updated: March 22, 2006 - Littlejohn indicted in St. Guillen murderImette St. Guillen was fiendishly raped and murdered in New York City on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2005. The AP Reported:
NEW YORK -- Imette St. Guillen, a graduate student on the dean's list, suffered the sort of gruesome death typically reserved for drug dealers or mobsters who cross the boss. St. Guillen, 24, was raped, strangled and left on the side of a remote road in Brooklyn. Beige packing tape masked her entire face. A sock had been stuffed in her mouth, and her body was wrapped in a floral bedspread. St. Guillen (pronounced GHEE yen) had been set to graduate this semester with a master's degree in forensic psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan. She was on the Graduate Dean's List. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in 2003 as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Ms. St. Guillen came to New York in 2004 after graduating from George Washington University in Washington with a major in criminal justice. A Boston native, she attended the prestigious Boston Latin High School. Her father, Seimundo St. Guillen, who died in 1990, had earned bachelor's and master's degrees in criminal justice. He had worked as an alcohol counselor.
Ms. St. Guillen lived with a roommate, Rebecca Reilly, for two years in a basement apartment on West End Avenue, on the upper West Side of Manhattan. She was a member of the New York City Social Sports Club (NYCSSC) and played dodgeball. St. Guillen had just returned from a Florida vacation when she went out drinking Friday night with her long-time friend Claire Higgins and other friends. The two walked out of the Pioneer Bar, at 218 Bowery, together about 3:20 a.m. Saturday, after Ms. Higgins decided she wanted to go home for the night. A security camera captured footage of the two parting ways outside the bar in the Bowery section where they had spent the past four hours.
Progression of police theories regarding the murder reported by news outlets:
1.Someone she met at the Falls bar abducted her.
2.Ms. Guillen may have been gang raped.
3.Someone was perhaps stalking her. Ms. Guillen's email, background, and former boyfriend (fellow John Jay student Ryan Kocher) were checked.
4.An "evil stranger" accosted her after she left The Falls bar.
5.A fake livery driver picked up St. Guillen.
6.Some person(s) associated with a moving company abducted her.
7.Random act by a serial killer or killers who have committed violence before.
8.Ms. Guillen was possibly abducted by someone working or lurking in or around The Falls Bar, because she doesn't appear on security cameras further down the block after 4 a.m.
9.The Falls bouncer, Darryl Littlejohn, has become the prime suspect in the investigation. Police reportly tipped by the attorney for Danny Dorrian, age 33, brother of the co-owner Michael J. Dorrian.
10.Police suspect an accomplice may have been involved and are questioning other bar patrons and people in Mr. Littlejohn's neighborhood.
What's up with NYPD?-
So the Imette St. Guillen murder investigation has come full circle. It started at The Falls bar and it appears to be ending at The Falls bar. The New York Police Department has some serious explaining to do. How did they miss Darryl Littlejohn in their initial response to the murder? Why did it take a tip from the bartender, Danny Dorrian, to move this case along? Was he initally interviewed? Were all The Falls employees interviewed separately and their statements compared?
Basic police procedure requires that all witnesses give statements. Each witness then has their name, identity, and social security number checked. How did the NYPD and all the manpower they directed at this case miss or ignore Mr. Littlejohn's ex-con/parolee status? Especially given his key position as the bouncer and prime witness in establishing a timeline for Ms. Guillen's movements. This oversight put a lot of people through a week of hell. Hopefully, these questions will be answered and some light will be shed.
1.Someone she met at the Falls bar abducted her.
2.Ms. Guillen may have been gang raped.
3.Someone was perhaps stalking her. Ms. Guillen's email, background, and former boyfriend (fellow John Jay student Ryan Kocher) were checked.
4.An "evil stranger" accosted her after she left The Falls bar.
5.A fake livery driver picked up St. Guillen.
6.Some person(s) associated with a moving company abducted her.
7.Random act by a serial killer or killers who have committed violence before.
8.Ms. Guillen was possibly abducted by someone working or lurking in or around The Falls Bar, because she doesn't appear on security cameras further down the block after 4 a.m.
9.The Falls bouncer, Darryl Littlejohn, has become the prime suspect in the investigation. Police reportly tipped by the attorney for Danny Dorrian, age 33, brother of the co-owner Michael J. Dorrian.
10.Police suspect an accomplice may have been involved and are questioning other bar patrons and people in Mr. Littlejohn's neighborhood.
What's up with NYPD?-
So the Imette St. Guillen murder investigation has come full circle. It started at The Falls bar and it appears to be ending at The Falls bar. The New York Police Department has some serious explaining to do. How did they miss Darryl Littlejohn in their initial response to the murder? Why did it take a tip from the bartender, Danny Dorrian, to move this case along? Was he initally interviewed? Were all The Falls employees interviewed separately and their statements compared?
Basic police procedure requires that all witnesses give statements. Each witness then has their name, identity, and social security number checked. How did the NYPD and all the manpower they directed at this case miss or ignore Mr. Littlejohn's ex-con/parolee status? Especially given his key position as the bouncer and prime witness in establishing a timeline for Ms. Guillen's movements. This oversight put a lot of people through a week of hell. Hopefully, these questions will be answered and some light will be shed.
