Serial Killer: Daniel Messel convicted of murder IU student Hannah Wilson most likely linked to missing IU student Lauren Spierer.

14 YEARS AGO ON JUNE 3rd 2011 LAUREN SPIERER DISAPPEARED FROM IU CAMPUS. Mothers of Hannah Wilson and Lauren Spierer believe convicted killer Daniel Messel could be tied to more unsolved cases. Serial Killer: Daniel Messel convicted of murder IU student Hannah Wilson possible link to missing IU student Lauren Spierer. Daniel Messel is a Serial Rapist who may very well be a Serial Killer, he preyed on young female IU college students who had been out partying and intoxicated in Bloomington IN. 

Apr 24, 2018 BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The man convicted of killing Indiana University student Hannah Wilson in 2015 has been sentenced for an unrelated attack on an IU student in 2012. Daniel Messel was sentenced to 15 years for the attack on a 22-year-old IU student that occurred Sept. 1, 2012. According to court documents, the victim came into contact with Messel, who then forced her into a secluded parking lot and into a vehicle. She was then driven to Griffy Lake, where she was allegedly beaten and sexually assaulted. The student managed to walk to a nearby home to ask for help and was transported to a hospital.  

It appears that Daniel Messel's favorite haunt for hunting young inebriated IU females was Kilroy's Sports Bar. Records indicate that Daniel Edward Messel, DOB Aug 7th, 1965, age 60, has been convicted of one murder, one rape and one attempted rape, how many other unsolved cases are there near the IU campus that could have originated at Kilroy's Sports Bar? For Daniel Messel, the murder conviction of Hannah Wilson ads to decades of violent behavior frequently against women that stretches back into the 1980s and landed David Messel in county jail and state prison. 

ZONE OF DANGER: Daniel Messel demonstrated a modus operandi (MO) of harassment and assault from as far west as Walnut Street to as far east as Dunn Street, and from as for North as 10th Street to as far south as Kirkwood Street. Brown County Prosecutor Ted Adams labeled this areas as Daniel Messel's zone of danger where the hunter hunted young females. Both of Kilroy's 2 Sports Bars are in Daniel Messel's zone of danger. Lauren Spierer was last seen heading south towards 10th Street; the northern edge of this danger zone. She was highly intoxicated and alone. 'My (Ted Adams) opinion is simple: her disappearance and vulnerability is consistent with the zone of danger of Daniel Messel, a convicted murderer; a man who was found to have plucked a young student from that same zone of danger and intentionally killing her". 

Prosecutor in Hannah Wilson murder case believes killer is connected to Lauren Spierer disappearance. Friends reported 22-year-old Hannah Wilson missing after a night spent celebrating Little 500 and her impending graduation. Killer Daniel Messel had lived at 6181 W Ison Rd, Bloomington, IN 47403, which is south west of Bloomington near SR 45.

Around 1 a.m. Friday, April 24, 2015 Hannah Wilson left Kilroy's Sports Bar and took an E2taxi to her 8th Street home. Lauren Spierer went missing on Friday June 3rd, 2011 at about 4:30 a.m. from 10th Street, she had also been at Kilroy's Sport bar. 

An early morning driver spotted Hannah Wilson's body in rural Brown County. Autopsy results showed that Wilson had been struck in the back of the head multiple times, and her death was ruled a homicide caused by blunt force trauma. Messel owned a Maglite flashlight that he kept in his car for self-defense. The flashlights are generally made of a heavy metal.  

Police arrested Daniel Messel on a preliminary charge of murder later that day, Friday, April 24, 2015. Police found the Bloomington man's cell phone at Wilson's feet, claw marks on her arms and blood in his KIA Sportage car. On Sept. 22, 2016 Daniel Messel was sentenced to 60 years for murder and 20 for being a habitual criminal offender. Messel now appeals which was rejected.

Daniel Messel's arrest and murder conviction, and rape conviction, and attempted rape conviction indicates that there could be/are more victims. A fellow inmate claims Daniel Messel "was a sadist and a rapist" who would cruise the IU campus posing as a security guard trolling for women. The inmate claims that "a friend of his" hit a blonde woman he believes to be Lauren Spierer and then disposed of her along highway 46. 

Former inmate David Hayden who was at New Castle Correctional Facility has come forward with information on Daniel Messel, the killer of IU student Hannah Wilson. He claims to have information on Messel’s past criminal history, according to letters found in Messel’s case file. Hayden, a former inmate in the psychiatric unit of the prison, has written the prosecutor five letters over the course of the Messel case. In the letters he states he has knowledge that Daniel Messel has previously picked up intoxicated women, assaulted them and left them in various locations outside Bloomington. Ex-con David Hayden also said he has information on the death of IU student Lauren Spierer. 

In a letter, former inmate David Hayden, claimed that in 2011 a friend hit a woman he believes to be Spierer with his vehicle, killing her. The friend later disposed of the body along Highway 46. Hayden said the friend “relocated her remains during a camping trip to the Brown County area Memorial weekend 2012.” Hayden also said he is in possession of photos of two ID's found on the body (Lauren Spierer) — one with the name ‘Rebecca.' Robert and Charlene Spierer, Greenburgh, N.Y. raised two daughters, Rebecca and Lauren Spierer. 

Rebecca Spierer was 26 years old when her 20 year old Lauren Spierer went missing on June 3rd, 2011. A person must be 21 years of age to legally consume alcohol in Indiana. Lauren Spierer most likely was using her sisters Rebecca ID to be able to drink in bars around IU. In 2017, Brown County prosecutor Ted Adams said he believed Daniel Messel, who he'd convicted of murder in the 2015 slaying of IU student Hannah Wilson, may also be responsible for Lauren Spierer's disappearance on June 3rd 2011. 

A Monroe County judge sentenced Messel to eight years on the battery charge and seven years for being a habitual offender. Messel will serve those 15 years concurrently with the 80-year sentence for his conviction in the April 2015 slaying of 22-year-old Hannah Wilson of Fishers, Indiana. 

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Another Victim. – April 24, 2018. A man serving an 80-year sentence in the killing of an Indiana University student has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting another IU student. Daniel Messel pleaded guilty Tuesday to battery resulting in serious injury in the September 2012 attack on the then-22-year-old woman at Bloomington’s Lake Griffy. A Monroe County judge sentenced Messel to eight years on the battery charge and seven years for being a habitual offender. Records uncover a trail of troubling behavior that one victim says should have raised flags. Suspicious man trolling outside IU bars. “They witnessed this person basically trying to find women to get into his car”. It's a familiar scene in the heart of a college town: young IU co-eds out for the night enjoying food and drinks at off campus establishments. 

But in the fall of 2012, women leaving bars after a night of drinking crossed paths with a man who would first ask for directions and then try to get them into his car. Six young women called police. Some of them reported a suspicious man trying to get girls into his silver Kia Sportage SUV. One reported an attempted rape, and yet another was the victim of a sexual battery. The reports came within weeks of each other, described a similar man, and revealed a troubling pattern. The suspect appeared to be targeting women who were vulnerable and under the influence of alcohol. One night, while sitting on her porch on Grant Street, a friend emerged from the dark, running toward her. A man had approached her friend twice and tried to get her into his car. "She was just so freaked out. That was aggressive enough to me that I felt like we should call the police," the woman recounted. That was August 29, 2012. Three days later, on September 1st, Indiana University police responded to the attempted rape of a 22-year old law student. She reported she had been out drinking and ended up in a car with a strange man who tried to sexually assault her. She fought back and scratched him before he punched her in the face and took off. She told I.U. Police she couldn't identify him, but during the medical exam, investigators found she had snagged his DNA under her fingernails. 

Daniel Messel’s troubles with the law in Monroe County go back more than 25 years. He was arrested after a girlfriend told police he battered her and confined her in an apartment. He was also arrested on allegations that he beat his grandmother and broke bones in her face. In March 1993, Messel pleaded guilty to one of three battery charges against him and got a 30-day suspended jail term and six months of probation. In February 1994, a criminal recklessness charge was dismissed and Messel pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident; a 182-day jail sentence was dismissed. Three months later, he was arrested for driving while intoxicated, and was sentenced two years later to 120 days on house arrest and a year on probation. 

According to Monroe County Jail and court records, Messel spent one day incarcerated at the local jail — May 12, 1994 — after an OWI arrest and one day — Aug. 12. 1995 — after a felony domestic battery arrest. In August 1995, he got the maximum 8-year sentence for felony battery and prosecutors dismissed a charge that he was a habitual criminal offender, which would have added time to his prison term. Messel was put on probation for six years after his release from prison in 1999. For the next decade, it appears Messel stayed out of trouble with the law. Then he got a speeding ticket in 2009, which he paid. Messel was charged with battery resulting in injury in November 2006, but the charge was reduced to disorderly conduct. He pleaded guilty and paid $159 in court costs, a $50 public defender fee and a $1 fine. Oct. 2016 Monroe County, Ind., prosecutors charged 51-year-old Daniel Messel with attempted rape, criminal deviate conduct and several felonies stemming from the September 2012 attack on a 22-year-old IU woman.


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Bumble - Tinder Online Dating Dangers Women Raped by 1st Time Bumble and Tinder Dates at Home Hanging Out, Do A Background Check

1). Young Woman Who Met Man on Tinder Raped, A convicted rapist — who assaulted a Tinder date at his West Village apartment just hanging out— got off with a slap on the wrist Tuesday when a Manhattan judge sentenced him to just probation and therapy. Prosecutors had pushed for the maximum sentence of four years behind bars for William Hathaway, but Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Josh Hanshaft said he ultimately found the “better alternative” to prison was sending the sicko back on the streets. “I’m not sure if this sentence is what’s the right answer or should you be sitting in a jail cell for a while to get a sense of what incarceration is about,” the judge told Hathaway, 33, at his sentencing hearing. The judge sentenced Hathaway, now a Miami, Fla., resident, to 10 years of probation and ordered that he partake in a sex offender treatment program and register as a sex offender.

2). ALLEN COUNTY, Ind. (WPTA) - Young Woman Who Met Man on Bumble Raped. A 28-year-old Bluffton IN man is accused of raping a woman he matched with on the dating app Bumble. Conner Esmond is accused of sexually assaulting the woman while they were hanging out at her Allen County home, court records show. The victim told police Esmond continued to rape her despite her telling him no. The day after the 2023 assault, Esmond allegedly texted the woman he "should’ve 100% respected (her) wishes."  BUMBLE; You are in love, and your love story seems straight out of a feature-length rom-com! You met on Bumble, had a connection, and took your romance off the app all without dating or even meeting in person. Soon enough, you are sending one another packages and talking on the phone daily. You don’t just think you’re in love, you are in love, and they’re your best friend. Unfortunately, the person you are talking to keeps making excuses as to why they can’t meet. This is because the person you think you’re in love with, is using fake, stolen profile pictures and life circumstances to seduce you. They aren’t who they claim to be at all. While they presented themselves as a highly attractive person with great jobs, they live a very different life.

NOTE FOR WOMEN ON DATING APPS: do a background check on your online match! As sites like Bumble are not responsible for user conduct

1). When on a 1st date meet up, never leave your vehicle in one location and go to another location with your date in his truck!

2). In south west Florida, never go out on the Gulf of Mexico in a boat with a 1st time date and two of his buddies, with no other women on board! This really happened to a 30 something millennial female in Sarasota Fl.

3). Never disembark a boat with your 1st time Sarasota Bumble date at a 2nd location like in Bradenton Fl, other than where you boarded the boat in Sarasota. 

4). Never take a ride from a total stranger that your 'date' has arranged to take you to house in Bradenton Fl, where you never been before, this really happened to a 30 something millennial female in Sarasota Fl.

Online Dating Dangers in Florida; Young Woman Set Up for Gang Rape by Her 1st Time Bumble Date and his 2 Boating Pals. Florida is One Of The Most Dangerous States For Online Dating. Online Dating Sites Have Included Serial Killers; When a software developer creates a dating app that a serial killer uses to find his next targets.  

Florida Woman in early 30's travels 4 hours to meet man at his house who she had met on an internet dating site (Bumble), then goes missing. Unfortunately, there are sad and disturbing examples of women who have gone missing or were found deceased after meeting individuals through online dating platforms like Bumble or Tinder. 

You are correct; most major dating sites, including Bumble, do not conduct extensive background checks on their users, as they are not responsible for user conduct. While some platforms may offer optional background checks or have safety features, the primary responsibility for user safety and due diligence lies with the individuals using the service.

The world of online dating can come with extreme risks. Some people may experience romance scams and fraud, matches with sex offenders, or even fall victim to dating violence. TIME Magazine reported that in November 2023, a Nebraska man's appeal was rejected after he was sentenced to death for dismembering a woman he met through Tinder. In April, a Connecticut man was charged with murder, sexual misconduct, and more after strangling his Tinder date to death. In England in 2015, a 30-year-old man killed a woman on their first date after meeting on the popular dating app Plenty of Fish

One notable case is that of Sandra Lemire, an Orlando, Florida, mother who disappeared in May 2012 after going on a date with a man she met online. Her remains were found nearly 12 years later in a retention pond near Disney World in December 2023. Lemire had borrowed her grandmother's red minivan to meet this man, and her disappearance remained a mystery for over a decade. The case was eventually resolved through the efforts of volunteer divers who used new information from police, including the location of her last cell phone tower, to narrow down their search.

Family and friends wanted Kaila McCleary to get out and meet people. But no one could ever have imagined the man she met on a dating app would come close to taking her life, holding her captive, and raping her, repeatedly. "After a while, I didn't know if I was going to live, honestly," McCleary told 7 News about the ordeal that lasted 28 days. Trevor Double, 48, is now serving 40 to 60 years for the crimes he committed against McCleary including assault, unlawful imprisonment, and torture. "Each day was more severe," she said. "Each time he beat me was more intense. The weapons started getting bigger and heavier."

McCleary said her first time meeting Trevor Double in person, she realized he was not the man he represented himself to be on the app. His pictures had to be about 20 years old, which would explain why he resisted doing a video chat with her. "He also told me that he was just a few years older than me," said McCleary, who is in her twenties. "When I actually met him, he was old enough to be my father."

Pennsylvania man charged with drugging and raping women he met on dating site. According to authorities, the accusers, who are ages 17 to 30, said they met Andrew Gallo, 40, on the website sugardaddymeet.com. Gallo, 40, is alleged to have arranged dates with them after meeting them on the site. Schorn said Gallo “made it a point to make sure those dates occurred at his home,” where he would “surreptitiously” hide dangerous drugs in alcoholic drinks he served them, “which rendered them so impaired, they were unable to consent to anything, let alone sexual acts.” They described feeling a lack of control during the alleged sexual encounters.

When deciding whether to travel 4 hours to meet a man at his house, especially for the first time, it's essential to prioritize safety and comfort

.  Safety Considerations:

• Meeting in public: It is generally recommended to meet someone you've only interacted with online in a public place for the first few times, such as a restaurant or coffee shop. This provides a layer of safety and allows you to leave if you feel uncomfortable. NOT AT HIS HOUSE ON 1st DATE!
• Trusting your instincts: If you feel uneasy about the situation, trust your gut feeling and don't hesitate to leave.
• Controlling your transportation: Ensure you have your own transportation to and from the meeting place so you can leave whenever you want.
• Informing someone: Let a trusted friend or family member know where you are going, who you are meeting, and when you expect to return. You can even consider sharing your location with them via a phone app.
• Waiting to share personal information: Avoid sharing personal details like your home address or phone number until you feel comfortable with the person.
• Checking their online presence: Look for the person's social media accounts and do a quick search to verify their identity and ensure they are who they say they are. 

Risks of Meeting at Someone's Home:

• Vulnerability: Meeting at someone's house, or any other private place, for the first time can increase your vulnerability and make it harder to leave if things go wrong.
• Sexual assault and exploitation: Meeting someone you don't know well in a private setting, particularly on the first date, can increase the risk of unwanted sexual encounters or exploitation.
• Difficult to assess the situation: It can be harder to gauge someone's true intentions or character in a private setting compared to a public place. 

Dating on website App's; be very cautious of your date if his social profiles show with minimal information or none at all: Be cautious of profiles with limited details, single photos, or "no linked social media".

Specifically, a woman shared a negative experience on a Reddit thread discussing dating app safety, mentioning she narrowly avoided a potential stalker after seeing his picture in a news article involving the police.

Few dating websites run background checks on their members to make sure they are who they say they are. FAKE PROFILES at OurTime, eHarmony, Siver singles, Bumble, Hinge, Tinder, OKCupid, Plenty of Fish, the video chat app Azar, the League, Match, and others. DON'T BE FOOLED FIND OUT WHO THEY REALLY ARE. With as many as 40 million single Americans using online dating services or web-networking sites to look for love, it would seem that there has never been an easier time to find a soulmate online. Private investigator Bill Warner warns that the world of internet romance is fraught with peril with scammers who hide their motives behind seemingly innocuous virtual identities. Scammers use fake profiles to get with lonely people online and eventually start the money train to them. The apps don’t create fake profiles, people do. DON'T SEND CASH! See private investigator Bill Warner's "Romance Scammers" interview for International News article concerning “The dangerous side of online dating” by Gretchen Peters Foreign Correspondent, see https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/the-americas/the-dangerous-side-of-online-dating-1.594340


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