Serial Swatter and Stalker Mir Islam Arrested for Allegedly Dumping Body in River
Summary: Mir Islam, 22, a Brooklyn native previously sentenced in 2016 to a year in prison for online stalking, posting victims' personal data, and reporting phony bomb threats and hostage situations, was arrested in Manila on December 23, 2018 along with Troy Woody Jr., 21, after a Grab driver said the two men loaded a large box into his car and dumped it near the Pasig River. Police recovered the box containing the body of Tomi Michelle Masters, 23, a U.S. citizen from Indiana who lived in Woody's Mandaluyong City condominium, and both men were later charged with murder.
Why it matters: Islam's record shows a swatting and stalking career that continued after a federal sentence and a supervised-release violation, and the case ended with a 23-year-old dead - the trajectory from online harassment to physical violence is the stake here, not the novelty of the crime.
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