Sister: Pa. Craigslist killing suspect is lying

Associated Press

SUNBURY, PA.

A woman charged with her newlywed husband in the murder of a man they reportedly lured through Craigslist made up the claim that she killed more than 20 people and is drawing on the escapades of television serial killer “Dexter,” her sister said.

Miranda Barbour is “a master at lying,” sister Ashley Dean told The Daily Item newspaper of Sunbury, Pa.

“She takes a lot of truths and puts the lie in the middle, so when people talk to her, they see all these truths and then they believe the lie,” Dean said.

Dean said she hasn’t spoken to her sister since Barbour was arrested Dec. 3. When she heard her sister had been arrested, she said she assumed it was for drugs because her sister had a drug problem.

The 19-year-old Barbour was in Northumberland County court Tuesday morning for a pretrial hearing.

Barbour is awaiting trial on charges she killed a man she reportedly lured through a Craigslist ad offering companionship for money. She and her husband, Elytte Barbour, have pleaded not guilty.