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PornStar Pleads Not Guilty

A 24-year-old former porn star from our network site, SouthernStrokes.com pleaded not guilty to five counts of capital murder on Tuesday. Scott Abbott, who goes by the stage name Joe has been accused in a March 7, 2009 quadruple murder case near Birmingham, Alabama. He is claiming innocence in the deaths of William Chad Gilbert, 31; Jeri Lynn Cole, 27; Nika Sandlin, 24; and Joshua Gilleo, 26. Abbott faces one count of capital murder for killing more than one person and another four counts for killing each of the four victims after breaking into the home. Hueytown, Alabama police believe that his relationship with a female gone bad drove Abbott to break into a house and stab to death the four people inside. One of the victims, authorities claimed, was Abbott's ex-girlfriend. Authorities said Abbott had lived at the house with Gilbert, Sandlin and Cole until two weeks before the murders. When police arrived at the house they found all four victims with multiple stab wounds. Police arrested Abbott on the day of the murders in Gadsden, Alabama where he showed up at a hospital with stab or slash wounds to his left arm and hand, an arrest affidavit discloses.

Click Here To See All Of Joe's Photos And Videos Abbott reportedly attempted suicide while having been jailed. A trial date has been set for October 5, 2009.

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Dead Body Found In Trash

Suspect, gay murder victim ‘had relationship’

Authorities investigating the homicide of a 20-year-old gay Snellville man are awaiting the results of toxicology tests and an autopsy before moving forward with additional charges. The body of Lashon Lee Douglas was found March 18 in a trash container on Ga. 137 in Taylor County, which is south of Atlanta between Columbus and Macon. It’s about 100 miles from his mother’s home in Snellville, where he had recently moved. Eric Riley (top photo), a 35-year-old truck driver, faces three charges related to Douglas’ death, but has not been charged with killing him. Authorities searched Riley’s home in Box Springs, which is about 30 miles west of where Douglas’ body was found, on March 23 and found evidence linking the two men. Douglas (bottom photo) has been identified as gay. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is assisting the Taylor County Sheriff’s Department with the investigation, would not confirm Douglas’ sexual orientation. But Douglas and Riley did have a relationship, according to Rodney Wall, special agent in charge of the GBI office in Columbus. The two men had contact the weekend prior to Douglas’ body being found March 18, the GBI said. “I am not going to comment on his lifestyle,” Wall said Tuesday. “But they had a relationship and it was mutual. That is my understanding from everything we’ve learned.” Wall said investigators don’t yet know how Riley and Douglas met. “They hooked up one way or another. I don’t know the circumstances on how they met right now,” Wall said. Riley faces charges including concealing Douglas’ death and tampering with evidence. LeShon Douglas Sr. told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution last month that he had no idea how his son and Riley met.

LeShon Douglas Sr.’s voice was sad and low as he talked about LeShon Jr.’s love of music and theater. He said his son was outgoing, played tuba in the marching band at Pebblebrook High School in Mableton and performed in plays during middle school. “We have no earthly idea” how this happened, the Marietta man said. LeShon Douglas Sr. said he last spoke with his son March 13, and there didn’t seem to be anything wrong. He said he does not know why his son would travel to Taylor County. His son had moved in with his mother in Snellville about a week ago and was learning to become a hair stylist.

Wall has said that Douglas’ body showed no signs of a stabbing or shooting, but some bruises were visible around the face and neck. It was unclear, according to media reports, whether Douglas was killed in Taylor County or if his body was brought there. Story By Project Q Atlanta

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GUILTY IN THE 1st DEGREE !!!

A jury has found Harlow Cuadra guilty of first-degree homicide today in the murder of Bryan Kocis.

  A jury in Pennsylvania has found Harlow Cuadra guilty of first degree murder and all 11 other counts in Luzerne County. Cuadra, 27, was on trial for killing Bryan Kocis, 44, at Kocis' Dallas Township home in January 2007. The jury of eight men and four women began deliberating at 10:30 this morning and took less than four hours to reach the verdict.

Because it's a capital murder case, the jury will now have to decide whether Cuadra should be sentenced to life in prison or death.

Harlow's mother, Gladis Zaldiva, cried uncontrollably yelling out, “Joseph Kerekes, Joseph Kerekes, he is the killer, not my son.” She also yelled out in Spanish as she left the courthouse. Harlow showed little emotion other than slumping in the chair. He appeared withdrawn and said nothing when escorted out of the Luzerne County Courthouse about an hour after the jury found him guilty. Kocis’ parents, Michael and Joyce Kocis, tightly embraced one another as the verdicts were read just after 2 p.m. inside the crowded courtroom. They hugged District Attorney Jacqueline Musto Carroll and lead prosecutor Assistant District Attorney Michael Melnick prior to exiting the courtroom.  Jurors will hold a penalty phase hearing today (Friday) to determine if Cuadra deserves the death penalty. Please credit The Citizens-Voice Who Broke This Story Today Via their Cell Phone Text Message Alert System at 2:02 pm EDST.

PDF FILE: JURY VERDICT court document - Times Leader Newspaper SEE VIDEO: Harlow led out of courtroom after verdict read.

TRIAL COVERAGE ONLINE FROM CITIZENSVOICE.COM: (local newspaper)

• Cuadra says he didn’t kill pornography rival
• Recap of trial testimony
• Cuadra testifies Kerekes stabbed Kocis
• Bryan Kocis’ father said son led private life
• Dangerous blaze at Kocis home started in living room
• Virginia Beach gym owner says Cuadra was very strong in 2007
• Defense plans to call Kerekes to testify
• Cuadra asked them to support fake alibi, clients say
• Defense plans to call Kerekes to testify
• Cuadra’s attorney asks where in transcript does Cuadra admit to killing
• Cuadra says very little about Kocis in taped conversation
• Taped conversations expected to be played in court
• Witness says Cuadra, Kerekes discussed ‘Kocis problem’
• Friend says Kocis let guard down with Cuadra
• Neighbors describe SUV in Kocis’ driveway night of murder
• Witnesses testify about identities in digital world
• Cuadra fixated on rival, ex-employee says
• Opposing counsels present differing views of murder
• Witness: Eliminating Kocis would aid Cuadra’s business
• Testimony gets under way today in Cuadra murder trial