'Murderabilia' for sale?

Thursday, April 19, 2007

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Murderauction.com might be considered an e-Bay for morbid people.

The site auctions off items related to mass murders and similar crimes.

Items from two killers that made headlines in the Bay area, Danny Rolling and Willie Crain, are currently on the site.

Crain, a convicted child molester, is on Florida's death row for kidnapping and killing 7-year old Amanda Brown. Detectives believe Crain dumped Brown's body in Tampa Bay, weighing it down with a crab trap.

The web site is selling a handwritten note from Crain. In part, Crain's letter questions the DNA evidence that helped convict him. The starting bid is $8.

Roy Brown's business card

Amanda Brown's father, Roy Brown, is outraged.

"It's sick," Brown said. "I can't believe somebody would let you do something like that. To me whoever's got this web site is as sick as he is. Anybody that bids on any of this stuff is ignorant. I think if most people knew about this web site, this web site would be shut down real quick."

The site is also auctioning off a number of items from serial killer Danny Rolling. Rolling was executed in October for killing five college students in Gainesville. Starting prices for Rolling merchandise range from $89 for a letter to $1,295 for a signed self-portrait painting.

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Nobody has bid on any of the items from Rolling or Crain.

Bay News 9 talked to the owner of murderauction.com, Todd Bohannon, who said he doesn't make any apologies for what his site sells. Bohannon said he'd love to get the suicide note from Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui and sell that on his site, too.