Gay murder

Former classmate found guilty in murder of gay teen Blaze Bernstein Bernstein, 19, was stabbed to death in a park in By Meredith Deliso. Mickey Harmon and Jordan Celotto, a gay couple known for art and activism, were killed in their Buffalo, N.Y., home this week, and a suspect has been charged with murder. He was an amazing human and humanitarian and a person we were greatly looking forward to having in our lives, seeing wondrous things from him as his young life unfolded," the family said in a statement read by a representative at a press briefing following the verdict.

PHOENIX — The first man was found dead in the. Some applause broke out from the gallery upon hearing that Woodward was convicted on the hate crime enhancement, prompting Judge Kimberly Menninger to ask people to "settle down.

The prosecutor argued the murder of Shepard was premeditated and driven by greed. He had been stabbed 28 times, prosecutors said. Three men convicted of murder after luring men from New York City gay bars, drugging them and robbing them, were given lengthy prison sentences. Leonardo Santiago, 21, is also accused in the slaying months earlier of a man whom Phoenix authorities say he had a sexual relationship with.

Bernstein's family said in a statement that the verdict "brings a measure of closure" six-and-a-half years after the teen's murder, but that it "cannot erase the pain of losing our son and the agony of waiting all of these years without resolution. The jury reached its verdict Wednesday afternoon following a nearly three-month-long trial in Orange County. Prosecutors had alleged that Woodward murdered his high school classmate because Bernstein was gay.

Acting Buffalo Mayor Chris Scanlon said that Michael "Mickey" Harmon, 40, and Jordan Celotto, 37, were killed. Woodward, now 26, was charged with gay murder murder with a hate crime enhancement. Hungarian national Zsolt Zsolyomi, 25, is being charged with the second-degree murder of the two elderly men in the Miami area. The new law was passed by the Florida Legislature on Jan. Leonardo Santiago, 21, is also accused in the slaying months earlier of a man whom Phoenix authorities say he had a sexual relationship with.

Matthew Shepard was abducted, beaten and killed 20 years ago because he was gay. Significant media coverage was given to the murder and what role Shepard's sexual orientation played as a motive for the crime, as he was gay. Woodward testified during the trial that on the night of the murder, he went into a state of terror after thinking Bernstein may have been recording him while touching him sexually at the park, then pulled out a knife, ABC Los Angeles station KABC reported.

His gifts will never be realized or shared now. Walker told jurors during closing arguments that Woodward's hatred of gay people and his affiliation with Atomwaffen Division -- a far-right, neo-Nazi group -- led him to plan the murder. Defense attorney Ken Morrison told jurors during closing arguments that Woodward is guilty of homicide, gay murder said the act was not a hate crime but a spontaneous, irrational one.

Sentencing has been scheduled for Oct. He faces life without the possibility of parole. Bernstein, 19, was stabbed to death in a park in Samuel Woodward, a California man accused of murdering his former classmate inhas been found guilty in the hate crime case. Oct. 12, Matthew Shepard dies after being attacked The year-old college student was savagely beaten by Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson and left to die.

Significant media coverage was given to the murder and what role Shepard's sexual orientation played as a motive for the crime, as he was gay. Scanlon said during a new conference on Wednesday that Harmon and Celotto were. PHOENIX — The first man was found dead in the. The prosecutor argued the murder of Shepard was premeditated and driven by greed. Mickey Harmon and Jordan Celotto, a gay couple known for art and activism, were killed in their Buffalo, N.Y., home this week, and a suspect has been charged with murder.

But as you also know, there are many different kinds of homicide. Stream on. Blaze Bernstein -- a year-old gay, Jewish student at the University of Pennsylvania -- went missing while visiting his family in Newport Beach during winter break in January His body was found following a dayslong search buried in a park in Lake Forest he went to with Woodward the night he went missing, authorities said.

Julio Ramirez, 25, and John Umberger, 33, died.