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By Alex Bollinger · Sunday, November 5, 2017
A 14-year-old boy was killed by his own father Thursday, and people close to the victim say that the man shot the boy out of homophobia.
Giovanni Melton was a student at Coronado High School in a suburb of Las Vegas, Nevada. Friends described him as selfless and charismatic. Its just sad. He was young and he had a lot to live for, senior Bailey Schultz said about Giovanni.
Giovanni and his older brother were living largely alone in a condo, according to neighbors, who knew the boys because they would often ask for food. Court records show that their mother abandoned them and an allegation of child abuse had already been made against their father Wendell, 53.
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Sonja Jones, who described herself as Giovannis former foster mother, said that Wendell hated the fact that his son was gay. Giovanni was abused physically and mentally and spiritually for many, many years, she said.
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Little Star
(17,055 posts)Shrike47
(6,913 posts)Bettie
(16,111 posts)I hope that man spends the rest of his live in prison.
demigoddess
(6,641 posts)colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)Hope he spends the rest of his evil life in jail. What a complete loser.
Just another poor excuse for a human being, it is epidemic all the way up to that Orange Creep at the top.
Bless that child, if there is an afterlife he will be free from his awful father, who will be in a place way south of his child.
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)This boy was living alone.
The father had threatened him (with a weapon) before!
Why couldn't he have continued to live with the foster parent? She clearly cared for him better than either of his biological parents.
What a handsome guy -- this is such a tragedy.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Good lord.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)the victims often don't know what resources are there for them, or the resources no longer exists due to cuts.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Presumably shed have knowledge of resources available.
Very sad story.
blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)Runningdawg
(4,520 posts)Allegedly tortured and killed for being gay.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trial-begins-for-8-year-old-boy-tortured-killed-for-allegedly-being-gay_us_59e61d1ee4b0a2324d1e1b7f
SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,695 posts)He's lost everyone, now. Poor kid.
Solly Mack
(90,775 posts)Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)Duppers
(28,125 posts)And the #1 source of that is _______
We all know.