Posted on 10/21/2005 7:34:48 AM PDT by smartin
MARTINEZ, California (CNN) -- The teenage suspect in the beating death of a prominent lawyer's wife was described by classmates as a "gothic" loner who followed the occult and dressed in black from the polish on his fingernails to his trench coat.
The young man is being held as a juvenile in the slaying of Pamela Vitale, wife of lawyer and television pundit Daniel Horowitz. Police say he apparently acted alone.
Horowitz found Vitale's body when he returned to a trailer the couple shared while they built a dream estate on a hilltop in affluent Lafayette, east of Oakland.
Authorities said Vitale, 52, was bludgeoned by a strip of crown molding and fought with her killer. (See video about the arrest -- 4:35)
A gothic cross was carved into her back. That symbol may be a key link to the suspect.
"He was just really a gothic kid, and everyone knew who he was just because of his apparel. When you heard the name, you were just like, 'Oh, that kid,' " a classmate told CNN.
"He just definitely stood out in front of anybody in the school," the classmate added. "When he walked by, everybody talked about him -- like, he definitely didn't blend in."
Authorities would not identify the 16-year-old, and CNN is not naming him because of his age. But news outlets in the San Francisco Bay area widely publicized his name after his arrest late Wednesday.
Former classmates told The Associated Press that the teenager drew a pentagram on the ground at school, telling other students he was reading from the book of Satan.
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Attraction of "extremely opposites"?
Okay, somebody needs "What not to Wear".
Goth fashion (dark clothes, mostly, not piercings or weird makeup) doesn't attract much attention in major urban communities.
Ahhh,
the Goths around here are major piercing/tattoo buffs. With those ultra-big holed earrings in their ears....but I think all the military bases mean more tattoo parlors and more access :)
Ick! I think she may have two piercings in her ears ... but so does my mom's best friend, wife of a retired admiral :-). Everyone's not a frump like me!
It has been dark and rainy here all day and my DNA could certainly have used some activation. You are using your powers in a selective way instead of distributing them to everyone for free. I'm gonna sue!
Well, on average, everyone 'Goth' round here has at LEAST--
2 ear piercings per ear, (mostly the big hole knobs these days)
2 facial piercings (nose is a required...the rest can be eyebrow, lip etc) and
erm,
nevermind.
It's ink and metal city here.
The boy that supposedly murdered her wore black and read satanic books.
I don't know that.
See post @174
I understand what you mean. It's hard to separate what a poster thinks from what the poster is reporting. I was reporting what I had read about her. Since I don't know her personally.
See post #174 where I cite my source and post #175 where you can read the full article.
Maybe this mom is doing the best she can. I don't know her circumstances.
Ugh.
Yes, so sayeth the town hippie.
You think that Wilma Holgerson is the name of the town hippie?
No telling. Just because this boy was a vegan doesn't mean everybody in the mob living there was. Or maybe they just had pets :-).
Funny you should mention this - his 'marriage' is another testament to his character. They've been married approximately 46 years and it's no marriage. Separate bedrooms for at least a decade, she's hostile, overweight and has some mental problems - not sure what but she doesn't act like she even likes him.
And he will never divorce this non-wife - he gave his word 46 years ago and he will not break it.
Wilma Holgerson is an Adult Advisor for the Youth Services Commission for the City of Lafayette, California.
http://ci.lafayette.ca.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7BA4116EE9-C11A-4236-8099-8F3CDBDC1E1A%7D
But not always.
A shame the young man had no parents, or anybody else who gave a crap about him. But oh well - - hope he dies in prison after a few years of being a boy-toy for the sodomites.
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