STEVEN LORENZO | Sentenced To 200 Years For Drugging, Raping, Torturing, Killing And Dismembering Nine Gay Men | Computer Holds Hundreds Of Thousands Of Images, Including Photographs Of Victim's Dead Body | ALS

Murder

• Classification: Murderer
• Characteristics: Serial rapist of gay men - Torture
• Number of victims: 2
• Date of murders: December 19-20, 2003
• Date of arrest: November 2, 2004
• Date of birth: 1959
• Victims profile: Jason Galehouse, 26, and Michael Wachholtz, 26 (gay men)
• Method of murder: ???
• Location: Tampa, Florida, USA
• Status: Sentenced to 200 years in prison on January 28, 2006

During a sentencing hearing, Scott Schweickert testified that he and Lorenzo drugged, tortured, and murdered Jason Galehouse and Michael Waccholtz and disposed of their bodies. Wacchotlz’s body was found in his vehicle in an apartment complex parking lot. Galehouse’s body was never recovered. According to Scott, Jason was dismembered and thrown into various dumpsters.

Albert Perkins, who was drugged and attacked by Lorenzo and lived to tell about it, also testified at the hearing.

"I was panicked, hysterical", said Albert. "I remember him sitting. He turned me over. He was sitting on the side of the bed. His face – he just didn’t look the same – nothing behind his eyes. They were dark. His face was contorted, which further panicked me," Perkins testified.

Perkins said he slipped in and out of consciousness, and when he finally came-to, Lorenzo was in complete control. "My arms and my legs were bound and some twine, rope around my neck," he testified. "I had duct tape over my eyes and mouth", he added.

Perkins said he was tortured for more than five hours. He escaped when Lorenzo eventually fell asleep.

"Many witnesses testified. On Feb. 7 two very strong young ladies testified. Ms. Ruth Waccholtz, the mother of Michael Waccholtz and Ms. Pam Williams the mother of Jason Galehouse, they are observing the proceedings today," said Judge Sabella. "The thing that was consistent in their testimony is that they have been waiting 20 years for justice. Today that long wait ends," he said. "In the words of Ms. Pam Williams, ‘From one Italian to another, Ti condanno a morte.’ That translates to ‘I sentence you to death.’

• Lorenzo was accused, along with Scott Schweicker, of torturing and killing two gay men in 2003.

• Lorenzo has been serving a 200-year sentence since he was convicted in 2005 of federal charges related to drugging and sexually assaulting nine men, including Galehouse and Wachholtz.

• Galehouse's friend Tyler Butler said that he had mixed feelings about Lorenzo getting what he wants and better treatment on death row.¹ "I want him to suffer as much as my friend and the other men," Butler said, a death sentence is too good for him.”

• VIDEO: Prosecutor Suzie Lopez details how Lorenzo tortured victims in opening statements | https://youtu.be/bLhb4MmYlhk
• VIDEO: Prosecutor Reveals Facts About Steven Lorenzo's Brutal Double Murders | https://youtu.be/AibYyWQcrsI
• VIDEO: 'His eyes were dark. His face was contorted': Victim recalls waking up in Lorenzo's home | https://youtu.be/ZoTdZwu7yqw

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