St. Louis Riverfront Times: Not Just Another Pin-up in the Ste. Genevieve County Jail. In a bid for an interview scoop, St. Louis TV reporter Deanne Lane sent a handwritten letter and a postcard-sized color photo of herself to convicted and incarcerated serial rapist Dennis Rabbitt, now serving several consecutive life sentences after pleading guilty to sexual assaults on 14 women. “Think about it. Sending a picture of yourself to a sex offender

— what do you think he’s gonna do with it? It was just gross,”

says Rabbitt’s attorney. “Dennis thought it was ridiculous. Dennis gave

it to me. He said, ‘This is what I got. You keep it.’ He thought

it was silly. He was unimpressed.”

Asked about the handwritten letter and the photo, Lane is

foggy on details. “I don’t recall that,” she says when asked

whether she included a photo with her letter to Rabbitt.