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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Former gay-porn actor guilty of Denver murder
A male escort was convicted this afternoon of the premeditated murder of his boss and former sexual partner, and now will spend the rest of his life in prison. Timothy Boham, 28, was found guilty by a nine-woman, three-man jury in Denver District Court of first-degree murder after deliberation, felony murder and aggravated assault. Colorado law mandates that someone found guilty of first-degree murder must spend the rest of their life in prison, without the possibility of parole. Judge Will Hood Jr. will hand down the sentence Tuesday. The jury took less than five hours to convict Boham, whose lawyers — Amber St. Clair and Kristan Wheeler — claimed that his victim, wealthy Denver businessman J.P. Kelso, committed suicide. They tried to persuade the jury that the murder scene was merely a coverup for a suicide so that Kelso’s life-insurance policy would pay out. According to four days of testimony, Boham had a paid sexual encounter in late 2005 with Kelso, who owned Professional Recovery Systems, a debt-collection agency where Boham briefly worked twice. Boham, a former gay-porn actor, said he and Kelso hung out together numerous times in the 11 months they knew each other.
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Activists, family hope good can come from Zapata’s death
A Colorado jury’s conviction of the man who murdered a transgender woman is a bittersweet moment for activists and the victim’s family, who are hoping while mourning that some good can come from the tragedy.
On April 22, Allen Andrade of Thorton, Colo., was convicted of first-degree murder and a hate crime for killing Angie Zapata, who was transgender, by beating her to death with a fire extinguisher in her Greeley, Colo., apartment.
Defense attorneys argued that Andrade, 32, killed Zapata, 18, while in a sort of “trans-panic” mindset after they agreed to meet for sex and he discovered she was transgender. But prosecutors argued that the murder was premeditated and Andrade murdered Zapata because he hated LGBT people. See Activists, family hope good can come from Zapata’s death
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Angie Zapata verdict announced
(Greeley, Colo.) A man who claimed he snapped before killing a transgender woman was swiftly convicted of first-degree murder and a hate crime Wednesday for savagely beating the woman with a fire extinguisher.
Allen Andrade, 32, of Thornton, was sentenced to life in prison without parole after being convicted of killing …
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Colorado defense lawyers claim killing was heat of passion killing, not first degree murder.
Tags: Colorado Defense, Colorado Lawyers, Confession, Defense Lawyers, First Degree Murder, Heat Of PassionJudge to rule on confession
Colorado defense lawyers claim killing was heat of passion killing, not first degree murder.
Tags: Colorado Defense, Colorado Lawyers, Confession, Defense Lawyers, First Degree Murder, Heat Of PassionJudge to rule on confession
Colorado defense lawyers claim killing was heat of passion killing, not first degree murder.
Tags: Colorado Defense, Colorado Lawyers, Confession, Defense Lawyers, First Degree Murder, Heat Of PassionJudge to rule on confession
Colorado defense lawyers claim killing was heat of passion killing, not first degree murder.
Tags: Colorado Defense, Colorado Lawyers, Confession, Defense Lawyers, First Degree Murder, Heat Of PassionJudge to rule on confession
Colorado defense lawyers claim killing was heat of passion killing, not first degree murder.
Tags: Colorado Defense, Colorado Lawyers, Confession, Defense Lawyers, First Degree Murder, Heat Of PassionGuilty verdict in gay porn producer murder
(Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) In less than four hours a jury of eight men and four women found 27 year old Harlow Cuadra guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of Cobra video owner Bryan Kocis in 2007.
Because it is a capital murder case, the jury tomorrow will deliberate whether Cuadra …
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