BackPage.com is a free classifieds website that is owned by Village Voice Media (VVM). VVM operates 13 weekly newspapers across the U.S. This past Sunday, four women in Detroit were found dead in two car trunks. Three of these women were escorts connected to BackPage.com. VVM is currently cooperating with the Detroit police as part of the investigation.

The bad boys of Detroit, the Police Department (not Isiah Thomas, Vinnie Johnson, Bill Laimbeer, Joe Dumars, etc.), was putting in a lot of man power and money behind answering false burglar alarms. They have decided not to put as many resources behind burglar alarm responses any more.