant Girlfriend [ABC News]

Earlier: Missing Porn Star Wasn't Even A Porn Star
Men Like Bobby Cutts Are More Common Than You'd Think

Two Missing Women Found Too Late

Slut Machine — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:45:00 EST

There are some sad endings today for the stories of two separate missing women. 20-year-old Mississippi college student Latasha Norman — who had been missing since Nov. 13 — was found yesterday, after her ex-boyfriend led cops to her decomposing body. Her ex, Stanley Dwayne Cole, has been charged with murder. Also yesterday: the body of 18-year-old Emily Sander — the missing college student whose case gained national attention because of her "secret double life" modeling nude on the internet as Zoey Zane — was found in Kansas. The disappearance of Latasha Norman — a black woman — didn't receive nearly as much media attention as that of Sander or Stacy Peterson — both white — and Police Chief Malcolm McMillin, who's been heading up Norman's investigation thinks he knows why: "As far as the interest by the national media in the story, I think race probably had an impact."

Miss. Student's Body Found; Ex Charged [CBS News]
Police: Body Found Appears To Be Missing Porn Star [CNN]
Earlier: Missing Teenager Is Also Internet Porn Phenomenon
Related: Missing Woman Coverage A Black And White Issue? [ABC News]

Missing Teenager Is Also Internet Porn Phenomenon

Jessica — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:30:00 EST

In a story that's sure to be poached for an upcoming episode of Law and Order SVU, missing Kansas teen Emily Sander has been outed as internet porn star Zoey Zane. On her website (which seems to have been taken down), Emily/Zoey describes herself as a "a spunky little teen with a super sexy side," who started shooting homemade porn "as soon as I turned 18." Emily was last seen this past Friday, clad in a "Don't Mess With Texas" t-shirt and leaving a bar near her school with Israel Mireles, whom she had just met that evening. According to the AP, Mireles' motel room was searched the next day, and it was "found to appear in great disarray, and a large quantity of blood was found in the room...Bed clothing was found to be missing. The police were called."

When Emily first started out as Zoey Zane, only her close friends knew about her alter ego, but over Thanksgiving she broke the news to her parents. Her boyfriend broke up with her when she told him she as doing porn, and her grandmother, Shirley Sander, was predictably outraged, telling reporters, "We have never heard anything like this and truthfully I don't believe it."

Zoey's emergence on the DIY-porn scene was not unnoticed. On October 31st, our brother site Fleshbot featured Zoey in a Halloween-themed striptease (link NSFW) with a couple of friends dressed (and undressed) as characters from the Wizard of Oz, and her likeness was featured on several other porn-centric sites. Authorities are investigating to see if there is any link between Zoey's semi-secret career and her disappearance.

Missing Girl A 'Porn Star' [NY Post]
Missing Student Led Double Life As Porn Star [MSNBC]
By Request: Zoey Zane's Halloween Striptease [Fleshbot, NSFW]