Local Peeping Tom/Rapist/Murderer Linked to Murder in Michigan
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been tied to the murder of the woman in Michigan
http://www.wral.com/news/5279525/detail.html
Police: Weapons, X-Rated Material Taken From Drew Planten's Apartment
Planten Charged With Death Of Stephanie Bennett
POSTED: 1:38 pm EST November 8, 2005
UPDATED: 3:58 pm EST November 8, 2005
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Authorities have released more details into what they found
at the apartment of the man accused of killing Stephanie Bennett.
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a.. Related: List Of Items From Planten's Apartment, Other Warrants
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Bennett was found raped and strangled to death in her apartment on Lake Lynn
Drive on May 21, 2002. On Oct. 19, 2005, authorities arrested Drew Edward
Planten, 35 and charged him with Bennett's death.
During the execution of a search warrant at Drew Planten's residence on Oct.
20, Raleigh police detectives found several items inside Planten's house.
Among the items they found:
a.. guns
a.. knives
a.. homemade arrows
a.. ammunition
a.. a machette
a.. X-rated books, photos and DVDs
a.. bolt cutters
a.. black leather gloves
a.. makeup foundation
Raleigh police also contacted authorities from Lansing, Mich., after they
found documents and a firearm that may be connected to the unsolved murder
of Rebecca Huismann in that state.
In October 1999, Huismann was fatally shot with a .45 caliber handgun. WRAL
has learned that, at one point, Planten lived at a house about two miles
away from Huismann's apartment in Lansing. It is unclear, however, whether
he lived there at the time of her death.
Lansing, Mich., authorities took into custody a firearm taken from Planten's
apartment.
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Police release list of items seized from apartment
Ed Crump
(11/08/05 - RALEIGH) - A dozen guns and mounds of ammunition are part of
what police say accused killer Drew Planten had stashed in his Raleigh
apartment.
Investigators released an inventory list Tuesday of what they seized during
a search of Planten's apartment last month. The 35-year-old was arrested
October 19 and charged with the 2002 murder of Stephanie Bennett. Police say
Planten raped and strangled the 23-year-old woman.
Among the evidence seized was a .45-caliber gun. Raleigh police have turned
over the gun to Lansing, Michigan, police. It is same caliber of weapon used
in the unsolved murder of Rebecca Huismann, a 22-year-old dancer killed in
1999. According to the warrant, Raleigh police seized "documents that
referenced one Rebecca Huismann" from Planten's apartment.
"That would be a very difficult piece of evidence to explain away," said
Karl Knudsen, a former Wake County prosecutor and longtime Raleigh defense
attorney.
Police would not comment on the items found in the search. We invited
Knudsen to our Raleigh Eyewitness News Center to go over the list of
hundreds, possibly thousands of items taken from Planten's apartment. We
started with 12 firearms.
"This is a kind of 'Who's Who' of handguns - - Smith and Wesson, Colt,
Glock, Walther," Knudsen said.
Police say they found hundreds of videos, including some pornography. After
Bennett was found strangled and raped in her northwest Raleigh apartment in
2002, investigators said they were looking for someone interested in
bondage.
We do not know if tapes seized from the apartment depict bondage, but police
say items taken from Bennett's home were found in Planten's apartment. That
may include a boombox and underwear listed on the inventory, as well as
latex gloves.
"There are any number of reasons why people would have disposable gloves,"
Knudsen said. "One is if you don't want to leave fingerprints."
The casual observer may skip over some items on the list, including a dental
retainer. Knudsen says it could be significant evidence if it belongs to
someone else. The same concerns may be raised with the 98 pairs of shoes
shown on the inventory, the 55 knives, the lock-pick kit and a book on how
to clean anything.
One items that got Knudsen's attention - - used crime scene tape.
"That would sort of be an exclusive souvenir, if you took crime scene tape
from a crime that you had committed," he said.
Knudsen says taking souvenirs is often the action of a serial killer. Before
Planten's arrest, investigators said they may be looking for that kind of
killer.
Now, with police investigating Huismann's 1999 death in Michigan, there are
new questions about Planten. Raleigh police found documents with directions
to other homes in and around Raleigh.
"It could be something completely and totally innocent and harmless,"
Knudsen said. "Or it could be the residence of a prospective victim."
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=triangle&id=3616104
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apartment/search warrant. The Weems woman lived in an apartment near
Planten's at the time of the Bennett murder. Stancil was also employed by
the state as was Plantan. It's said also found were detailed directions to
each woman's home. Haven't heard if there were any other women's names and
information yet or not. But heard again that Lansing LE has tied one of the
handguns confiscated to the murder of the Michigan woman.
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