Teen strangled, slit 9-year-old's throat
The Murder of Heather Snively: Accused Killer Korena Roberts May Have Met Snively Through Craigslist
Sunday, Jun. 7 2009 @ 8:55PM
Sometimes it's not that hard to figure out the stories that may top the news tomorrow. This will likely be one of them.
As you can see in the KATU story above, two women met in Tigard, Oregon, possibly through Craigslist (countdown to this being referred to as another "Craigslist murder" begins now). One of the women, 21-year-old Heather Snively, was pregnant. The other, 27-year-old Korena Roberts, was not. But Roberts had been telling people she was.
When all was said and done, the very-preggers Heather was dead and stuffed in a crawlspace beneath Roberts's kitchen and her male child was dead at the hospital, where Korena Roberts tried to claim the baby as her own. Police have yet to detail how Roberts may have gotten the baby from the younger woman, but it's a little too easy to read between the lines.
This isn't the first story of its kind, but we all hope it is the last.
I can believe that the pair may have become acquainted via Craigslist. Heather Megan Snively, using her phone number and her Yahoo account, heathermpopp@yahoo.com, used Craigslist quite a bit. This Google search gives you some idea as to how often she posted items for sale, as well as free giveaways. Most of the postings have expired, but when they were crawled by Google, Heather Snively's posts showed up on Craigslist pages associated with cities in both Maryland and Oregon.
This appears to be Heather Snively's Photobucket account. Viewing it knowing her fate is incredibly sad. Some of her most recent photos were of baby clothes.
Other sites have snarked about Korena Roberts's weight and her utterly insane-looking mugshot, but there's no snark here. If Roberts is guilty of the crime alleged, she is either utterly insane, or a monster.
You can read more about this appalling crime here: "Father: 'She was such a trusting girl, that's why this happened'."
ETA: This may have been Heather Snively's last Craigslist ad [PDF], for a "vacuume" cleaner.
Someone pull down the photobucket, the album is passworded.
Why does the internet-world want to kill off dead's people's online presence so quickly, is it to ensure people are wiped from the face of the earth?
Posted 06/08/2009 at 03:40:27 AMWow... This is just so sad... I hope and pray that God is with the both of the victims' family and friends. I can't even imagine what they are going through.
And yes, the photobucket is password protected. she also had a myspace account (which she last logged in on 6-7-09) but the page and pictures are set to private. www.myspace.com/heathermpopp
One more thing... The video said that this sick woman already has 2 children of her own... I can't help but wonder if they really are her children or if she is a repeat offender.
Posted 06/08/2009 at 04:21:05 PMI imagine Mike that because whoever had access to her account felt that their loved one had been killed by an Internet Ghoul.
They didn't want the Internet gawkers looking at her as though this is a traffic accident.
Posted 06/08/2009 at 04:22:32 PMShades of the Bobbie Jo Stinnett murder in Missouri, for which Lisa Montgomery was sentenced to death. (They had met online through the Rat Terrier community, and Montgomery was purportedly coming to see Stinnett about a puppy.) There was only one gracenote there-- Bobbi Jo's daughter survived and is being raised by her father. Not even that is allowed the Snively / Kidd families. It's so damn awful. Do they even have a death penalty in Oregon, or will we have to go for "assisted suicide?"
Posted 06/08/2009 at 06:51:19 PMI met Heather through craigslist as well and I thought she was a sweet person. I gave her baby items as well. I hope her and her son rest in peace. The only way the cops put two and two together is because her boyfriend reported her missing. Its just sad that this kind of stuff happen. My thoughts are with the family and I can hardly imagine what they are going through.
Posted 06/08/2009 at 08:14:50 PMWow its been so long since i had seen Heather... Been since in between our 8th and 9th grade... But its sad to see that this has happened to her... RIP HEATHER... U will always be loved
Posted 06/08/2009 at 09:15:14 PMOregon does have the death penalty, however, only two people have been executed in the state since 1976.
Posted 06/08/2009 at 09:33:23 PMThis same thing happened in my area a few years ago... bobbie jo stinnett, from skidmore missouri, was murdered and her baby cut out of her just the same as this. My sister worked with bobbie jo and her husband. The monster who did it, lisa montgomery recieved the death penalty. What the hell is wrong with people, how can anyone do something like this!! I dont even have words to describe the anger I feel towards these psychopaths!
Posted 06/09/2009 at 02:03:55 AM"preggers" in an online professional news article? I hope the monster that did this rots in Hell (and I know she will) and I hope she gets what's coming to her well before she gets there.
Posted 06/09/2009 at 02:25:40 PMShelly, this is a blog and most blogs, even the ones published by newspaper publishers {like this one}, don't adhere to AP or Chicago style. The blogger can put things however they want. If you don't like it, stick to articles tagged AP, AFP, or Reuters. I prefer the informal voice found on this and other blogs, but I know others don't.
Posted 06/09/2009 at 03:28:10 PMIn re: "preggers"
Once in awhile the informal voice isn't the better one to choose, as in this case it seems a rather flippant way to refer to the deceased. However, having read Steve for years, I am certain that he didn't mean it to flippant.
What struck me about the use of the term, is that when Heather Snively's body was found, the one thing she most certainly WASN'T was pregnant. At least, not any more.
And just when you think no story can sicken you further, someone sent me this, http://www.ohio.com/news/break_news/47213067.html about a man who slashed the throats of his toddlers while they were strapped in their car seats. It all just makes my heart hurt.
Posted 06/09/2009 at 05:32:40 PMI knew heather.. not too well but my son's aunt was Heather's neighbor in MD & she was a very sweet innocent person who DID NOT DESERVE THIS!!!
She was very HAPPY to be pregnant and having her first baby, & just because she was trying to have as much as possible for her baby boy and make sure he was well taken care of sum sick B**** had to take her life!!
Just pure disgust that someone would have the balls to cut this poor girl open and take something that was far from hers to take in the first place! How did she ever think she could raise Heather's baby as her own?? I would hope the guilt alone would have made her do the right thing and return the baby to the family if anything.... But since she took his life as well he gets to be with his mother still.... in heaven away from this sick & twisted world!
Rest in peace Heather & baby Johnathan you are very much loved & missed!
Posted 06/09/2009 at 06:59:01 PMi think anyone that hurts a child willingly unborn or not should get the death penalty. children are so precious.
Posted 06/09/2009 at 06:59:29 PMWhat in God's name is the story with the bf who called 911? He was with Roberts, she suddenly has a baby, and he's not suspicious? I'm sure LE is looking into his involvement, but that's way off the hinky meter.
Posted 06/10/2009 at 01:45:05 AManyone that hurts a child willingly should get the death penalty. she took two lives out of this world. she shouldn't have the opportunity to defend herself. she deserves nothing. stop wasting our tax dollars on people like her. the system is so screwed up. i hope she suffers in jail. she doesn't deserve to be a mother. mental or not. her poor children. very sad!!!
Posted 06/10/2009 at 01:54:42 AMGeez Julie,
I surely hope you never get accused of doing something horrible if you dont believe in trials or defending yourself.
For example, (and no I do not believe this to be the case) what if the boyfriend did this and she is covering up for him?
Posted 06/10/2009 at 11:19:23 AMThe boyfriend wasn't home at the time. He was at work, Roberts called him afterwards to tell him that she'd had the baby and it wasn't breathing, when he got to the house, that is when he called 911.
Posted 06/10/2009 at 12:26:42 PMYes, I know Ian. I am following the case. I know who did it. I still bristle when people say that people should be denied a trial was my point.
Duh. Julie seems to think we should lynch people without a trial. Its a waste of money.
Posted 06/10/2009 at 08:23:07 PMUgh! Have you seen the picture of the perp? She is one ugly woman(?). Looks like she would just as soon eat you as look at you in that mug shot of hers. She will probably claim insanity...how convenient.
I wonder if she had planned on stealing another baby so that her twins story may hold.
World is getting crazier by the minute.
Posted 06/11/2009 at 10:44:08 AMI would just like to say that I knew Heather for about 3 years and even worked with her. She was one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, and also one of the most naive. I hope the woman that did this to her is punished to the fullest extent of the law and that her soul burns in hell. And I also think that if you don't personally know Heather or her situation you should not comment.
Posted 06/18/2009 at 10:41:26 PMDoesn't anyone have an update about what is happening to the monster that did this?
Posted 10/29/2009 at 02:20:54 PMI was good friends with heather. we were supposed to raise our babies together. Mine a girl and hers a boy. Korina had a release hearing this month (November). I'm still waiting to hear what the outcome was. I'm sure we are all thinking the same thing... There is no way in Hell this psychopath should be able to breathe.
Posted 11/10/2009 at 08:30:47 PM