GUILTY VA - Genevieve 'Gini' Orange, 29, raped & murdered, Falls Church, 25 Sept 2008

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Where are the people getting the idea this was an ex-boyfriend of Gini's?

http://www.apartmentratings.com/rate/VA-Falls-Church-Prestwick-formerly-Ravenwood-Towers-834489.html

Because they haven't read up on this and because it's easier for them to think that she somehow contributed to her own murder than it is for them to realize that this large company that owns and manages these apartments hired someone with access to the apartments either without a criminal background check or in spite of it.

 

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More information about Prestwick Apartments and Mark Eric Lawlor. Lawlor had served six years in prison for the abduction of his former girlfriend in 1999. Lawlor was released into a drug and alcohol transition program and was sent to live at the Prestwick Apartments, along with others in this transitional program. Yikes! They did know what kind of guy he was and they hired him anyway.

LE has also released the information that Gini was raped. This story is really a corker. It contains 8 very short paragraphs and everyone of them contains another nugget of information.

http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=77016&catid=188

 

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So if he was convicted in 1999, he could have been out in Jan. 06? Do we know for sure this was in VA? Where was his drug and A treatment being done?

Court documents show Lawlor was convicted of abducting his former girlfriend in 1999. He served approximately 6 years in prison. After his release he was placed in intensive drug and alcohol treatment.

Court documents reveal he received an additional 30 day sentence for violating his probation in 2007. He was removed and re-admitted to the Steps to Recovery program. Lawlor entered "transitional housing" at the Prestwick upon completing his inpatient phase. 9 News Now has learned that several other Prestwick residents also are recovering drug addicts assigned to "transitional housing."

http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=77016&catid=188 :furious::furious::furious::furious: WTH?!

 

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As "Super" Mark Eric Lawlor had keys to all apartments at the Prestwick. Detectives noted that there was no sign of forced entry at Genevieve Orange's apartment.

During a search of Lawlor's apartment detectives recovered "13 assorted keys."

http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=77016&catid=188 Un-freaking-believable!!

 

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As "Super" Mark Eric Lawlor had keys to all apartments at the Prestwick. Detectives noted that there was no sign of forced entry at Genevieve Orange's apartment.

During a search of Lawlor's apartment detectives recovered "13 assorted keys."

http://www.wusa9.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=77016&catid=188 Un-freaking-believable!!

Un-freaking-believable!! is right. I am so angry at these people I can hardly type. How dare the management firm give someone like him the keys to everyone's apartment along with the knowledge, since he was the Leasing Agent, of their employment information, credit information, SS numbers, and everything else. I am convinced they knew exactly what he was and they hired him anyway. :furious:

 

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Of course, they knew! He was in "transitional housing" at the complex after they released him again! They HAD to know.

It is so odd that I cannot find a single thing on this yahoo before tho. Nothing about him abducting the other girl. Nothing on his conviction. It is like he did not exist before then. I don't understand it. Heck...I can pull up my own name and find tons of stuff on myself! Where is his "stuff"?!

 

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Of course, they knew! He was in "transitional housing" at the complex after they released him again! They HAD to know.

It is so odd that I cannot find a single thing on this yahoo before tho. Nothing about him abducting the other girl. Nothing on his conviction. It is like he did not exist before then. I don't understand it. Heck...I can pull up my own name and find tons of stuff on myself! Where is his "stuff"?!

If they allow transitional housing then they know there is a risk. If so, all residents should have been informed and given the choice whether or not they wanted to live there. They took away the rights of the other residents by allowing transitional housing for felons. The management is very culpable for this crime and any others that we are not aware of at this time. I would love to know the police callouts for burglary peeping etc.

 

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Oh, I hope her parents sue the hell out of that complex! It won't bring Gini back, but it will make them accountable for what they allowed to happen so it doesn't happen again!! The residents also now have a viable out to break their contracts if they so choose to, imo.

 

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Of course, they knew! He was in "transitional housing" at the complex after they released him again! They HAD to know.

It is so odd that I cannot find a single thing on this yahoo before tho. Nothing about him abducting the other girl. Nothing on his conviction. It is like he did not exist before then. I don't understand it. Heck...I can pull up my own name and find tons of stuff on myself! Where is his "stuff"?!

I agree. They HAD to know what he was. It is irrational to think they didn't. They not only didn't tell the other residents that Prestwick was part of a transitional housing program, they even told people how safe it was because of the criminal background checks they did on the residents. They either didn't do the checks or didn't care what popped up. It must be the latter. The management firm is very culpable in this murder. This is not some guy who sold hot stocks. This is a man with a violent criminal past in that he abducted a former girlfriend. Someone would have to be either unhinged or stupid or just not give a crap to do such a thing as give him access to residents' apartments. How DARE these people do this? :furious:

 

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They didn't have to run background checks on their residents...they came with them in the form of criminal backgrounds.

 

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Oh, I hope her parents sue the hell out of that complex! It won't bring Gini back, but it will make them accountable for what they allowed to happen so it doesn't happen again!! The residents also now have a viable out to break their contracts if they so choose to, imo.

Oh, I hope her mom sues, too! No, it won't bring Gini back but it can go a long way toward seeing that this doesn't happen again as well as holding this management firm accountable. I don't see how they could possibly hold these residents to their leases considering what they have done here. These people were sold the idea that Prestwick was very safe and that criminal background checks were done on all the residents. These folks were never told that this was part of transitional housing program for felons. These people have every right to break their leases.

 

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I hope people take advantage and leave. I would have my things out of there by sundown tomorrow if it were me. There are more possibly like him still there. It is definitely not safe!

I wonder who was paying for their "transitional" apartments? The state? The program? They were $1,000.00 a month plus...if I read that right.

 

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Un-freaking-believable!! is right. I am so angry at these people I can hardly type. How dare the management firm give someone like him the keys to everyone's apartment along with the knowledge, since he was the Leasing Agent, of their employment information, credit information, SS numbers, and everything else. I am convinced they knew exactly what he was and they hired him anyway. :furious:

What do you say in this situation? It is preventable and senseless. I just knew based on her known injuries there was a sexual motive, and I am sick over this.

Adding insult to injury- this man is definately not licensed to be a "leasing agent" in the state of VA. I have specific info on this skeeve and I am still at this, 4 hours later and nothing is clicking together. This is looking more and more like an organized offender by the second.

Perhaps someone can post this in the hallway:

"Constructive Eviction and You" putting the landlord on Notice.

 

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I hope people take advantage and leave. I would have my things out of there by sundown tomorrow if it were me. There are more possibly like him still there. It is definitely not safe!

I wonder who was paying for their "transitional" apartments? The state? The program? They were $1,000.00 a month plus...if I read that right.

I hope they leave too! By sundown tomorrow sounds like about the right time frame. It is not a safe place.

I am wondering who pays for those apartments, too. The smallest efficiency rents for just under $1,000 and they go up from there. This is not cheap living. It is on the taxpayers, one way or the other.

 

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What do you say in this situation? It is preventable and senseless. I just knew based on her known injuries there was a sexual motive, and I am sick over this.

Adding insult to injury- this man is definately not licensed to be a "leasing agent" in the state of VA. I have specific info on this skeeve and I am still at this, 4 hours later and nothing is clicking together. This is looking more and more like an organized offender by the second.

Perhaps someone can post this in the hallway:

"Constructive Eviction and You" putting the landlord on Notice.

Oh, Blink, it was absolutely preventable and totally senseless. I thought there was likely a sexual motive, too, but I was being very circumspect about what I wrote because I was so aware that her mother might be reading here. I am sick about this, too. What a senseless and replusive and preventable crime.

Lawlor couldn't possibly be a licensed leasing agent in Virginia. He couldn't be licensed to do much of anything in Virginia beyond driving a car. I agree with you that he looks more and more like an organized offender by the second. He planned that crime. I am convinced of it.

 

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I still want to know where the 1999 abduction occurred and the circumstances surrounding it for him to only get approximately 6 years! GRRR! (I want to know his release date, too.)

 

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I still want to know where the 1999 abduction occurred and the circumstances surrounding it for him to only get approximately 6 years! GRRR! (I want to know his release date, too.)

The charge was unlawful entry and abduction. In Virginia, he could be charged with unlawful entry if he simply walked in through an unlocked door and abduction if he refused to let her leave. He would not have to load her into a car and take her anywhere. OJ Simpson was convicted in his most recent bout with the law of kidnapping even though he didn't take anyone anywhere, he simply wouldn't let them leave or leave himself.

I am thinking that the former GF was probably uninjured and the abduction lasted for a fairly short time until either he left or allowed her to leave. I would just about bet money this was not the first time he had done something like that. There is also the possibility that the former GF might not have been all that cooperative with LE. Maybe she felt sorry for him or something of the like.

 

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Oh, Blink, it was absolutely preventable and totally senseless. I thought there was likely a sexual motive, too, but I was being very circumspect about what I wrote because I was so aware that her mother might be reading here.

Lawlor couldn't possibly be a licensed leasing agent in Virginia. I agree with you that he looks more and more like an organized offender by the second. He planned that crime. I am convinced of it.

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Air, If I am sure of something I know will be sensitve to the fam, I do what I did above, wait for it to be reported, as I am sure you did. I am the first to admit that kind of atrocity takes me up a level or 5. WTH?

Lawlor is not from Va, only been there a little over a year, there is alot of ground to cover, but we will. As this is unfolding, apparently this is a bigger issue.

 

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I am sorry. I wasn't thinking about the family reading here. My deepest sympathies and apologies if I have seemed in any way insensitive.

 

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I still want to know where the 1999 abduction occurred and the circumstances surrounding it for him to only get approximately 6 years! GRRR! (I want to know his release date, too.)

I smell a plea on that. A person with zero priors, in a domestic dispute, does not get 6 years, which is essentially removing them from a 5 years less one day facility. Six years on that charge tells me there was reason to sentence and charge him accordingly. Interstate backgrounds are a challenge, espcially when the subject may be using other alias's.

That was not his first rodeo. No way. More to learn, too late I am afraid.