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UPDATE – Leslie Morales and Daniel Pataki were caught today in Bland, Virginia. The pair is currently in custody.  More updates will be posted as we get them.

CharlotteCharlotte’s Web reviewsCharlotte's Web reviews, NC – Alexandria Salem’s body was found in the trash.  At about 5:00 yesterday morning, a woman opened her Charlotte dry cleaners and noticed a large bag next to the dumpster.  InsideInside reviewsInside reviews were the remains of the 46-year-old Salem.  She’d been brutally murdered and hastily dumped.  Now, police are looking for Salem’s daughter Leslie Michelle Morales, 21, and Morales’ boyfriend Daniel Francis Pataki, 22. 

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L to R: Leslie Morales, Daniel Pataki, and Leslie’s mother Alexandria Salem

The Myspaces: Leslie, Daniel, the Happy Couple, and Mom

After going to Carolina Cleaners on South Boulevard to process the dump scene, Charlotte investigators headed to a Motel 6 on Red Roof Drive to investigate a possible murder site.  Room 317 at the motel had been vacated and all the sheets stolen – sheets that appeared to be wrapped around the body of Alexandria Salem.  Within a few hours, police believed that Alexandria Salem had been the victim of matricide, killed by her own daughter and her daughter’s boyfriend.

Leslie Michelle Morales doesn’t like her name or her mother.  Her Myspaces, linked above, use the names “Lisa” and “Lilly”.  In a blog entry, Morales airs her grievances at her family:

MY FAMILY HATES MY MAN AND I DONT EVEN KNONW WHY BUT I HAD TO JUST TELL THEM ALL OFF AND I HAD TO GET AWAY FROM THEM……..I LOVE MY MAN MORE THEN THEY WILL EVER KNOW AND I WILL NEVER LEAVE HIM NO MATTER WHAT……..I AM JUST SICK AND TIRED OF THESE DAMN PEOPLE TRYING TO BREAK US UP…….”

Alexandria Salem, for her part, seems to have been a caring, loving mother.  Looking at the Myspaces, Salem was on her daughter’s friends list, but also seemed to have a little talent for subtle guilt, like this comment:

well i guess u dont have time like i do to come online …..i guess there is no need to have a profile on here anymore….i hope to hear from ya soon on here too……i am very proud of u in ur acheivement at work….luv ya sweety…..

It seems clear that there’s been a little bit of tension in the mother-daughter relationship for awhile.  It appears that Salem was trying to be supportive and that Leslie was pulling away, making excuses not to contact her mother for weeks at a time.

At one point in 2007, it appears that Leslie Morales was pregnant with Daniel Pataki’s baby – or thought she was.  However, there’s no further mention of a child except in one of his Myspace photos, in which he is holding a newborn little sister last year.  The caption reads, “My little sister.  I wish it was my daughter though.”

In other Myspaces, Pataki and Morales refer to each other as husband and wife, although they never married.  There’s a sense of immaturity to the couple’s relationship, at least as it appears on MyspaceMySpaceMySpace – lots of unrealistic thinking, drama, and fantasy rather than reality.  Combined with a vocal sense of injustice about family reaction to their love affair, it’s easy to see how police zeroed in on Leslie and Daniel as suspects.  The biggest motives for murder are love and money, and I’m willing to bet that both are involved in this case.

By yesterday afternoon, the CMPD were staking out two apartment buildings near the crime scenes in southwest Charlotte.  So far, though, Morales and Pataki have not been found.  Alexandria Salem’s cause of death has not yet been released, and details remain sketchy as the CMPD continues to investigate.

Warrants for murder have been issued for Leslie Morales and Daniel Pataki. Police believe the couple is traveling in a red Chevrolet Cobalt with North Carolina tag number XKY-6459.   The pair is thought to be armed and dangerous.  Police are asking anyone who sees Morales, Pataki or the car not to approach them, but to call 911 immediately.

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  1. Kathy
    8:59 am on September 10th, 2008

    Good thing there was no baby. It would have been born with out a chin. *shiver*

  2. SidheDragon
    9:06 am on September 10th, 2008

    Love the matching do-rags. Lovely people. Just lovely.

  3. Lilbay
    9:07 am on September 10th, 2008

    Ok is it just me needing more coffee or does this cunt look like a fat version of Britney Spears??
    :noidea:

    I wonder with all that love and dedication how long it will take for one to turn on the other??
    Hmmmm A day maybe??
    Yea, True Love is always great Until you are facing the death penalty or life in jail. Than it does not appear to be all that great after all.

    IDIOTS that is what both these losers are.

  4. claddaghgirl
    9:09 am on September 10th, 2008

    Anther stupid cow chooing a “thing” over her family. These women must be blinded by love because they are not making desicions based on brain cells.

    What was the thought process:
    Chinless Wondor No. 1 “Let’s kill your mother”
    Chinless Wonder No. 2 “OK”

    Unfrigginbelievable…kill them both if not for what they did to the mother but for being stupid, chinless and wasting our air.

  5. Ruby
    9:26 am on September 10th, 2008

    At one point in 2007, it appears that Leslie Morales was pregnant with Daniel Pataki’s baby – or thought she was.  However, there’s no further mention of a child except in one of his Myspace photos, in which he is holding a newborn little sister last year.  The caption reads, “My little sister.  I wish it was my daughter though.”

    So Alexandria had a baby girl last year at age 45? Where’s the baby? Someplace safe, I hope!!

  6. Morbid
    9:47 am on September 10th, 2008

    If anyone wants any pics of the locations, let me know. This is right by my work.

  7. claddaghgirl
    9:54 am on September 10th, 2008

    Morbid…not wanting to sound “morbid” but I would be interested in seeing the location.

  8. Morbid
    9:58 am on September 10th, 2008

    Morbid…not wanting to sound “morbid” but I would be interested in seeing the location.

    By your use of the word “morbid” I am assuming the dumpster location. I’ll see what I can do. I only own a cell phone camera, but I will try and swing by there and see if the crime scene has been cleared.

  9. Morbid
    9:59 am on September 10th, 2008

    Good thing there was no baby. It would have been born with out a chin. *shiver*

    No shit. The kid would have looked like a thumb with arms and legs.

  10. claddaghgirl
    10:05 am on September 10th, 2008

    Yep, Morbid, the area with the dumpster. Can visualise the scene that these idiots left. Thanks

  11. jianali13
    10:10 am on September 10th, 2008

    So Alexandria had a baby girl last year at age 45? Where’s the baby? Someplace safe, I hope!!

    i think his mom or step-mom had a baby not Alexandra. On his myspace the woman in bed is asian looking
    But somewhere among his blog comments when he mentions leaving CAli… it mentions his daughter.. I think… read it fast..

  12. impqueen
    10:48 am on September 10th, 2008

    So Alexandria had a baby girl last year at age 45? Where’s the baby? Someplace safe, I hope!!

    Nope. Alexandria is Leslie’s mom, not Daniel’s. Daniel had a little sister, not Leslie.

  13. Morticia
    10:58 am on September 10th, 2008

    Ok is it just me needing more coffee or does this cunt look like a fat version of Britney Spears??
    :noidea:

    UMMM, Fat Britney? She wishes.

  14. prettyuglyish
    11:06 am on September 10th, 2008

    Good thing there was no baby. It would have been born with out a chin. *shiver*

    Or three of them.

  15. Lilbay
    11:21 am on September 10th, 2008

    UMMM, Fat Britney? She wishes.

    Maybe it was lack of coffee looking at those whackadoo eyes of hers.
    It was still early for me. LOL

  16. Ruby
    11:34 am on September 10th, 2008

    Nope. Alexandria is Leslie’s mom, not Daniel’s. Daniel had a little sister, not Leslie.

    D’oh! Thank you, Imp. And would someone PLEASE get me some more coffee?

  17. 2 boys mom in NC
    3:04 pm on September 10th, 2008

    Gotta love these asshats! Poor, mom! Your kid really loves you to kill you and dump you in a dumpster.
    I hope her mother sits on her jail cot every night and haunts the hell out of her and sings, “Oh, my man I love him so, he’ll never know, all my life is just dispair but I don’t care.”

  18. cinny123
    3:30 pm on September 10th, 2008

    On her Mom’s myspace, I noticed that her daughter wrote her several times and said she loved her very much.
    So this is how she proves her love, by killing her?

  19. mishdabrat
    4:28 pm on September 10th, 2008

    Good thing there was no baby. It would have been born with out a chin. *shiver*

    Kathy, my dear…. have i told you lately that i love you?!
    I laughed and laughed when I read your quote above!

  20. Concerned Citizen
    4:31 pm on September 10th, 2008

    I’m starting to see a pattern among various fucktards’ MySpaces: Law & Order SVU under favorite shows along with “I don’t read” under books. Hmm…
    Sounds like they needed money and weren’t educated enough to get off their asses…yet apparently SVU taught them something.

  21. jimswife
    5:03 pm on September 10th, 2008

    Anyone else notice that it shows his last log in date on myspace as today?

  22. WryBread
    5:04 pm on September 10th, 2008

    Love the matching do-rags. Lovely people. Just lovely.

    Any two people who would willingly pose for a camera in these cartoon head scarves clearly have a disconnect with reality. Doesn’t surprise me their “romance” was full of unreality and drama.

    Do you think they were at a “Dress Like a Pirate From the Neck Up” party?

    And they look so proud to have found each other and become a couple. I guess when you have half a brain cell it is pretty hard to locate a mate who is willing to be seen with you in public, let alone play “Vag and Dik” dress up games.

  23. impqueen
    5:15 pm on September 10th, 2008

    Anyone else notice that it shows his last log in date on myspace as today?

    And the couple’s joint Myspace has been taken private today as well. Very interesting.

  24. Unamused Cat
    5:17 pm on September 10th, 2008
  25. Unamused Cat
    6:55 pm on September 10th, 2008

    I don’t know if it is a myspace glitch or what, but the joint myspace account is visible again. Is pretty sad as you can see that the mother really loved her daughter.

  26. mousygirl
    8:25 pm on September 10th, 2008

    Good thing there was no baby. It would have been born with out a chin. *shiver*

    oh, kathy, that was the first thing i thought when i saw that picture. =)

  27. WryBread
    8:18 am on September 11th, 2008

    From their myspace: “…. “THE ONLY PEOPLE WORTH FIGHTING FOR ARE THE ONES WILLING TO FIGHT FOR YOU”"

    What is with all these people who have nothing that anyone would want to take, but think in their heads that some sort of confrontation is just around the corner and life is about finding your pack to run with tot the fight. God! Learn to read! Learn to knit! Learn to do something other than fantasize that your sad little life is in the thick of dramatic action.

  28. vex
    11:49 am on September 11th, 2008

    What is with all these people who have nothing that anyone would want to take, but think in their heads that some sort of confrontation is just around the corner and life is about finding your pack to run with tot the fight. God! Learn to read! Learn to knit! Learn to do something other than fantasize that your sad little life is in the thick of dramatic action.

    Yes! And if you’ll notice, these people usually believe that they have hordes of haters who are just jealous of their physical beauty and awesome lives, neither of which they actually possess.

    What a pair of idiots.

  29. sugarglider
    11:57 am on September 11th, 2008

    The words that come to mind are: “stupid, ugly dumbasses.”

  30. Athena
    12:27 pm on September 11th, 2008

    These women must be blinded by love because they are not making desicions based on brain cells.

    You know, it doesn’t surprise me in the least that this particular girl would have such crippling self-esteem issues that she would go to these lengths to hang on to her boy.

  31. Unamused Cat
    12:24 am on September 12th, 2008

    The argument was allegedly over $1,300 stolen from the shoe store where Salem worked. Story/video @ http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/stories/wcnc-091108-mw-salemmurder.68e4e6a0.html

  32. ShadowFlower
    7:07 pm on September 12th, 2008

    It’s interesting to see how ppl can take smak about peoples lives. Make judgment calls on hearsay. The so called source of information about the night of the attack was 3rd party info and most of which was wrong. We may not all be beautiful in the worlds eyes, but trust me she was a beautiful child to us. Good to see how our family’s pain can bring some joy to some very lonely lives.

  33. Lizard
    11:35 pm on September 13th, 2008

    We may not all be beautiful in the worlds eyes, but trust me she was a beautiful child to us.

    Shadowflower, it’s not clear to whom you’re referring–Alexandria or Salem?

  34. ShadowFlower
    8:26 am on September 14th, 2008

    Leslie was the beautiful child that I was talking about. I would like to apologies for previous comment. I’ve been going thou may different feelings. ATM- I was angry with my brother for talking to the paper about what he knew NOTHING about, and second I was at the time wondering what Leslie’s appearance had to do with anything. To tell the truth, she had actually lost a bunch a weight, you should have seen her before.

  35. SoUncool
    9:12 am on September 14th, 2008

    Shadowflower: Just met you over in the forums. Thank you for coming on here and I’m sorry for what the family is going through. I do hope that you will keep us up-to-date. We’d also like to see you back over in the forums too!

  36. Zibarro
    4:45 pm on September 17th, 2008

    More “Gangsta” wannabees. Eck.

    This story touches me deeper because my mother is terminal. I’d give anything to keep her living for 20 or more years instead of wondering daily when her illness or one of the awful “side effects” of it (ie: stroke, heart attack; embolism) will take her.

    Then there’s this… this BITCH and her loser “man” killing HER mother over money!! And apparently, showing not one ounce of remorse!

    Thank you God for not allowing these 2 to breed more trash.

    Rest In Peace Alexandria.

  37. jj999
    3:00 pm on October 8th, 2008

    The blonde in the picture is the MOM? Do-rag on the left looks about 20 years older than the blonde woman. Is it right that they think the two do-rags killed the female do-rag’s Mom 1) for about $1,000 bucks, and 2) because Mom did not approve of female do-rag’s choice of male do-rag? Horrible, if true.

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