Thursday, August 24, 2006

Murder, He Wrote

More twists and turns in the murder investigation of Martin Barreto, a former press aide to Mayor Rudy Giuliani who was found naked and strangled in a bed inside a cousin's million-dollar Greenwich Village apartment.

Some reports are saying that none of the 20 security cameras in Barreto's building were working the night of the crime. Barreto, a respected public relations guru who lived a luxurious lifestyle with high-powered clients in New York and Miami, was discovered Monday lying near a condom wrapper and safe-sex aids, a law enforcement source said. Police investigators believe Barreto, 48, a childhood friend of Bianca Jagger, was killed by someone he knew -- possibly an enraged ex-lover or a man he met while cruising the Internet for gay sex, sources said.

This all-too-coincidental post on Craigslist adds a "group" theory to the crime:
JO and more group getting together now - 34 (Union Square)
Group getting together for JO and more no attitude, nice environment, highly charched [sic], party favors ok, right near nyu. Looking for tops and bottoms to play now.

Send your pic, stats and tel number and we will call you right away.

Plse be discreet, doorman bldg. here. Martin.

Barreto's distraught relatives, who have ties to the former Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro, were stunned by his brutal death, describing him as a peaceful man with movie-star looks.

(Sources: NYDN and CrimeBlog)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

He does sorta look like Paul Giamatti.

Anonymous said...

There was a murder in DC a couple of weeks ago with a chinese straight man being murdered in a house of 3 gay lawyers. Apparently, the crime scene was cleaned before police arrived and the lawyers have all lawyered up. I read about the incident here:
http://www.metroweekly.com/gauge/?ak=2253