TEXAS: Possible Gay Panic Defense In Murder Of 18 Year-Old Student

[WillParkinson]

TEXAS: Possible Gay Panic Defense In Murder Of 18 Year-Old Student

Texas police have charged a 19 year-old student with murder after he led investigators to the beaten and burned body of 18 year-old fellow student Joshua Wilkerson (left). The suspect claims the pair fought after Wilkerson made sexual advances on him.

The suspect, identified as Hermillo Moralez, beat Joshua Wilkerson to death with a large wooden object sometime Tuesday afternoon, according to court records from Brazoria County. The 19-year-old then burned the teenager's body. Moralez told investigators Wilkerson gave him a ride in his truck after school and sometime later, the victim "began to come on to him in a sexual manner," according to a probable cause document. Moralez said he hit Wilkerson and the two got out of his truck and fought. Moralez was previously a person of interest in the investigation when he was seen loitering in the area of Joshua Wilkerson's abandoned vehicle, according to a Pearland Police Department statement.

According to a local ABC station, after a handcuffed Moralez led police to Wilkerson's body, he attempted to pull a detective's gun from its holster and make an escape. Those two felonies will be added to the murder charges. He is being held without bond. News reports have not speculated as to whether Wilkerson was gay.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/11/texas-possible-gay-panic-defense-in.html

[Kerrytravelers]

1. Look at this sicko's mugshot. He's grinning ear to ear.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7797238


This kid was nice enough to give him a ride and this is how he is thanked? Just sickening.

[xchrom]

2. Did he think the cop was gay too?

All that trying to pull his gun and all...

[Angry Dragon]

3. Hard to prove that the victim made advances on you when

they are dead and there are no witnesses

[Sonoman]

4. If that innocent-looking kid made him feel threatened...

Just wait a few weeks or months, Hermillo.

You're headed to the Fun-House, now.

That shit-eating grin is gonna be a thing of the past, amigo.

Sonoman

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. Ugh.

[David Zephyr]

6. gay + panic = homo + phobia. Why doesn't anyone see that?

Gay panic is homo phobia. That's what it means. Jeez.

So, if you're homophobic you can murder?

[donco6]

7. While leading to the body, the kid tried to steal an officer's gun.

And he'll probably still get off.

[mitchtv]

8. he's Hispanic, it's Texas

this might be an exception to the rule

[donco6]

9. Good point.

It'll be closer.

[mzmolly]

10. What about homophobe panic?

Is that a valid defense for killing bigots?

Just when you think you can't be any more disgusted .... :(

[David Zephyr]

12. Exactly. It's the legal reciprocation, isn't it?

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[lightningandsnow]

11. What the hell?