Penn Badgley might play a fictional serial killer in Netflix’s hit show You, but that doesn’t mean he’s Ok with the way real-life serial killers are romanticized in pop culture.
27.01.2023 - 06:05 / perezhilton.com
[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content]A Louisiana man has been sentenced to 45 YEARS behind bars after being inspired by Jeffrey Dahmer to kidnap and murder gay men.
The 21-year-old Lafayette resident Chance Seneca was described as having a “months-long scheme to kidnap and murder gay men” according to the Department of Justice on Wednesday. The court later concluded he “intentionally targeted the victim and other gay men because of their gender and sexual orientation.” Disgusting.
The story of how all this came to be is stomach-churning and the details are graphic. Continue reading at your own discretion.
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An 18-year-old boy named Holden White was Seneca’s intended murder victim. He met Seneca on Grindr in 2020 before agreeing to meet him in person. According to the DoJ, the 21-year-old drove out to the victim’s residence, held a gun to him, and forced him into handcuffs. He then used “several methods” to attempt to murder the teen. It only gets more disturbing from there, as the release said:
Just awful… But unbelievably Holden survived!
The teen spoke to The Acadiana Advocate in 2021 and detailed what he remembered from the horrific scene, saying he woke up naked in a bathtub with Seneca attempting to dismember him after blacking out for a while:
Absolutely horrific. And it sounds all too much like the criminal’s inspiration…
Seneca ended up giving up and calling the police. White was taken to the hospital, where he lay in a coma for three days. Ultimately he survived the attack, but not without getting some serious injuries and PTSD from the situation. He told the outlet a week before the sentencing his left hand and a finger on his right hand
Penn Badgley might play a fictional serial killer in Netflix’s hit show You, but that doesn’t mean he’s Ok with the way real-life serial killers are romanticized in pop culture.
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