Teen charged in gay murder
Jack Frew, a Scottish gay teen, was found dead in the woods and a classmate has been charged.
Teen charged in gay murder
Jack Frew, a Scottish gay teen, was found dead in the woods and a classmate has been charged.
Teens’ attorneys call attempted murder “staged”
Attorneys for three teens accused of trying to push a lesbian classmate off of a cliff are calling the incident “staged,” the Lexington Herald-Leader [1] reported.
Cheyenne Williams, 18, said three of her classmates kidnapped her, took her to picturesque Flat Lick Falls, and tried to push her over a cliff.
The attorneys for the three defendants dispute that story.
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James Baechtold, who represents one of the teens, said Williams’ story contains “distinct falsehoods” the Herald-Leader reported. “There’s no merit to any of these allegations at all.”
The Kentucky Equality Federation, an LGBT advocacy group, told Williams they would support her potential lawsuit financially. The group also vowed to push to have the incident classified as a hate crime, which would mean tougher penalties if the teens are convicted.
A video that Williams took with her cell phone appears to be a key piece of evidence.
“I have seen the video and I will not comment on what it shows other than to say that is what I base my opinion on. It was staged performance and the alleged victim was a participant,” Sharon Allen Gray, an attorney for one of the defendants told KYMT [3].
A hearing Thursday is likely to reveal more details in the case.
[1] http://www.kentucky.com/2010/04/27/1240166/attorneys-gay-teen-willingly-participated.html
[2] http://www.365gay.com/wp-content/uploads/news-cheyenee-williams-sepia-top.jpg
[3] http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/92130109.html
Teens tried to kill lesbian teen
Three teens kidnapped and tried to push off a cliff a lesbian classmate and claim it was a prank.
Lesbian teen guilty of school murder
A 16-year-old girl from Florida was found guilty of the second-degree murder of a classmate, after the classmate had rejected her advances.
Teah Wimberly made romantic advances toward Amanda Collette at the Miami High School.
Wimberly sent text messages to Collette, 15, declaring her feelings, but Collete rejected Wimberly. Wimberly then shot and …
Larry King’s killer to be tried as adult
After testimony about his ties to neo-Nazis, the boy who shot a gay classmate will stand trial as an adult.
Was This Junior High Student Killed for Being Gay? CBS News
VENTURA, Calif. (CBS/AP) “Tell Larry goodbye because you’re not going to see him again.” That is what 15-year-old Brandon McInerney said a day before he allegedly shot and killed fellow student Larry King, according to police.
Everybody knew who Larry King was at E.O. Green Junior High in Oxnard, Calif. King, fifteen, was open about his sexual orientation and known for his splashy personality and wearing high heels to classes.
On Feb. 12, 2008, King was in the school’s computer lab with 24 other students. Authorities say McInerney, an eighth-grade classmate, walked into the room with a gun and shot King in the head. McInerney ran from the building and police officers detained him a few blocks away. See Was This Junior High Student Killed for Being Gay? CBS News
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Officers say teen slaying suspect admitting killing, apologized Los Angeles Times -
A few minutes after he allegedly gunned down his gay classmate, Oxnard junior high school student Brandon McInerney calmly allowed police to take him into custody, telling them, “I’m the one who did it,” the officers testified in a Ventura courthouse Monday.
McInerney, who was 14 at the time, apologized repeatedly for allegedly gunning down Larry King, 15, a classmate who students said had pursued McInerney romantically, the officers testified. See Officers say teen slaying suspect admitting killing, apologized
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Neo-Nazi ideas blamed in gay Oxnard teen’s slaying
July 22 marked the third and likely final day of testimony in the pre-trial hearing of a boy accused of gunning down a gay classmate at an Oxnard junior high school.
Prosecutors contended Tuesday in Ventura County Superior Court that the boy, Brandon McInerney, was motivated at least in part by neo-Nazi beliefs.
McInerney was 14 and Larry King was 15 when King was fatally shot during a computer lab class on Feb. 12, 2008. McInerney was acquainted with local neo-Nazis and kept a notebook with elaborate drawings of Nazi symbols and regalia, according to testimony from an investigator. McInerney, now 15, has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder.
Read more about the shooting and pretrial hearing.
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Boy accused of killing gay classmate bragged he had guns at home, police say
Oxnard junior high school student Brandon McInerney bragged that he had guns at home if he ever wanted to kill someone, a police investigator testified at the youth’s pretrial hearing today in Ventura County Superior Court.
McInerney made the comment to another student at E.O. Green Junior High in Oxnard sometime before walking into the classroom and allegedly gunning down gay classmate Larry King on the morning of Feb. 12, 2008, said Oxnard police Sgt. Kevin Baysinger.
“Brandon said if he ever wanted to kill anybody, his dad had a bunch of guns and he had the capability,” Baysinger told the court. Other witness testified that McInerney, then 14, and King had been feuding over King’s alleged romantic overtures toward McInerney.
McInerney was clearly irritated after King, 15, reportedly said, “Baby, I love you,” the day before the shooting occurred, based on interviews with students. Other students reported similar threats, he said.
McInerney reportedly told one of King’s friends the day before the shooting, “Tell Larry goodbye because you’re not going to see him again,” Baysinger said. Other students reported similar threats, he said.
The testimony came during the first day of a pretrial hearing to determine whether the case should go to trial.
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