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Mark Lunsford, father of a murdered daughter
In 2005, John Evander Couey kidnapped, raped and murdered Lunsford's 9-year-old daughter Jessie.

What Lunsford thinks of Murderauction.com:
Earlier this year, Lunsford was shocked and disgusted to see a letter from Couey was being sold on Murderauction.com. "Why on earth would you want something like that?" asks Lunsford, who flies around the country lobbying for tighter controls over sexual predators like Couey.

"How happy could it make you to get a letter from a murderer -- and not just a murderer, but someone who raped and killed an innocent little girl? That sh*t should be illegal, man." Understandably, Lunsford can't fathom why anyone would want anything from a killer, let alone semen-stained shorts.

Are murderbilia collectors criminals?
Lunsford wonders if people who collect murderabilia aren't themselves predisposed to such vile acts. "When you buy the graffiti of people who commit murder, are you fantasizing about being like that person?" he asks. "We have created a monster with the Internet and now we have to control it. No one should be allowed to sell items that belong to murderers, child rapists or child pornographers."

Lunsford's suggestion for murderbilia collectors:
"Is that your scam to get rich or make money?" asks a father whose daughter was raped and murdered. "Can't get a job? I will give you a job. If you can find all these things on your Web sites to hurt people, why not put your knowledge to work and find the pedophiles we can't find? There are only 150,000 of them."