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Contents:
- A SURPRISG SPECT EMERG IN DEATH OF OPENLY GAY COAL MER
- PHILLY MAN ALLEGEDLY KILLED HIS GAY LOVER
- OH MAN MURRS BT FRIEND TO COVER UP THEIR GAY AFFAIR
- KILLER ‘JENNY JON’ GAY CSH MURR RELEASED OM PRISON
- MAN WHO KILLED GAY SECRET ADMIRER OM ‘JENNY JON SHOW’ GETS PAROLE
- DATELE TAILS SE OF MARRIED P WHO KILLED HIS SECRET GAY LOVER
- BROCKTON MAN KILLED LOVER TO HI GAY RELATNSHIP: PROSECUTOR
- GAY MAN LEAV CHILLG NOTE FOR POLICE AFTER MURRG EX-BOYIEND'S LOVER, COMMTG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY MATTHEW THARRETTJULY 31, 2015/4:31 PMBY MATTHEW THARRETTJULY 31, 2015 / 4:31 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY MAN LEAV CHILLG NOTE FOR POLICE AFTER MURRG EX-BOYIEND'S LOVER, COMMTG SUICI","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-07-31T20:31:28.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-07-31T20:31:28.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MATTHEW THARRETT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TWO GAY MEN WERE FOUND AD A PARTIALLY BURNG GEIA HOME WEDNDAY, AFTER ONE FOLLOWED THROUGH WH A MURR-SUICI PLOT TO KILL HIS EX-LOVER'S CURRENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BODI WERE DISVERED BY POLICE AFTER A NEIGHBOR, NOTICG BLACK SMOKE BILLOWG OM THE HOME, ALERTED THORI. POLICE RELEASED THE NAM OF BOTH VICTIMS AND THE TAILS OF THE KILLG AFTER A TWO-DAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VTIGATN FOUND THAT 41-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL D (ABOVE RIGHT), WHO WAS FOUND AD ON THE HOME'S SEND FLOOR, APPARENTLY LURED HIS EX-LOVER'S CURRENT BOYIEND, 33-YEAR-OLD RANDALL KARD (ABOVE LEFT), TO THE HOME HE ONCE SHARED WH THE BOYIEND, 33-YEAR-OLD ASHELY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: AT MAN TRAGILLY MURRED BY BOYIEND WAS TRYG TO PROTECT HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KARD, WHO WORKED AT AZUL SALON AND SPA JT AWAY OM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME, LEFT WORK A HURRY ON WEDNDAY MORNG AROUND 11AM, NEVER TO BE SEEN AGA. POLICE HAVE SCE LEARNED THAT HE WAS LURED OUT OF HIS JOB AND TO A R BY D, WHO SHOT HIM THE BACK WHILE DRIVG, POSSIBLY KILLG HIM BEFORE THE TWO MA TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POLICE BELIEVE ONCE THEY REACHED THEIR STATN, D DRAGGED KARD TO THE HOE HE ONCE SHARED WH HIS EX, BATTLE, FOR YEARS, BEFORE SETTG NEARLY A DOZEN FIR AND KILLG HIMSELF WH A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO MOTIVE OTHER THAN THE MEN'S SHARED NNECTN THROUGH BATTLE WAS SPECULATED, THOUGH IENDS OF D SAID HE HAD RECENTLY BEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOST CHILLGLY, POLICE SAY D TAILED HIS PLAN TO MURR KARD A HANDWRTEN NOTE, WHICH WAS FOUND AT THE SCENE, AMONG MATERIALS THAT SUGGT D MAY HAVE TRIED TO CHANGE HIS APPEARANCE ORR TO GO ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S A TRAGIC, TRAGIC THG,” SAID HOTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S CAPT. JON HOLLAND. “IT’S A DISTURBG CINT AND A DISTURBG CRIME WHEN SOMEONE TAK THE STEPS TO EXACT THAT KD OF REVENGE AGAST SOMEONE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T PROJECT Q {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- GAY MAN KILLED, ANOTHER CRILLY JURED GRDR MEETUP
- GAY LOVE TRIANGLE ENDS MURR
- MAN ACCED OF FATALLY STABBG APPARENT LOVER BROOKLYN MET HIM ON GAY HOOK-UP APP
- LAST CALL: BEHD THE TERRIFYG UNTOLD STORY OF NEW YORK'S GAY BAR KILLER
A SURPRISG SPECT EMERG IN DEATH OF OPENLY GAY COAL MER
Learn more about the ath of Brad McGarry, a gay al mer om Oh who was killed by lover David Kney. * gay man kills lover *
Police Philalphia arrted a man they say killed his gay lover and left the burng rpse a lol park an effort to hi the pair's sexual Pratt, 20, was taken to ctody Wednday, June 15, and charged wh the murr of Naasir Johnson, 20, whose charred remas were disvered jt after noon on Febary 20 on a bbltone trail Fairmount believe the two men were romantilly volved and Pratt, known lolly as 29th Street Rich, killed the openly gay Naasir after the man threatened to go public wh their relatnship, acrdg to Metro Weekly. "Police said at a news nference yterday they have evince showg Webb and Mann, who was out, were volved an onle relatnship for about four months, and that Webb was fearful Mann would expose their relatnship and out Webb as gay on social media.
PHILLY MAN ALLEGEDLY KILLED HIS GAY LOVER
Brockton Man Killed Lover To Hi Gay Relatnship: Prosecutor - Brockton, MA - The spect was ncerned about his work and fay fdg out about his relatnship wh the victim, prosecutors said. * gay man kills lover *
Growg up as an openly gay man a small village of Lewisville, Oh, McGarry had a difficult childhood.
“He walked around and he ma apparent that he was gay. “But he showed that you n be an openly gay man and still be able to do physil labor like straight guys and that’s kd of what he was wantg to do is change the stereotype.
A North Philalphia man allegedly murred his gay lover, appparently to keep their timate relatnship hidn om the public, thori say. Johnson was openly-gay. A Michigan man who murred a gay admirer three days after the victim revealed his same-sex csh on the “Jenny Jon” talk show has been set ee after 22 years prison.
OH MAN MURRS BT FRIEND TO COVER UP THEIR GAY AFFAIR
This latt cint, which occurred Detro, is one of several across the U.S. and abroad where gay men were targeted on the popular LGBTQ datg app. * gay man kills lover *
Durg his vtigatn, Short was ntacted by a man named Andy Schermerhorn - a Universy of Missouri stunt who revealed that he and the openly gay Valencia had a 'iends wh benefs' relatnship. Rs wife, Libby, stood by her hband spe the fact he admted to the gay affair.
Amazgly, Rs wife, Libby, stood by her hband spe the fact he admted to the gay affair. Skip to ma ntentStoughton, MAEaston, MABratree, MACanton, MASharon, MAWeymouth, MAMansfield, MAMilton, MANorwood, MAFoxborough, MAMassachettsTop Natnal NewsSee All CommuniBROCKTON, MA — Prosecutors believe that a man's motivatn a murr was to keep his gay relatnship a Nov. Willis's fay was not fully aware he was gay, acrdg to Kenny.
KILLER ‘JENNY JON’ GAY CSH MURR RELEASED OM PRISON
A jury found a Missouri patrolman guilty Saturday of killg a gay llege stunt who had talked about revealg their sexual affair to the police chief. * gay man kills lover *
Two gay men were found ad a partially burng Geia home Wednday, after one followed through wh a murr-suici plot to kill his ex-lover's current bodi were disvered by police after a neighbor, noticg black smoke billowg om the home, alerted thori. A Detro man has been charged an attempted robbery and shootg that left one gay man ad and another crilly jured.
The cint is the latt a strg of attacks agast gay men targeted through a popular LGBTQ datg app.
"The allegatns are that social media ntacts were ed to target, ntact, rob, fatally shoot one gay man and serly wound another gay man, " Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said a statement. ”Gay men are routely targeted on datg apps like Grdr, where privacy and safety ncerns abound.
MAN WHO KILLED GAY SECRET ADMIRER OM ‘JENNY JON SHOW’ GETS PAROLE
A man is facg the rt of his life behd bars for knifg a man to ath Brooklyn after meetg him on a gay hook-up app. * gay man kills lover *
In May of this year, two Dallas men were charged by a feral grand jury wh "nspiracy to m hate crim, kidnappg and rjackg" after lurg ne gay men through the popular app to an apartment plex and subsequently kidnappg, sexually assltg and robbg them. "The dictment further alleg that Jenks and Henry ed bodily jury to four victims bee of their actual and perceived sexual orientatn, " a Jtice Department statement year, followg a siar cint, thori charged four men wh feral hate crim for a seri of North Texas asslts and robberi after they posed as gay and manipulated victims to divulgg their home addrs via the app 2017.
DATELE TAILS SE OF MARRIED P WHO KILLED HIS SECRET GAY LOVER
The men, whose ag ranged om 19 to 21, were sentenced to between 10 and 20 years prison for breakg to victims' hom, tyg them up wh tape, physilly assltg them and yellg gay slurs at them. Perhaps one of the most well-known gay datg-app predators is Stephen Port — a man dubbed "The Grdr Killer" — who was sentenced to life prison 2016 for dggg, rapg and killg four men he met through the app.
BROCKTON MAN KILLED LOVER TO HI GAY RELATNSHIP: PROSECUTOR
"This is why we see a rise hate crim durg Pri Month and creas of hate crim 'gay-iendly' neighborhoods, " Coston said. “There are people impersonatg romantic partners and iends untri where beg gay is illegal, then threateng to out the er, ” said Ian Holloway, an assistant profsor of social welfare the Universy of California, Los Angel, Lk School of Public 2018, there were wispread reports of Egyptian thori and rints who ed gay datg apps to entrap and persecute gay men. "For people livg the areas or untri where homosexualy is crimalized, apps n be a way to build muny.
GAY MAN LEAV CHILLG NOTE FOR POLICE AFTER MURRG EX-BOYIEND'S LOVER, COMMTG {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY MATTHEW THARRETTJULY 31, 2015/4:31 PMBY MATTHEW THARRETTJULY 31, 2015 / 4:31 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY MAN LEAV CHILLG NOTE FOR POLICE AFTER MURRG EX-BOYIEND'S LOVER, COMMTG SUICI","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-07-31T20:31:28.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-07-31T20:31:28.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"MATTHEW THARRETT","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}TWO GAY MEN WERE FOUND AD A PARTIALLY BURNG GEIA HOME WEDNDAY, AFTER ONE FOLLOWED THROUGH WH A MURR-SUICI PLOT TO KILL HIS EX-LOVER'S CURRENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE BODI WERE DISVERED BY POLICE AFTER A NEIGHBOR, NOTICG BLACK SMOKE BILLOWG OM THE HOME, ALERTED THORI. POLICE RELEASED THE NAM OF BOTH VICTIMS AND THE TAILS OF THE KILLG AFTER A TWO-DAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE VTIGATN FOUND THAT 41-YEAR-OLD CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL D (ABOVE RIGHT), WHO WAS FOUND AD ON THE HOME'S SEND FLOOR, APPARENTLY LURED HIS EX-LOVER'S CURRENT BOYIEND, 33-YEAR-OLD RANDALL KARD (ABOVE LEFT), TO THE HOME HE ONCE SHARED WH THE BOYIEND, 33-YEAR-OLD ASHELY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}RELATED: AT MAN TRAGILLY MURRED BY BOYIEND WAS TRYG TO PROTECT HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KARD, WHO WORKED AT AZUL SALON AND SPA JT AWAY OM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME, LEFT WORK A HURRY ON WEDNDAY MORNG AROUND 11AM, NEVER TO BE SEEN AGA. POLICE HAVE SCE LEARNED THAT HE WAS LURED OUT OF HIS JOB AND TO A R BY D, WHO SHOT HIM THE BACK WHILE DRIVG, POSSIBLY KILLG HIM BEFORE THE TWO MA TO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}POLICE BELIEVE ONCE THEY REACHED THEIR STATN, D DRAGGED KARD TO THE HOE HE ONCE SHARED WH HIS EX, BATTLE, FOR YEARS, BEFORE SETTG NEARLY A DOZEN FIR AND KILLG HIMSELF WH A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}NO MOTIVE OTHER THAN THE MEN'S SHARED NNECTN THROUGH BATTLE WAS SPECULATED, THOUGH IENDS OF D SAID HE HAD RECENTLY BEEN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MOST CHILLGLY, POLICE SAY D TAILED HIS PLAN TO MURR KARD A HANDWRTEN NOTE, WHICH WAS FOUND AT THE SCENE, AMONG MATERIALS THAT SUGGT D MAY HAVE TRIED TO CHANGE HIS APPEARANCE ORR TO GO ON THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S A TRAGIC, TRAGIC THG,” SAID HOTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S CAPT. JON HOLLAND. “IT’S A DISTURBG CINT AND A DISTURBG CRIME WHEN SOMEONE TAK THE STEPS TO EXACT THAT KD OF REVENGE AGAST SOMEONE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}H/T PROJECT Q {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
COLUMBIA, Missouri (Court TV) -- A jury found a Missouri patrolman guilty Saturday of killg a gay llege stunt who had talked about revealg their sexual affair to the police Rs, a married junr officer this universy town's police force, was nvicted of the first-gree murr of his lover, Jse Valencia, fdg by the ne-woman, three-man panel rri an tomatic sentence of life prison whout parole for Rs, also remend an addnal, largely symbolic sentence of 10 years for the charge of armed crimal actn related to Rs' e of a knife the prosecutor had asked for a send life sentence to send a msage to other law enforcement officers that "that there will be a ton of bricks dropped" if they break the laws they are sworn to uphold. Valencia, a Universy of Missouri junr who was open about his homosexualy, was found ad on a lawn near mp wh his throat sl June 5, 2004.
A man is facg the rt of his life behd bars for knifg a man to ath Brooklyn after meetg him on a gay hook-up alleged killer, though, had no ia the victim was also unr vtigatn for sex April, David Haigh of Pennsylvania traveled to Brooklyn to meet Jam Johnson. In fact, the people who were most at risk – this se, gay men who met for hook-ups at New York Cy bars that served the muny – were given no staed or amplified warngs by eher the thori or the media, creatg a safe space for the murrer to ntue to wreak havoc.
GAY MAN KILLED, ANOTHER CRILLY JURED GRDR MEETUP
In fact, the se got so ltle attentn relative to s horror that today few remember , even wh the gay, three s after the murrs, journalist Elon Green has wrten a book tled Last Call: A Te Story of Love, Lt, and Murr Queer New York that go beyond the facts of the story to reveal the larger issu that surround them.
Worse, that perd reprented the height of ignorance and fear about Aids, as well as the peak ath toll the gay muny the wt, greatly impactg how the muny was viewed. “Aids took what was, at bt, a level of difference towards gay people and turned to revulsn, ” said Green.
Between 1987 and 1994 the cy saw a greater number of killgs than any other stretch more than half a that benighted era, gay bars were often ‘the one refuge om the perils of everyday life’, says Green. ’ Photograph: Wonwoo Lee/Getty Imag/Image SourceI n speak to the equency of vlence the gay muny back then.
GAY LOVE TRIANGLE ENDS MURR
In that same time ame, a close iend was gay-bashed to unnscns by a gang of young men, g a days-long stay the hospal, and I was punched so hard the stomach outsi a gay dance club I thought the guy mt have ed a hammer. Several years later, on a sunny day on Christopher Street (then the center of New York’s gay life), a man g an anti-gay ephet smashed my bt iend the head wh a rock.
”Meanwhile, the officer did story at the re of Last Call ptur a time the cy, and the liv of gay men, that seem far removed om the current one. Back that benighted era, gay bars were often “the one refuge om the perils of everyday life”, said Green.
MAN ACCED OF FATALLY STABBG APPARENT LOVER BROOKLYN MET HIM ON GAY HOOK-UP APP
At the same time, was a particular type of gay man equentg a specific kd of bar, who tend to be the victim this se. As to why he elud jtice the s, Green said, “most likely the jury believed that this was a gay man attackg another gay man and they didn’t re about the circumstanc. Given a chance to acqu, they took ” the same time, Green said that he “ultimately realized that the killer (who was himself gay) was laborg unr the same societal nstrats his victims were.
While Green believed homophobia played a major part that, he also said “cisns that law enforcement ma ntributed to the long lay.