'Gay panic' floated in murder of HS music teacher
by: Pam Spaulding
Wed Dec 31, 2008 at 21:00:00 PM EST
http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8872And the sad thing is, in 2008 we saw this bogus defense actually work. This time the case is in Las Vegas. (MSNBC):
High school music teacher Matthew Cox didn't make it home to Michigan for Christmas. Instead, he was allegedly murdered by one of his own students. On December 20, the 32-year-old Cox picked up Basic High School student Juan Aguirre and his brother Jose Delatorre and took them back to his house in Henderson.
The brothers told police in the report that they played video games with Cox. Before leaving, however, they say Cox went upstairs with Juan. Juan says that while they were alone, his teacher became sexual with him and made him feel uncomfortable.
OK, now here is where the garbage defense unravels; the thugs choke Cox for 10 minutes, until he stops moving, and tie up his hands and feet. Do the the sexually terrorized young men call 911? Do they run to their home and ask for help? No.
