A father's tears flowed in a Brooklyn courtroom on Friday as he listened to the things his teenage son did for $60 with a much older man, which spiraled out of control into murder, the murder of popular radio newsman George Weber.
If this is just the beginning, the trial could get very ugly.
He was crying because prosecutors were talking about his 16-year-old son.
"One of the names he used, to lure this underage boy, into his lair, was the name 'Smotherboy,'" defense attorney Jeffrey Schwartz said.
John Katehis' lawyer said things about the murdered Weber that, when they hear, will make Weber's friends cry, just like the teen boy's father.
"It seems that Mr. Weber had this whole secret life that no one knew about," Schwartz said. "He lured John Katehis into his home. He plied him with alcohol and illegal drugs."
Not even the defense lawyer, though, denied that on March 20 Weber was killed in his Carroll Gardens apartment; or that Katehis had the knife that killed him; or even the statement, by one of the arresting detectives, that was submitted Friday in court papers.
"Defendant stated killing George was an accident. …Defendant went to George's apartment after responding to craigslist ad for smothering (T: I have no idea what "smothering" is). He was supposed to get $60," the statement said.
Or this, attributed to Katehis himself: "I didn't mean to kill George. It was an accident. He pulled a knife on me, so I stabbed him. He gave me something to drink and some coke. He asked me to do things I wasn't comfortable with."
To which attorney Schwartz added: "[Weber] attempted to get him to do, some sadomasochistic sex to him. Um, the situation got out of control."
The Brooklyn assistant district attorney was clearly frustrated as she tried to set the record straight, but was cut off by the judge.
"Your honor, excuse me ... for the benefit of the media!" Anna Sigga-Nicolazzi said.
But Schwartz lost his main argument. Katehis was sent back to Rikers Island and will still be tried as an adult for murder.
As for those MySpace photos of the young Katehis posing with knives, his lawyer said it was just macho teenage posturing. But he said it hinted at the sadomasochism Weber wanted that night.
Here is a comment made in another forum about the case which I agree with (and it's from a site which usually laughs off any sort of so-called "conspiracy talk"):
"xuanzhiyouxuan: The kid was programmed using basic MKULTRA techniques. The Harman thing put legislators on notice, this Weber incident puts reporters on notice."
Here are some pics of him posing with his knives: Teen Murder Suspect John Katehis: The Complete Gallery
Here's a pic of his dad syncing with Oz and MM:
More crime and punishment syncs!
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