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Suspect pleads guilty in brutal slaying of gay teen in Puerto Rico
The man accused of the brutal murder of a gay teenager in Puerto Rico last November pleaded guilty on Wednesday and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. Juan José Martínez Matos, who had been scheduled to go on trial Monday for the murder of Jorge Steven López Mercado, confessed to the crime during a […]
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Boston man gets life in prison in stabbing death of gay hairstylist
A Boston man was found guilty Friday of murdering a popular hairstylist he met at a gay bar in 2008 and was immediately sent to prison for life without parole. Following six days of deliberations, the jury ruled that Steven Odegard, 42, stabbed Daniel Yakovleff, 20, over a dozen times with a foot-long chef’s knife. […]
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Man tracked to Vermont, arrested in stabbing death of NY gay man
The man accused of brutally stabbing a 41-year-old event planner in his Hell’s Kitchen apartment was arrested Saturday in Vermont, authorities said. Justin Waller, 31, was taken into custody Saturday afternoon at a friend’s home in Manchester, Vermont, after confessing to NYPD detectives that he killed John Lea. Police say they were able to find […]
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NY gay man found murdered; police searching for live-in lover
A man was found brutally stabbed to death inside his Hell’s Kitchen apartment Thursday, and detectives are looking to question his live-in lover. John Lea, 41, wearing only boxers, was found dead underneath a pile of clothes […]
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Prosecutors charge ex-Marine in slaying of gay Indiana professor
Monroe County Prosecutors have officially charged 25-year-old Michael Griffin in the murder of an Indiana University professor. A neighbor found the body of 53-year-old Don Belton in his Bloomington home on December 28, reports WYHR-TV. When the judge asked Michael Griffin how he pleads to the charge of murder, he responded, “not guilty,” even though, […]
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Police investigating murder of DC gay man found shot to death
Police are investigating the murder of Anthony J. Perkins, a 29-year-old gay man who was found shot to death inside his car early Sunday morning in the District of Columbia. Reports DC Agenda: A police statement says the car had steam billowing from its engine when officers responded to reports of the sound of gunfire. […]
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Miami police charge teacher’s gay ex-lover with murder
North Miami Police have determined Miami teacher Charles Brown was stabbed to death last week because he didn’t want to make a relationship work with his former boyfriend, Gregory Higgs, reports WTVJ-TV. Higgs has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder. According to a police report, neighbors watched in horror as Higgs stabbed Brown several […]
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Jorge Steven López Mercado, teen slain in Puerto Rico, laid to rest
Footage from the funeral of Jorge Steven López Mercado in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico, on Monday shows his grief-stricken mother remembering the moment she accepted her son as gay. According to a translation provided by the blogger Blabbeando, Myriam Mercado recalls the moment an emotionally upset Steven told her he was gay. “Aw, son … […]
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Suspect in killing of Puerto Rico teen may claim ‘gay panic’ defense
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The man charged with first-degree murder in the killing of a gay teenager in Puerto Rico will likely use “gay panic” as a defense, reports UPI. Juan A. Martinez Matos, 26, a married father of four (pictured), confessed he was cruising the “red light” district of Caguas, a city south […]
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Family ‘friend’ admits to murdering Baltimore gay teen
As LGBT advocates around the country are planning candlelight vigils in memory of Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado — the 19-year-old boy who was burned, dismembered and decapitated last week in Puerto Rico — word comes out of Baltimore about another murdered gay teen. Jason Mattison Jr., a 15-year old openly gay sophomore at the Vivian […]