And then a cop came in and scooped him up with this little pick or something and threw him in the garbage. Everybody knew that. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. And they said, He was a kid who could have gone either way. S&M Gary! . All we will ever know for sure is the tip to police, Kasso continued stabbing his friend. Ray Buckland: Starts ''I can't believe the way that people blew the story way out of proportion,'' said 16-year-old John Mancini, sitting in the Phase II pizza parlor on Main Street with four friends on a recent Saturday night. MARK FISHER: Ricky had twenty-five hits of mesc in a little stash bottle down at the park. My dream is to get the hell out of here. On June 17, Gary Lauwers was in the woods with Kasso, Troiano, and another worshiped Satan and shit, and he told the doctors that he was fine, that he was gonna go back to ''I didn't want to come down here anymore after that,'' said Valerie, glancing across the street toward the deserted park. The three doped-up teenagers then fled the horrific scene. Kasso went from a budding sports star to drug addict while a high school student. The Knights of the Black Circle sacrificed You feel like you could rip your gut open and not even know it. In the Philadelphia Daily News (Pennsylvania): Chronology of the trial in the New York Times (available online). And now Gary. KINGS PARK GIRL, 16: Ricky hung out with the kid, and Gary stole from him. Go out and have a party. He went with Ricky to the woods because he was gullible. I told them everything. A police dog went mad on the 4th of July, deep in the woods behind Main Street. They had a little Chemical Bank card, and he was punching out money the whole way there and back. The conflict between Kasso and Lauwers had started some time earlier when Lauwers stole 10 bags of PCP from Kasso's jacket, after he had passed out at a party. Hed talk about his drug deals openly: Mom, Im going down to get a few hits of mesc. . I was standing closest to the grave. animals to the Devil. Lets go get another one . They started out by drawing a We put our cigarettes in it. I told Ricky, Do too many drugs, youll be dead soon. He said, Yeah, thats exactly what I want. I said, Boy, its your choice. Ever since then I stopped hanging out with him, cause he would go to cemeteries and hang out, smoke ten bags of angel dust and try to get in touch with the devil, chant Satan, Satan, Satan. He was a drug friend, thats all he was. The prosecutor, William Keahon, leaving the courtroom amid a phalanx of county officers, declined to comment. Tissue had darkened and blood had drained. (Gary Lauwers was among those who watched.) Two days later, after confessing, Kasso hanged himself in jail. Then another friend got hit by a truck, riding his I talked my way out of it. After Gary made a fire with his socks, he didnt want to make it bigger. When he was seven, he took the hook on a swing set - you know how five-pointed star -- they just traced their fingers. So Ricky kicked the door of his fathers red Corvette, dented it. into the dark woods, up in Aztakea, and he would talk to the devil. He didnt care. A Like most kids. And all of a sudden the cup in the middle, During the stabbing, Lauwers allegedly called out for his mother, saying, "I Philip Quinn, a former abuser of hallucinogenic drugs and director of Topic House, a drug-rehabilitation center in Plainview, testified that abusers were often unable to recall their actions under the influence of hallucinogens. MARK FISHER, 17: Ive known Ricky since sixth grade. the motive: "My son didn't use drugs," she said recently. The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time I tried to avoid them, and all they did was tag. However, the psychiatrists determined his mental health did not warrant institutionalization and released him. I dont know that was a trip. I died right away. Immediately after the verdict was delivered, court officers rushed the jurors from the courthouse. TEEN DUSTHEAD 2: Ricky and this dude were in my car, and theyre like, Were trying to get this cult going. "Another night Albert and two girls held a seance at my house, a ''He just did that because he was so wasted all the time - he was just like, 'Oh, let's do this,' '' she said. Long Island.. ''We never hang out here anymore,'' she added, watching the cars go by. Kasso was not. 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. I went up to Aztakea three hours earlier, with Rick and Jim. He put ketchup on his wrists and called down to his mother, See what you made me do. His mother ran up the stairs. He was a nice kid. massacred his family ten years earlier. Lauwers response was "No, I love middle. They have also lived in Colorado Springs, CO and . At the trial it was said MARK FISHER: Ricky was of the devil. my mother!". known as the "Acid King". People can put out cigarettes on you and you dont even care. Grisly sacrificial slaughter Kid, Retold A shocking 1984 murder in the quaint Village of Northport is now ''It's weird because this is where it started - I mean, this is where the whole night started,'' he said, looking around the park. Public DomainKasso went from a budding sports star to drug addict while a high school student. Amityville Insane My parents have been watching me with a fine-toothed comb looking at my wrists, making sure I dont come in stoned. Maybe his lip was bleeding. She said, Do you have a girlfriend? He said, No, Im not into relationships. And it didnt connect that he didnt come back for all that stuff and ask for the money. Kasso's mother, Yvonne, said she doesn't believe When the verdict was announced, Mr. Troiano, who had sat stone-faced throughout the trial, dropped his head to his chest. They would just make jokes: Oh, Garys dead, no big deal. In a confession to the police, Mr. Troiano said he had held Mr. Lauwers during the stabbing. He was a sweet guy, and very funny. Most of us just bumming around getting stoned. five-pointed star -- they just traced their fingers. He was at that age. that Gary talked to me. The play had its I was committed to Gary. In acquitting Mr. Troiano, 19 years old, of East Northport, the jury apparently discounted a confession in which he said he had held Mr. Lauwers, 17, while a friend repeatedly stabbed him. What they did say was "Satan will come Then they just become your total desire. decent kids that fought for what was good and decent. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. He needed help. What they did say was Satan will come forth in the form of fire. And all of a sudden the cup in the middle, after a couple of minutes, started going in flames because there was a piece of paper in there. I apologized to him for something. in Ritual Slaying of Youth" by Michael Norman (July 12, 1984), "'Satanic Ritual' Is Now Ruled Out in June Slaying of Youth in L.I. secretive, and the New York Times said, "In Long live the new flesh [x3], Ray Buckland: Starts "His most recent arrest was a charge of grave robbing, where he dug up a 19th 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. Over the course of two weeks, as the body became a skeleton, at least fifteen and perhaps thirty teenagers and young adults were told of the murder, some in great detail. Kasso confronted him soon after the incident, prompting Lauwers to immediately return five of the ten bags of PCP. He said the devil came in the form of a tree, which sprouted out of the ground and glowed. I just stayed up and watched Benny Hill, movies and stuff. His black eye. Knights of the Black Circle. The police said Mr. Kasso led the attack on Mr. Lauwers because he believed the victim had stolen 10 bags of the powerful hallucinogen phencyclidine, or angel dust, from him. Half-burnt body found RANDY KORWAN, Vietnam vet, 33: I honor Kasso. Kasso claimed Satan manifested in the form of a black crow after killing Lauwers, and that the crow had cawed, something he interpreted as Satan's approval of the murder. Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok profiles, images and more on IDCrawl - free people search website. We want to hear it. Thinking he saw Lauwers head move, Kasso began stabbing him multiple times in the face. me, just kill me. committed Satanic Teen Murder. He was my friend. Albert Quinones Strategic Service Sales at Cisco Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area. Rickey Kasso is After that, he comes up to a group of my friends who There was no face to speak of. walk from the quaint main drag and harbor park of Northport, Long Island, ''It's real,'' Mr. Quinones replied. He eventually left the body in the woods covered with leaves. Two weeks after that another friend shot himself. And some of his tapes were here. . Lauwers was so well known for running away from home that his parents hadnt even bothered to call the police when he went missing. See the article in its original context from. There was general agreement on this. LSD-fueled murders of two self-professed Satanists in an empty Georgia woods, Anton Lavey, the man who made Satanism trendy. I dont think they carved his eyes out. He used to run his mouth about being satanic, like he is the devil. was Drac because Kasso believed a black crow possessed by Satan told him to kill. ''You really can't. Fifty? It came up every two minutes. in the suburbs. The parents of Ricky Kasso declined to be interviewed. Murder Trial Opens: Confession Is Described" by Lindsey Gruson (April 5, 1985), "Jury in L. I. But Kasso began boasting about the murder, telling multiple classmates about it and even taking several of them to see the body. I did it to see bones, to see history. They'd already tried the drug rehab route at According to Try restaurant style recipes at home. TEEN DUSTHEAD 2: Gary was an easy target. about sixteen. KING SARDONIC, Knights of the Black Circle, 20: I have theories about when you die. However, in his testimony, Mr. Quinones seemed unsure of what Mr. Troiano had done. Stab! but the police did not know for two weeks. He then invited Lauwers to get high with him, Troiano and Quinones. Kassos worried parents attempted to have him institutionalized at Long Island Jewish Hospital. Hed figured it out in his mind how to take the most without ODing. My boyfriend wasnt gonna say anything to me. Contradicting statements he had given to the police, the teen-age witness, Albert Quinones, testified that he was ''positive'' that Mr. Troiano had not held the victim or prevented his escape. SOFTHEARTED GIRL, 14: I was the closest person to Ricky. Home; About Clearway to view the corpse, a dissolving trophy. They didnt tell me they were going for Ricky and Jim. They were all dusted out. Gary Lauwers was high-spirited and mercurial, funny in a dopey way. They would laugh about it and shit. However, it wasn't until two weeks went by, on July 1, that the murder was reported to the police via an anonymous tip. The prosecutor, William Keahon, acknowledged that Mr . himself we will never know for sure. 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. All Rights reserved. He and Ricky were going after Gary, looking for him, cause hed ripped him off. 2020. ''I heard 'knife wounds' and I thought, it can't be. DENISE WALKER, 15: I asked Jimmy what school he went to, and hes like, I dont need school. I go, Do you work? And he goes, I dont need a job. I say, What do you do? He says, I hang out. Everything is such a quick comeback. A close friend was killed at a New Years Eve party two years ago. "Popular Culture and Social Control: The Moral Panic on Music Labeling. Around the corner, two young women waited by a boutique for anyone they knew to drive by. It scared the hell out of me. It was like April. again. On the night before he had to go to court for digging up the grave, he stayed here. That was the word. Mr. Lauwers's body lay undiscovered in the woods for more than two weeks, although at least a dozen teen- agers had heard about the murder, according to Suffolk County authorities. Kasso then reportedly stabbed Lauwers in the back and when Kasso insisted that Lauwers profess his love for Satan, the victim cried out I love you, mom.. I think Ricky stopped living in eighth grade. This scene portrays Ricky committing a satanic murder near Amityville. Richard Kasso, 17, on July 6, 1984 at an arraignment in the murder of Northport, New York resident . Richard "Ricky" Kasso (March 29, 1967 - July 7, 1984), also known as The Acid King, murdered 17-year-old acquaintance Gary Lauwers in Northport, Long Island, New York on June 16, 1984. MARK FISHER: In about a year, it will be back to normal. Jimmy Troiano was adopted out of an orphanage at age four, a failure at school to a degree you wouldnt believe, says a friend, and arrested repeatedly for burglary. Groups of young people gather on the sidewalk and around cars in the parking lots by the harbor. Theres nothing better to do than take drugs. Thats a little different. Ricky treated us to doughnuts at Dunkin Donuts. ''They look at you funny,'' said Keith Muller, 17. A few were taken to the site, a ten-minute Select this result to view Albert Quinones's phone number, address, and more. They were all tripping. MIKE McGRORY: Gary was basically a good kid, young in mind. love you, mom." satanic rite." The play asks how such a thing "satanic ritual" that night, involving LSD and Angel Dust. - Woman accused of witchcraft in Amityville area! Then they become necessary to get you through the day. TERRIE ALTO, 14: He did talk about his future once. You feel like a feather. Gary was a skinny little guy, an easy target. RANDY GUETHLER: Before the murder, I was known as a gravedigger. MARK FLORIMONTE, 17: The really gross part was smelling it like four blocks away. Reached later at their homes, seven jurors refused to discuss specifics of the case. He called himself the acid king and began to dabble in devil worship. the twentieth or twenty-first of June. Kasso told police that he and Lauwers and a couple of other young addicts, Troiano and Albert Quinones, 17, had spent the night of June 16 taking LSD and angel dust at a local playground. This story was originally published in the November 22, 1984 issue of Rolling Stone. He said, Last time Ricky beat me up, he says next time hes coming back for more and its not gonna be just a black eye.. He was a ''It was just two crazy kids on drugs is all.''. 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. S&M Gary! Kasso reportedly beat Lauwers on four occasions. Hed sleep on the floor of my room and use his leather jacket as a blanket. In this area kids follow "The Code" whereby they do not tell. I had another one: I was sleeping down in my room and all of a sudden Gary came through my door and killed me with a knife. I don't think anybody but God knows what happened that night.''. Youre gonna get caught. On June 19, 1984, Ricky Kasso, along with his 18-year-old friend James Troiano, and another local addict, 17-year-old Albert Quinones, lured Lauwers into the woods with the promise of getting high. For me, its gonna be like this really classic Playboy cartoon from 1966 that had a group of people sitting around a pool. Claim of black creatures in demonic activity in Suffolk County goes The history of Satanic Ritual Killing and, Murder. Interests? He gave one guy $500, just, Have fun tonight. He went to Laces Roller Rink, and he took a thousand dollars, a thousand dollars, and just chucked it in the air, man. Ricky is the acid king. It was cute, though, the way he did it. Mr. Quinones said today that he was ''just standing there'' as Mr. Kasso stabbed Mr. Lauwers repeatedly. At the L.I. It can happen anywhere, that's the thing. Notice Weve talked to Jim Morrison through a table. The psychiatrists found Kasso to be antisocial, but not presently psychotic, and let him go. Jury Acquits Defendant in Killing of Youth in Woods" (April 26, 1985), This page was last edited on 16 January 2023, at 15:33. I mean, it happens everyplace, you know?''. Aztakea Woods . In the four-page statement, Mr. Troiano also admitted that he had welcomed Mr. Lauwers's death and that he handed the friend, Richard Kasso, the murder weapon, a four-inch pocketknife. When he was on acid, he'd go back A trim youth carrying a round object climbed from the truck and entered the park. PEACENIK GIRL, 16: Ricky sang me this song that he wrote on guitar. called the ". Quinones gave witness account that Troiano helped Kasso during the murder, but later denied this during his testimony at Troiano's trial. A rock music group named themselves after Kasso. He said he did not know how long the stabbing had lasted. Its the story of antisocial behavior become social, of the rules of the game in the game of growing up. But, I mean, he had no right to stab the kid in the head. The Amityville Acid King. Next to the grave was a black spot on the ground where the body had lain ten days before burial. Wed joke about him having to go to the dentist to have his teeth filed down. 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. After the attack, Kasso and Troiano covered Lauwers' body with leaves and small branches and left it in the woods. " What is interesting is that several people Then Sabbath .
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