Comments on: Teen arrested in WABC reporter’s murder

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:27:10 +0000

The murder is most certainly never justified, but hopefully ppl take a lesson from this and stop putting themselves in these risky situations. What business did this guy have soliciting a 16yo old boy for rough sex? btw- the boy has videos up on youtube still and he is greek, not hispanic.

By: Billy

Billy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:49:21 +0000

Was the 16-year-old suspect gay?

By: diego

diego — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:51:45 +0000

These comments totally ignore a very real and serious issue regarding on-line dating and “hooking-up”. The gay community needs to refocus its efforts on keeping us safe from EACH OTHER just as much as straight people. I know many people that have been injured and beaten by gay guys they met on the net.

There is nothing wrong with wanting companionship (read:sex) but we, just like straights, have people within our community that want to harm us. In NYC, organizations like The anti-violence project are good for taking money but dont do much to warn and educate about true life cyber crimes. Over all gays have high numbers of domestic violence and abuse that go unrecored because of gay history with police, shame, embarrasment and other issues that are common in abuse cases. These numbers, and reasons, increase when the perp is a gay guy you met as a hook-up.

We need to report these crimes, not protect gays that harm other gays and stop accepting violence as a natural possibility to getting laid.

No, the 16 year old killer is NOT Latino! He IS Greek.

By: ZenithNYC

ZenithNYC — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:31:14 +0000

Actually, the suspect is a Greek-American named John Katehis.

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:53:25 +0000

Tiger Tzu,

Well if anyone tries to defend this murderer, either by religious rights or hispanic people, then they are justifying murder with a smack on the butt. I don’t care if he is 16, he knew what he did was wrong. I just can’t accept that he is a child.

Really, now, when do kids learn right from wrong? They learn it in early childhood, ages 2-4. I just don’t want everyone to think “poor kid”, he didn’t know what he was doing. That is just a bald face lie.

How many times is this going to occur, before we start lobbying for laws that require legislation to protect everyone?

By: TigerTzu

TigerTzu — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:09:48 +0000

I can’t wait until the calls for mercy and compassion for this murderer start.