And if the US did what civilised countries have done and legalise prostitution then these women would have been working in clean and safe brothels and would never have been attacked (or perhaps the first person would have been attacked but no others).

Utterly rediculous puritanism coming out the Land of the not very free.

Would legalising prostitution make sex with such species safe?

I got the impression people capable of sinking that low do it for drug money and psychological problems.

It's nice to be in a position where bawdy jokes can be made at their expense. And wasting time policing their desperation as crime is not the answer. But it is a sadly perverted skew on their lives, isnt it?

Too many assumptions my friend. These circumstances aside, people get their kicks in all sorts of ways and it does not follow that those who wish to meet in this way necessarily think of themselves as a) prostitutes or b) are actually meeting with a prostitute.

It doesn't matter what is legalised, people will still crave excitement, risk and even danger and that will never change.

... this killer was tracked through his use of Craigslist.

And the solution...?

Stop women from advertising services on Craigslist!

Wow! That's brilliant!

Don't think about ways of enabling women (and men!) to legally and legitimately advertise services in "the oldest profession", no, just make it *MORE* difficult for them and make them *MORE* vulnerable to nutters :-(