Renegade.cm on My Radar

On June 14th, reader Lanie Gorman posted a comment in response to my May 15th story about Carla Guttierez, a Detroit area prostitute who disappeared on January 6, 2010 and hasn’t been seen since.

Here is what Lanie posted:

I put Carla’s picture into Luxand and it found some videos with a woman who looks like her on http://www.renegade.cm/. The woman in the videos is named Kelly, though. It’s pretty sick stuff. I’m afraid something happened to her.

I have taken some time in following up on Lanie’s finding, beginning with the Renegade Video website. The content on the site is erratic. Sometimes the video clips will play, sometimes they’re not available at all. Sometimes they cut out mid-stream. Several clips do have a resemblance to this missing woman. The screengrab I have included above is one of these images.

I have contacted Detroit PD. They have no information about Renegade Video. In my 15 plus years on the Chicago PD I’ve seen facial similarities result in serious mistakes in police lineups and other miscarriages of justice. I don’t know if the woman in these videos is Carla Guttierez. I can’t say for sure that it is – or that it’s not.

I won’t jump to conclusions. Logic tells me that this is an actress and that these sordid events likely aren’t real. As someone who worked in law enforcement, I understand the law. I know all too well about the danger of violating individual rights, whether that’s illegal search and seizure or, in this case, the “freedom of speech”. I do appreciate you bringing this to my attention, Lanie (her website for Carla is http://site.carlaguttierez.info/Story.html). I will continue to check the site and follow up on this blog. Consider it on my radar.

J.A.