The Butcher's Bill 2008

BUTCHER'S BILL 2008

8 DEAD

7 INJURED




MARCH

• Two gay men were attacked by a neighbor while working on their car. Santos-Coy allegedly struck one man in the face repeatedly before picking up a wrought iron table and swinging it at the couple.
• One man was arrested and his brother is being sought by authorities after the pair attacked two men because of their sexual orientation
• Lance Neve said he was in the bar minding his own business and was then attacked.“I was punched and I went to the floor,” Lance said. “He continued to beat my head into the floor.”

FEBURARY

• Billy J. Kyne, of 150 Clinton St., Apt. D-5, on the head with a beer bottle and allegedly yelled "go home faggot" during a fight early Feb 23. at the Paddock Club, 1 Public Square, New York.
• Sanesha Stewart stabbed to death, in her home (New York) by Steve McMillian who had been seeing her
• 15-year-old Lawrence King was shot in the head by another student in Oxnard, CA
• 48-year-old Alejandro Fuentes Mejia was reportedly tortured, beaten with rocks, and suffocated in Mexico
• 17-year-old Simmie Williams was transgendered and was known in the area by the first name of "Chris" or "Beyonce." Williams, a Fort Lauderdale resident, was walking down the street in a dress and was shot about 12:45 a.m.. He was buried in male attire.
• Also in Fort Lauderdale and less then 24 hours after Simmie Williams was shot to death, Melbourne Brunner was beaten outside The Floridian 24-hour diner by a man who shouted anti-gay slurs at him and his partner.

JANUARY

• 18-year-old Adolphus Simmons . It was about 8 p.m. when Mary Ivory heard a commotion outside the apartment complex. A few doors down, Simmons lay on the ground with gunshot wounds. Simmons, a former student at Stall High School, was pronounced dead at Medical University Hospital at 9:08 p.m.
• Alexio Bello, a 68 yor old gay man, was found stabbed to death at his home in Miami, Florida
• Patrick "Patricia" Murphy was shot three times in Albuquerque, NM. He was an icon in the local drag community.
• An unidentified transgender woman was shot and killed in Detroit. Police have not released the name although there are claims of police mishandling the case.