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Ariel Herrera
Jan 8, 20212 min read

Resources for The Lynching of Duran Bailey- Part 2


Michelle Ravelle (left) and Kirstin (right)

Kirstin is finally released on January 2nd 2018

Life in 2018 is very different from 2001

Kirstin surrounded by family

Inmate #200 will always be a part of Kirstin's lived experience

Kirstin received a makeover thanks to the Innocence Project


Kirstin is now married and reclaiming her life

Dr. Gail S. Anderson helped exonerate Kirstin with forensic entomology

My lovely forensic entomology professor Dr. Jodie Warren

Dr. Jodie Warren speaks passionately about Kirstin's case to her students and introduced this case to me.

This is speculation, but could this be Duran Bailey?

When searching "Duran Bailey" these photos came up from a woman with the last name Duran-Bailey. I was not able to date the photos, but they were posted on Myspace by this unidentified man's wife. He is never named in the photo comments but referred to as the woman's husband. There are some facial features that may be consistent to the mugshot photo of "St. Louis". No one has reported on Duran Bailey's case since Kirstin's exoneration, nor is any detective working on the case.

unidentified man who came up when searching "Duran Bailey"

I cropped out his wife in all the photos

Mugshot of Duran "St. Louis" Bailey

I wanted to point out the facial hair is very distinctly shaped and goes around the mouth. This is similar to above photos of the unidentified man. Also, the ear fold is very pronounced and seen in the side view photo of the same unidentified man. The mugshot is a terrible photo so identifying it to any other photo should be taken with a grain of salt.

This is a gold watch that this unidentified man is wearing
This gold watch was discovered at the crime scene

I want to speculate here because it is unknown who Duran Bailey was prior to him moving to Las Vegas. He went by "St. Louis" and was from Missouri and that is all I was able to find. At some point, the victim had a family who loved him. Although he may have done terrible things, like rape Diana Parker, maybe he used to be a different man? We may never know...


Sources used:

Turvey, Brent. E. Criminal Profiling 3rd ed. (pg. 33- 46). ISBN:9780123852434

Smith, Jordan. "Nightmare in Sin City". The Intercept. 12 March 2015.

Smith, Jordan. "A rumor put Kirstin Lobato in prison for murder. Now she'll get a new hearing". The Intercept. 1 December 2016.

Lobato v. State Appellate Court Doc

"Kirstin Blaise Lobato". The Innocence Project.

Muto, Jordan. "This woman was wrongly convicted of murder- now she's trying to rebuild her life". Today. 27 May 2018.

Sherrer, Hans. "New evidence Kirstin Blaise Lobato is innocent of any involvement int he death of Duran Bailey in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 8, 2001". Justice Denied. http://www.justicedenied.org/kl/lobato_case_summary.pdf

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