I was massively depressed. I was peaking. He said that me and him were gonna get married, and he was gonna start dealing coke. Are you crazy? and shit like that. Modern Wicca near Amityville, Movies and a TV show about Ricky Kasso. the twentieth or twenty-first of June. Albert Quinones currently lives in Port Jefferson Station, NY; in the past Albert has also lived in Centereach NY and Coram NY. Kasso killerlong live the new flesh I tried killing myself. Troiano vividly recalled Ricky Kasso laughing as they left the woods. When he was seven, he took the hook on a swing set you know how the chain hooks onto the seat he took it into his mouth on top of the A-frame and jumped off. I said, Whats going on? And he goes, No way are they gonna lock me up. things in western Suffolk County. FROM Trinity Episcopal Church down to the harborfront gazebo, Main Street in the Village of Northport bustles with young people on a Saturday night. An anonymous female finally tipped off the police who then found Lauwerss decomposed body in the Aztakea woods on July 4, 1984. satanic rite." They started out by drawing a Easily, it answers. In one of several minor discrepancies, Mr. Quinones testified that Mr. Lauwers had taken off both his socks and put them into the fire to get it started. So he took off his jacket and gave it to Ricky, and Gary just chopped off the sleeves. I always felt they had to prove something, cause everyone looked up to them. They were trying to get me to do it, cause I really had an awful lot against this kid more than anyone else, more than Gary. They were really happy and everything. Most of us just bumming around getting stoned. Jury Acquits Defendant in Killing of Youth in Woods" (April 26, 1985), This page was last edited on 16 January 2023, at 15:33. But he did have a few actual friends, including Jimmie Troiano, Albert Quinones, and Gary Lauwers. First in the gut and then in the heart. RICH BARTON: I think it was two days after. Looking for Alexandra Quinones online? SOFTHEARTED GIRL, 14: I was the closest person to Ricky. SLAYING WITNESS GIVES CONFLICTING TESTIMONY, https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/11/nyregion/li-slaying-witness-gives-conflicting-testimony.html. He drove to the Amityville Horror House to celebrate Walpurgisnacht, an early German pagan feast night when evil spirits supposedly gather. was acquitted of second-degree murder" (http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/4077/kasso.html, It was wet. to view the corpse, a dissolving trophy. the "Wacky World of Murder," "In 1984, Ricky Kasso led his merry men on a Mr. Quinones, who has been granted immunity from prosecution in exchange for his testimony in Suffolk County Court, said Tuesday that Mr. Troiano, 19, had joined a second teen- ager, Richard Kasso, in chasing Mr. Lauwers when he tried to escape during the knife assault that led to his death. When he told me about it, he was laughing! See, I dont trust them, man, I dont trust no one anymore. Neither his parents nor his friends notified the police he had vanished. To me, Gary was being cool and shit. I said to myself, No, youll get in trouble. Gina Dimuro is a New York-based writer and translator. somewhere there are no sickos and you don't get hurt by people. It was weird. praises to Satan. ''The media found something sensational to get people to watch and listen,'' he said. MICHELLE DeVEAU: My dream is to get the hell out of here. He did so, police said, in part because Lauwers In regard to Kasso's time in Amityville Just put it down that it was the dust. And I'm like, "What?" All of a sudden Gary goes, I have funny vibes that youre going to kill me. And Ricky was saying, Im not going to kill you. satanic ritual in which they tried to call forth the devil. body sank into the earth. Man, I dedicate this tape to the man who invented cid and mesc. They were all hung over from chugging reality. And then again sometimes he was a dick. But Mr. Troiano's trial was of little interest to the teen-agers. I had nightmares that I killed him. And it didnt connect that he didnt come back for all that stuff and ask for the money. I said, Sure. I told him Gary might be going, if we could find him. Main Street, Cow Neck Park and the park gazebo - on which graffiti referring to Satan had been scrawled - are all part of the story of four teen-agers who came together in nearby Aztakea Woods one Saturday night last June. Pubs and restaurants are crowded. Aztakea Woods . Therell be different dealers. Two days later, after confessing, Kasso hanged himself in jail. It smelled like a swamp that was after a thousand years, something just decaying for a thousand years and theres maggots. Theyre very persistent. And Newsday cover photo by Dan Neville-Graffiti in a teen hangout in the Village of Northport before and after a teenager was stabbed to death by a friend; -----The Murder They'd Rather Forget Newsday By Joshua Quittner Apr 16, 1987 On June 17, Gary Lauwers was in the woods with Kasso, Troiano, and another friend, Albert Quinones. Antisocial means sitting in a corner at a party. Kassos father, who also coached the local football team, once described his son as a model child and a young athlete. Around the corner, two young women waited by a boutique for anyone they knew to drive by. ", The Theater Of Suburban Rage The murder was two weeks old before the police He got there, and she wouldnt go out with him again, and he was just freaking out, and he beat the shit out of the box, on the ground right there. MICHELLE DeVEAU: My biggest problem in life is my friends dying. I just stood there in my place, like all bugged out. It was so real. ''It's stupid. But today Mr. Quinones said Mr. Kasso had acted alone in catching Mr. Lauwers and dragging him back to a campfire that the four teen-agers had built in the woods in the Village of Northport. Since Kasso committed suicide in jail after his arrest for the crime, the two others present - Albert Quinones and James Troiano - were the only ones left to answer to the judicial system. Twenty-five hits of cid. The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time DENISE WALKER: It wasnt shocking. Police found Kasso and Troiano passed out hungover in a car the following day and arrested them both. In Kasso's The trial is to resume Thursday before Judge John Copertino. Both Mr. Kasso and Mr. Troiano told the police they had taken the drug mescaline prior to the killing. Ricky Kassso known on Long Island as the Acid King who People have no morals. He was like, Rich, come here, I gotta tell you something. I got my act together: I paid my debts, and I got a lot of friends, and I really care about myself and I dont need drugs anymore. Northport, L.I. ebt declined reason 99; virtual seating golden state warriors Ricky Kasso was the killer. could happen. For me, its gonna be like this really classic Playboy cartoon from 1966 that had a group of people sitting around a pool. MARK FISHER: If you met Ricky, he was just one of the nicest people youd ever meet. He was dancing. Kasso killerlong live the new flesh No one breathed a word of the He used to sleep in my garage sometimes, in my 69 Fairlane. Walpurgisnacht, so Ricky knocked together an altar and they all shouted TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. conspiracy of silence against the town's adult population." See, Ricky was getting pissed off, because he couldnt start a fire, so Gary just takes off his socks, puts them in there. ''They were asking us, you know, if we believe in Christ,'' he said. ''It's weird because this is where it started - I mean, this is where the whole night started,'' he said, looking around the park. The Knights of the Black Circle sacrificed I dont know what to think. When he was on acid, he'd go back Cause Ricky had the money, but he didnt have the vengeance. Mr. Lauwers, she said, had a way of disappearing for days at a time. Cookie Duracin Descripcin; cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics: 11 months: This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Under some leaves, the worms did their work, Screwing his eyes shut, he straightened up, pushed his head back and apparently gave thanks. Get out of here. Hes like, Come on, Ill show you the body. I thought he was kidding. MARK FISHER: Another night Albert and two girls held a seance at my house, a horror house is in! Ricky wasn't there. threatening behavior. Long live the new flesh Gary told me Ricky told him he was gonna kill him. PEACENIK GIRL: Ricky asked me if he could have a ride up to Saratoga to see the Dead. Woods" by Lindsey Gruson (December 27, 1984), "Jury Selection Begins in Stabbing Death of Teenager in Northport" by Lindsey Gruson (March 27, 1985), "L.I. had stolen drugs from him. He didnt give a flying fuck. And I just started hacking away at a tree, started freaking on a tree. close friend was killed at a New Year's Eve party two years ago. Al Capone in Amityville - Sinks into insanity. Hed bought a knife for protection, but I dont think he carried it around. It was Gary, and his face was all mangled and stuff. MARK FISHER: Ricky had twenty-five hits of mesc in a little stash bottle down at the park. They didnt tell me they were going for Ricky and Jim. Thinking it was a sign Ricky Kasso at the time of his arrest for the murder of Gary Lauwers. View the Guest Book. BOY AT WAKE: I was there when they threw the knife in the harbor. Click Here, Sign the Guest Book 3) Newsday cover photo by Dan Neville-Graffiti in a teen the motive: "My son didn't use drugs," she said recently. Kasso's mother, Yvonne, said she doesn't believe http://www.anthropoetics.ucla.edu/ap0902/sacrifice.htm). "In June 1984 in Northport, New York, Ricky Kasso and James Troiano were Stab! I mean, Ricky and Gary were both talking a lot, shit like that. Kasso and the "Knights of the Black Circle" did many strange the chain hooks onto the seat - he took it into his mouth on top of the albert quinones northportwellesley, ma baby store. There was general agreement on this. bullshitted. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. And then I saw Gary come out from behind the white church; he walks up and his jacket was ripped; he had a cut on the side of his face blood dripping down. Richard Kasso, 17, on July 6, 1984 at an arraignment in the murder of Northport, New York resident Gary Lauwers who was killed in an argument over drugs. A He asked me to help bury it. He put on Prince. I saw Albert and Ricky talking, and Ricky said, What should I do with it? and Albert said, Throw it in the water. And then they went over and they threw it in the water. I admire him. He was a kid who could have gone either way. Kasso goughed out Lauwers eyes. '', See the article in its original context from. Troiano said Lauwers tried to run, but Kasso caught him and continued to plunge the knife into his back. but the police did not know for two weeks. I just started stabbing him in the back of the head. Mr. Quinones said today that he was ''just standing there'' as Mr. Kasso stabbed Mr. Lauwers repeatedly. Gary stole the dust from out of his jacket ten little yellow envelopes with the words SUDDEN IMPACT on them. That was when the body of 17-year-old Gary Lauwers was found in a shallow grave in the Aztakea Woods, just outside of the sleepy harbor village of Northport. At one point, Gary stopped the proceedings and enthused: We contribute this to the society of the man who invented acid, fucking drugs. Ricky Kasso was involved in Satanism and a group of like minded teens called killing to police, to parents, to any authorities. Trial Loves a Good Murder Case" by Lindsey Gruson (April 18, 1985), "Story of Murder May Be Illusion, Expert Testifies" by Lindsey Gruson (April 19, 1985), "Closing Arguments Made in Trial of Youth Accused in Drug-Induced Slaying on L.I." GIRL, known as Baker, 16: When the dust came to town, Ricky and the guys used to go down to the graveyard, and theyd tape themselves tripping on acid and mesc and dust. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. much, they finally believed him and they let him go." I came down to the park about four in the morning and sat in the gazebo and looked up where it said GARY 666 and just started crying. <