Questions about gay teen murder in Baltimore
Jason Mattison Jr., 15, an openly gay high schooler, was found dead last week in his aunt’s home; the suspect charged, Dante Parrish, 35, was a family friend. Mattison was raped, gagged with a pillowcase, stabbed repeatedly in the head and throat and shoved in a closet.
Says the Baltimore Sun:
Jason’s …
Verdicts upheld in Calif. trans teen murder
(Newark, California) A California appeals court has upheld the murder convictions of two men in the slaying of transgendered teen Gwen Araujo.
Michael Magidson, 28, of Fremont, and Jose Merel, 29, were convicted of second degree murder in the beating and strangulation death of 17-year-old Araujo in 2002.
Two other men, Jaron …
