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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"Small Cafe" = Early warning sign
"Organic, Fair Trade Coffee" = Potential Loonie sign
"Healing Therapies" = Moonbat confirmation
Ladies & gentlemen, we have a full-blown LLL Moonbat. Probably believes it takes a village to raise a child (a village of idiots).
Where are all the small cafe owners to defend this poor woman?!
Go to another thread to discuss feminism. This is a murder thread.
feminism is bloody murder
Huh?
Owning a small (boutique) Cafe is only a warning sign, not a guarantee of Moonbatiness.
Owning a small cafe serving fair trade coffee while offering home therapy all at the same time....priceless.
Funny.
Can't remember where I heard it, but I heard yesterday that this guy is only 5'5" and 110 lbs. Wasn't Vitale almost 6 ft tall? I'm not saying he's innocent, but I find it hard to believe such a little weeny of a guy could down a woman her size with his sheer brute strength. This whole scenario smells to me.
murder of the human soul and of society; spitting on our traditions and history; a travesty to everything human
Like wow.
I went to HS with a kid who thumbed through still images of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre in class every day. No teacher ever talked to him, as far as I know.
Shortly after HS I saw him on his bike dressed in black leather picking up jr. high girls in front of the pizza place.
And the last time I looked he was a Hollywood producer.
ping to 137
You're right he was small and she was tall. But he was in a rage with a piece of crown molding.
Yeah, but that's a constant state for you ;)
Word that he was a suspect in Vitale's death spread quickly around Acalanes High School on Thursday, after teachers read a short announcement about his arrest. The news left the school reeling. Recently, one student's mother stepped in front of a car in an apparent suicide, and a former student who had graduated last year hanged himself.
"It's been a bad week," the mother of one student said, declining to give her name.
Does everyone think this way in Calleeforneeyuh? Further proof that Goths are dark, expressive Moonbats.
no, the 17 year old kid that was driving the car that killed dyleski's sister.
Let me guess. Not married. Women not been nice to you. So you have some issues.
Or you're a long-time troll looking to get something started on a Friday afternoon.
Wack-O alert...
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