The Dark Side Of Craigslist

In Need Of Babysitter

In 2007, 19-year-old Michael John Anderson posted an ad on Craigslist, posing as a mother who needed a babysitter the next day. Katherine Anne Olson was a 24-year-old college graduate who nannied part time while she tried to pursue a career in acting. Olson responded to Anderson’s ad, not knowing what she was about to get herself into.

She arrived at Anderson’s home the next day and upon meeting him, was led up to his bedroom. She was shot in the back with a .357 magnum, dragged outside, and stuffed into the trunk of Anderson’s car. Anderson drove off and abandoned the car a few blocks away. He took Olson’s cell phone, destroyed it, and wrapped it in a bloody towel before disposing of it in the public trash can. Little did he know, his name was written on the towel and two years later he was sentenced to life in prison.