Gay Journalist Brutally Murdered
Carlos de Castro, a gay journalist, was found dead in a NYC hotel room on Friday. As reported in The Advocate:
The mutilated body of a well-known gay journalist from Portugal was found in a Times Square hotel room Friday night. His younger lover is suspected of killing him during a fight about money.
According to police sources, 65-year-old Carlos de Castro was found at the InterContinental hotel face up in a pool
of his own blood. He had been badly beaten and his scrotum had been cut off.
A prominent gay activist, Castro was staying with male model Renato Seabra, who was found four hours after hotel staff discovered the body, seeking treatment for minor cuts and bruises at Roosevelt Hospital in Midtown Manhattan.
According to the New York Daily News, police believe Seabra attacked Castro after being confronted about stealing cash. A cab driver who dropped Seabra off at the hospital later called 911 after seeing a newscast and recognizing the former reality show contestant’s photo.
A friend of Castro’s, Wanda Pires, arrived at the hotel with her daughter Monica to meet with Castro at 6 p.m. When he didn’t respond to her calls, she says she asked the front desk to call up to Castro’s room. Shortly after, she and Monica saw Seabra in the lobby.
“We asked him about Carlos, and he looked panicked,” Monica Pires told the Daily News. “He never expected to see us in the lobby and he told us, ‘Carlos isn’t leaving the room.’ This answer surprised us and we told the hotel manager.”
Hotel staff went up to the room and discovered the body.
Wanda Pires told the New York Post Castro and Seabra were obviously furious with each other at a dinner the night before.
Police believe Seabra bashed Castro over the head with a laptop and then cut off his scrotum with a broken wineglass.
Castro had reportedly paid for Seabra to join him in New York on vacation for New Year’s Eve. The respected journalist is known in Portugal for his work on several television and radio stations as well as his advocacy efforts.
Tags: Carlos de Castro, gay journalist murdered, InterContinental hotel murder, Renato Seabra
When I was a young kid the hits by older guys in their 20′s kept coming and I kept refusing. Some came right down to me being physically assaulted and raped by older men.
A much older man who is a high power, well known businessman in Portland told me as he was chasing me that if I became his lover I would never have to worry about anything.
I did not love him and my love was not for sale. I told him that it would not be right for me to accept “gifts” for hanging on his arm.
Older people need to get smart, the ONLY reason a young guy will be your boyfriend is for what they can get from you, that is where Carlos made his mistake, he tried to buy that which he could not have.
From the degree of violence involved in this murder there was no love except for the money. Older guys think with the head on your shoulders and not the little one in your panties, you just might live longer.