Friday, August 15, 2008

ANOTHER GAY MAN'S KILLER GETS WHAT HE DESERVES!

Terry Mangum has been sentenced for life for murdering a gay man he met at a bar back on June 4, 2007. At first this guy claimed he was insane to get the charges dropped but was later denied. This guy is nuts though. He believes he brought justice because gays are disturbed and perverted. Hmmm.. O-k-a-y?!?!?!?

Mangum, 27, of Cypress, was convicted of stabbing 46-year-old Kenneth Cummings in the head with a knife at Cummings’ Pearland home, then trying to clean up the blood before burying the body in a shallow grave on a ranch south of San Antonio.

Shortly after the murder, Mangum admitted to the crime in a jailhouse interview with a reporter from The Facts, a Brazoria County newspaper. Mangum told the reporter, who testified during the weeklong trial, that God had called on him to “carry out a code of retribution” by killing a gay man because “sexual perversion” is “the worst sin.”

Mangum later pleaded not guilty to the crime by reason of insanity. Psychologists testified during the trial that Mangum is delusional and schizophrenic, according to The Facts. Mangum, who went by the names of biblical characters during interviews with the reporter and police, believed he was “anointed and appointed by God” to commit the murder, the psychologists testified.

In addition to convicting Mangum, jurors found that the murder was a hate crime, which could make it less likely that he’ll be granted parole. Mangum won’t be eligible for parole for 30 years.

A friend of Cummings’ who’d accompanied him to the gay bar E.J.’s on June 4, 2007, testified that Cummings sent Mangum a drink, The Facts reported. The three played pool and Mangum was flirting with Cummings, the friend testified.

Cummings and Mangum talked on the phone later that night and were captured on surveillance video purchasing beer and wine in a grocery store.

Four days later, after Cummings was reported missing, police found blood drops in his home and his credit cards in a vehicle belonging to Mangum.

A trail of credit card purchases led police to Mangum’s grandfather’s ranch in Poteet, just south of San Antonio.

Cummings’ body, which was identified by dental records, was found burned and buried in a dry stock tank a week after the murder. [SOURCE]

Scary Stuff. I really can't believe there are people out there like this dude. Just absolutely disgusting!

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