ELMIRA, N.Y. — A jury in Chemung County, N.Y. has found Louis M. Duffy guilty of murder in the May 1 killing of Clinton “Billy” Lewis, the owner of Club Chill, a gay bar in Elmira, N.Y.
Louis Duffy
The jury convicted Duffy, 21, of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon after about two and a half hours of deliberation on Thursday.
Duffy, of Horeseheads, N.Y., previously confessed to the murder, telling police that the shooting occurred after the two men had consensual sex.
In his testimony, Duffy said a molestation “flashback,” coupled with his first homosexual experience, caused him to shoot Lewis after the pair had sex. Duffy said he was abused by his adoptive grandfather when he was in the second and third grades.
Duffy said he went to stay with Lewis the morning of the killing because Lewis had offered him a construction job the following day at a lakehouse. He said he had no intention of having sex with Lewis, but when Lewis started kissing him, “I let it go on,” Duffy said.
Duffy testified that he’s still unsure of his sexuality – he’s still attracted to women but has homosexual “tendencies.” He said he began having thoughts of sex with men in 11th grade, but he never experimented before his encounter with Lewis.
Duffy claimed to be under extreme emotional distress, and that after Lewis, 53, told him they were going to have sex again, he grabbed a gun from his backpack and fired.
Duffy claimed he was high on cocaine at the time of the murder.
During the trial, prosecutors grilled Duffy about a letter he wrote from jail about a month before the trial, which said he would lie on the stand to avoid a murder conviction.
Duffy could face 25 years to life when he’s sentenced on January 9.
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gd he should b put to death fairs fair
Thats a bit odd having sex with someone then killing them…Good kill him
sickening!
O.o…. Idiot!
Kill him or let him rot. in prison for life. Bet he won’t be saying no or killing anyone when they rape his ass !!
Monstrous. . . it baffles me how people can “hate” themselves and others for being “sexual” creatures. . . we are human beings and we have sex. . . either for reproduction, recreation, or just honoring our “power” of creation. . .
So a “man” consented to having sex with “gay” bar owner and then murdered him. . . hmmm. . . I am thrilled to know he is going through due process in the State of New York. . . this is my opinionated statement. . .
ugh .. this is why i dont fuck with first timers
sad :/ another proof that having sex with a 25yo when you’re 53 is a bad idea…
I am against the death penalty, however in prison we can assume he will be “raped” by multiple prison inmates if convicted for capital murder. . . hmmm. . . albiet he never thought of that before he “consented” to having sex with a man. . . if convicted we can presume it will never be consensual for him again. . . lol
good
I am assuming he was a straight guy trying to cover his self and didn’t think “If I get caught I will be all over the news” this is a mad world we live in now.
I’m honestly not sure how I feel about this. If he was honestly molested when he was younger (not calling him a liar – I’m just being a skeptic) it’s a shame he didn’t receive the help he needed. Had he gotten it, there is a good chance this wouldn’t have happened. And the possibility of being on drugs definitely didn’t help anything. I’m not trying to justify what he did, but more refusing to jump to instantly hating a man that wasn’t mentally stable and had an instinctive reaction… Though I don’t understand how anyone under any circumstances could take another life, and it’s a tragedy that things like this happen. There is far more to this issue than “a guy questioning his sexuality killed a man after having his consentual first gay experience.” And it upsets me how people jump to conclusions… okay I’m done with my skeptic ranting, please no flame hate – just trying to get people to think…
lolfag
You see based off of the info I got from Robert’s comment above mine I can state this. There is no excuse to take human life unless in defense. He also should not have put himself in the situation. All the blame rests on the murderer for not seeking help and for being a drug user. Mental instability and drug use makes you double weak. Therefore, I find him double guilty. And to all you math fags out there who want to state I made a double negative, shove it. I made a double positive by saying he’s double guilty. He’s off the street. The public is safe.
As a pround gay man as myself I hope he gets the death penalty I really do hope too god because I dont like these fuckin Straight people gay bashing us and doing bodylie? too us GAYS.So have fun jail dude,and like I said I hope you get the death penatly.
I hope he gets whats cumming too him
if he did the murder then he deserves the jail time.
very interesting case
@morther shorldon…..to me, you lack the mental capacity to understand the thoughts of another human. your “lolfag” comment has no value in this discussion, therefore, your latter comments are dismissed immediately.
Although prison rape is a real problem, and does happen, how often it happens, and the level a prosecution of prison rapists is a variable controlled by prison administrators and their policies, to a great extent. However vile a man’s crime, to say “I hope he gets raped,” or “He will get raped multiple times” is to endorse rape is a prison norm, which it is not in properly run facilities. It is a favorite threat used by prosecutors and police to get non-violent offenders to give up other offenders. It is just wrong, regardless of the intended victim and or their prior offense.However, the fear a young man might feel walking into a prison for the first time, is just what women have to live with every day.
@Kevin George, Exactly right about what that ignorant person said. Now for my own comment. I agree with someone who said that had this defendant received the help he deserved and needed when he was younger, this probably wouldn’t have happened. A sad case.
Not surprising. People be rale serious about they hetero privilege
I’m sorry but it’s as bad as the twinki defense. I have flash backs due to sexual trama and its an in the moment thing, not after. And if it was such a horifing thing he wouldn’t have consented.
Flashbacks during a sexual encounter and a violent death…yeah, I’m with Erica. He concocted the story to get sympathy from the jury
Glad to see he didn’t get away with the “gay panic” defense.
He’ll get plenty of non consensual gay sex now. :-)
Hope you take a LOT of Preparation H with ya, Lou, cuz you’re gonna need it asswipe!
If he’s telling the truth, he too is a victim. But who knows. what would be most interesting is if we can ferret out if it was a catholic priest or another church’s leader.
if you think the cathoic church is a horror (I do), just google “Southern Baptists – childmolestation”
While the problem seems to stem from Priests not able to get married, it appears that “power”, namely the idea that religious leaders control your path to God may be just as big a factor. It goes to their heads, lots of little kids they can deposit their genes into, and then so easily convince the kid that it was the kids fault. Added onto by their ability to tell kids that hell awaits them if rhw kids rat out the perp.
not a fortune teller but AM predicting a bunch of man-on-man action in his future
Wow, everyone is loving the idea of rape as punishment. I guess I’m in the minority of thinking that’s really messed up.
we live in a crazy little world he must had lot of hate to such a thing like that what a dummy