According to classmates, Kasso would go to cemeteries and hang out, smoke ten bags of angel dust and try to get in touch with the devil. They started out by drawing a five-pointed star they just traced their fingers. Hed get eighty dollars and go out and buy a twenty-five-dollar bong and spend the rest on weed and smoke it all that night. During subsequent testimony he provided under immunity, Quinones later claimed that Troiano did not assist Kasso. On the night before he had to go to court for digging up the grave, he stayed here. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time My heads screwed up ever since that night and its still screwed up, man. It was sick, it was torture. "Popular Culture and Social Control: The Moral Panic on Music Labeling. It is speculated Id be sitting down in my room, and hed just come through the back door. Faced with contradictions between his testimony and earlier statements, he said that what he had told a grand jury investigating the murder was ''pretty much'' the truth. And they said, PEACENIK GIRL: That night Jimmy and Albert and Ricky came up to me, wanted me to buy mesc. They were all tripping. Two weeks after that another friend shot himself. During his hospital stay, his parents tried to convince the doctors to commit him for involuntary psychiatric care. Mr. Byrom said he did not believe that devil worship had anything to do with what happened that night. Welcome! Even investigators claimed that Kasso was a member of a satanic cult, but the Long Island community had more to fear from drug addictions than Satanic cults. He said he was never gonna trip again. Mutilation murder killing to police, to parents, to any authorities. It was just his way of coming to my house, saying, Hey, man, look at this shit.. He bullshitted. He took me into the woods, and I woke up. And now Gary. When he was on acid, he'd go back The issue of cults never entered the trial. However, it wasn't until two weeks went by, on July 1, that the murder was reported to the police via an anonymous tip. They declined to comment on the decision. ", Satanic teen killer Ricky Kasso was a long time patient at the forth in the form of fire.' Alex Quinones - @Dominicano1 Aeronautical Engineer with minors in Aircraft Maintenance, Technical Education, and Occupational Education. SOFTHEARTED GIRL, 14: I was the closest person to Ricky. The group walked to Aztakea Woods, set up camp and ingested several doses, or "hits", of what they believed to be mescaline. Thats why people go to museums. of violated the code. . MIKE McGRORY: Gary was basically a good kid, young in mind. death by a friend; 4) Newsday cover photo by Jim Peppler-inset, a scene from lain ten days before burial. The history of Satanic Ritual Killing and, Murder. But he didnt really understand it. 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. This story was originally published in the November 22, 1984 issue of Rolling Stone. A nightmare hit suburban New York as high-schooler Ricky Kasso, a known vagabond and addict, committed the unthinkable. TONY ZENKUS, 19: Theres a power trip in Satanism. In all there were three dozen ''I wasn't worried about the time,'' he said. Gina Dimuro is a New York-based writer and translator. I talked to him for hours and hours during the night. Im not getting near that thing. But the trial, in Suffolk County Court in Riverhead, is still likely to bring more unwelcome publicity to Northport, where the four teen-agers are remembered. SLAYING WITNESS GIVES CONFLICTING TESTIMONY, https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/11/nyregion/li-slaying-witness-gives-conflicting-testimony.html. I saw Ricky walking up the street looking for him: happy, psyched and everything. A few were taken to the site, a ten-minute He was at that age. The Amityville Acid King. ''Whoever, whatever, and as you are, we welcome you,'' invites the sign in front of the church. Mr. Kasso, who confessed that he had stabbed the youth, hanged himself in the Suffolk County Jail two days after his arrest on July 5. He was a nice kid. No one else was in the woods that night, the police said, although as many as a dozen teen-agers may have heard rumors about the killing before Mr. Lauwers's body was discovered. Wrong. Really? Im just acting. Fifty? Gary put on her leather jacket, the biker jacket and shit, and I was wearing one of the black-leather belts with the studs. That was the word. Amityville Insane Pics, Murder was behind King Kullen http://northportsevs.com/updates/archives/00000145.shtml, O-o (Where evil dwells) dead." Ricky Kasso at the time of his arrest for the murder of Gary Lauwers. See the article in its original context from. 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. Yearbooks 1984 Yearbook Northport High School NORTHPORT, NY Reunions Jan 31, 2010 Albert was invited to the 3rd Annual Winter Bar-B-Q 6945 invitees Jan 31, 2010 MARK FLORIMONTE: We were on the Long Island Expressway the other day, stuck with a flat tire for four hours, tripping on mesc. South Oaks Hospital, to no avail. Looking for Albert Quinones online? satanic rite." On Tuesday he testified that Mr. Lauwers had taken off only one sock. You can go shopping. But not Ricky, Jimmy, Gary or Albert. They were bag kids of the burbs. Knights of the Black Circle. skeleton, at least Mr. Quinones has been granted immunity in return for his testimony. And so we go up there, it smelled like shit. ''No one wants a bad reputation, that's what I think,'' said Linda, who wore white jogging shoes, designer jeans and a tan jacket. Slaying Meets for 7 Hours" (April 25, 1985), "L.I. His friend Scott got a call from Lauwers mother. At the They werent like a regular skeleton they were all distorted. Kasso had been charged in April with digging up a grave the previous fall. The murder took place during a period known as the "Satanic panic" when there was much public concern[2][3][4] over the effects of Satanic and occult content in heavy metal music and in role-playing games. The most lurid stories described a youthful throng chanting satanic oaths by a bonfire as the sacrificial victim was slaughtered before their eyes. 2. A trim youth carrying a round object climbed from the truck and entered the park. Furthermore, they were terrified that Ricky Kasso was just one member of a larger, murderous Satanic cult. People were shocked that teenagers from the picket-fence suburbs could have committed such a brutal crime. Jimmy spent a night, too. ''It's scary, but I think it was a freak. It came up every two minutes. Ulf Kjell Gr Some went into the woods to get a look at the black spot. He called this girl a slut, and she freaked out and stabbed him. Murder Trial Opens: Confession Is Described" by Lindsey Gruson (April 5, 1985), "Jury in L. I. He The victim It was sick. One of the guys clipped the card from his father. . Meanwhile, this other guy whod smoked with him was in a complete psychosis making animal movements, karate movements. ''I wouldn't care. The Murder They'd Rather Forget Newsday By Joshua Quittner Apr 16, 1987 The kids in Western Suffolk County are very They didnt tell me they were going for Ricky and Jim. Other names that Albert uses includes Albert F Quinones and Albert F Quinones. They said, We have something to tell you. First thing I thought was somebodys dead. Then another friend got hit by a truck, riding his Claim of black creatures in demonic activity in Suffolk County goes To the movies. girlfriends after me, and saying he was gonna kill me. was something like "A Child of the Devil." 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. My boyfriend wasnt gonna say anything to me. cheerleader was killed by young witch in a A few were taken to the site, a ten-minute walk from the quaint main drag and harbor park of Northport, Long Island, to view the corpse, a dissolving trophy. He said friend, Albert Quinones. Ricky treated us to doughnuts at Dunkin Donuts. another friend shot himself. I didnt tell anybody, but I couldnt escape it. known as the "Acid King". 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. are sitting, talking, and I guess because now that he broke through his Mr. Troiano's confession was also undermined by the only witness to the murder. A steady flow of vehicles cruise Main Street. 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. I dont know that was a trip. The confession, according to Mr. Naiburg, was an attempt by Mr. Troiano, who did not remember the night of the murder, to ''fill in gaps in his memory'' and explain to himself what had happened. The eye sockets were whittled. bullshitted. When he was high, hed always sit there and laugh at you, like he was trying to pretend to be crazy. I didnt want to, but finally I just said, What the hell, so I took a hit. So he took off his jacket and gave it to Ricky, and Gary just chopped off the sleeves. They put around graffiti, RICKY LIVES, DEAD OR ALIVE. Main Street. PEACENIK GIRL, 16: Ricky sang me this song that he wrote on guitar. Why does anybody fight? They were dehydrated, so they asked me where the nearest swimming pool was, cause they wanted to go pool hopping. The best result we found for your search is Albert Quinones age 50s in Bronx, NY in the Woodstock neighborhood. They knew Albert hung with Ricky and him, so they grabbed Albert first. He said the devil came in the form of a tree, which sprouted out of the ground and glowed. Oh, we killed him last week, and then went into detail. I apologized to him for something. The names are changed but it might have demonic ceremony. Kasso was influenced by the music of Black Sabbath and Ozzy FEARFUL BOY, 17: Dust is the ultimate. But he admitted that he had lied to the police about his knowledge of Mr. Lauwers's death because he had feared he would be ''framed.''. Amityville Witch Building: Building shaped like witch hat. During the course of subsequent reveries they renewed the dispute over the allegedly pilfered drugs. And Albert Quinones made Ricky take off his ring, cause he didnt want him to really fuck Gary up. five-pointed star -- they just traced their fingers. During the attack, Kasso allegedly commanded Lauwers to "Say you love Satan", and Lauwers is said to have instead replied "I love my mother," before finally giving in to Kasso's demands. the "Wacky World of Murder," "In 1984, Ricky Kasso led his merry men on a there was a black cat. the motive: "My son didn't use drugs," she said recently. Albert Quinones currently lives in Port Jefferson Station, NY; in the past Albert has also lived in Centereach NY and Coram NY. 'antisocial,' but not 'presently psychotic,' and let him go. body sank into the earth. ninth-grade dance, they played "Monster Mash" for him,' cause he had so He ran and dealt and dusted with Ricky. I had nightmares that I killed him. Indeed, the sinister reality was Kasso acted on his own, not in the name of some larger, formidable cult. TEEN DUSTHEAD 1: Its funny that when Ricky died, it was raining, lightning and thundering. about sixteen. these were just kids. Eric Naiburg, Mr. Troiano's attorney, and William Keahon, the prosecutor, said that Satanism will not be a part of the trial, so far as they are aware. To me, Gary was being cool and shit. Richard Allan "Ricky" Kasso Jr. (March 29, 1967 July 7, 1984), also known as The Acid King, was an American killer who murdered his 17-year-old friend Gary Lauwers in Northport, New York on June 19, 1984. The Acid Girls and guys are drinking, and theres a guy all dressed up in a tuxedo has the horns on and all, like a devil and hes saying, You didnt actually think hell would be all that bad, did you? Something close to that. People have no morals. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. The murder became sensational news in New York City and across the nation due to the alleged torture of Lauwers and supposed occult aspects of the murder. TEEN DUSTHEAD 1: You feel like youre ten feet tall. I said, Rick, Im getting the hell out here. I said, What was that? And Ricky said, Aw, nothing it was a rock, man. I didnt think anything about it. Mr. Troiano said in a statement to the police that Mr. Lauwers was forced to say ''I love you, Satan'' before he died. albert quinones northport Long live the new flesh The one bright spot in this area was a group of kids known as the According to Troiano, whod been in jail before, signed a confession but later pleaded not guilty, and now awaits trial for second-degree murder. During the stabbing, Lauwers allegedly called out for his mother, saying, "I Two other teens, Jimmy Troiano and Albert Quinones, were present at the murder, which took place in the Aztakea Woods of Northport while all four were under the influence of what they believed to be mescaline, but was most likely LSD . And Kasso confronted him soon after the incident, prompting Lauwers to immediately return five of the ten bags of PCP. 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. Mutilation murder in the suburbs. Welcome To Clearway Hypnotherapy. "[5] Kasso allegedly participated in occult ceremonies, mostly in Northport, and celebrated Walpurgis Night at the infamous Amityville Horror house in 1984. statement Kasso allegedly gave police and according to Quinones' testimony, it I want to go somewhere there are no sickos and you dont get hurt by people. ''I wish he would kill himself and save the taxpayers money,'' Mr. Smith said. I was gonna go get beers, and I gave them my box, had my tape in it, Black Sabbath, We Sold Our Soul for Rock n Roll. The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time Where evil dwells It was cute, though, the way he did it. And he gave him maybe ten bowl burns, circles with the rim of the bowl, a tattoo, sort of. forth in the form of fire." I came back, and they had left. Luciferianism and the Church of Satan. 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.. Hed bought a knife for protection, but I dont think he carried it around. He always said how much better his life would be if he was dead. He'd put on these weird eyes and Gary told me Ricky told him he was gonna kill him. For Kasso, he said a black crow said to him at the human ''It was just two crazy kids on drugs is all.''. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. A substitute for Ricky, a substitute for Jimmy. the next room with his girlfriend. He was just acting out. Garys act had no room for role reversal. A police dog went mad on the 4th of July, deep in the woods behind Main Street. Two days later, after confessing, Kasso hanged himself in jail. Troiano, Albert Quinones. Albert Quinones appears to be the only person who saw what happened, and will be the governments star witness. It was like April. Thinking he saw Lauwers head move, Kasso began stabbing him multiple times in the face. On 16 June Kasso, Troiano, Lauwers, and a youth named Albert Quinones, hid themselves away in Newport's Aztakea Woods to partake of some mescaline. MARK FISHER: I was walking up Main Street, just applied for a job at the ice-cream parlor, and I saw Ricky making faces at a window. like, "There's only one problem." You feel like a feather. Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok profiles, images and more on IDCrawl - free people search website. The other five could not be reached. I want to go I talked my way out of it. Ricky Kasso was the killer. Hed sleep on the floor of my room and use his leather jacket as a blanket. Ricky was sweet. 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. Its a scar. LaVey's real name was On the night of the murder, Kasso visited the small gazebo in the new Cow Harbor park and borrowed a radio from a friend. ''You really can't. I heard they went up to Aztakea and any girls who wanted to get fucked should go up there. http://www.francesfarmersrevenge.com/stuff/serialkillers/kasso.htm Welcome! 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." have him involuntarily committed. Looking for Gilbert Quinones online? The jury of eight men and four women deliberated 10 1/2 hours over three days before reaching its verdict. They remembered the victim, Mr. Lauwers, as someone who was easy to push around. '', Mr. Smith recalled that after the slaying ''religious people'' had passed through town asking everyone how they spent their weekends. that was there claimed this supernatural event happened. Hed totally fuck somebody over and not think about the consequences of it. Hes like You know, I think Lauwers is dead. And Im like, Holy shit! James Troiano was acquitted today of charges that he helped murder Gary Lauwers in a drug-induced frenzy. Stab! I was just tripping out, man. And I said, "Can we hang out again?" MICHELLE DeVEAU: I fixed his wounds up for him once. He always had a joke about something, even something that scared him. Kinda ironic that he ends up worshiping Satan and starts by stealing from the church. called the ". He called this girl a slut, and she freaked out and stabbed him. And he had a bloody nose, too. Prosecutors later said the teens were engaged in a SOFTHEARTED GIRL: The first night I found out, I had a dream, a dream Weve talked to Jim Morrison through a table. ''It was like a big joke - it was like, 'Oh yeah, you're just kidding,' '' she said. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Finally, a girl whod overheard some other girls talking about it made an anonymous call to the police. Ill meet you back downtown. I just fucking booked out of there. Mr. Quinones has been granted immunity in return for his. ''We never hang out here anymore,'' she added, watching the cars go by. conspiracy of silence against the town's adult population." But Mr. Troiano's trial was of little interest to the teen-agers. - Church. worshiped Satan and shit, and he told the doctors that he was fine, that he was gonna go back to And these were just kids. Ricky Kasso, however, never even stood trial for the murder. Mr. Naiburg argued that Mr. Kasso had acted alone. Northport Long Island Supposedly. It was just like Gary to take off without warning. He had a lot of jokes about Kasso. Then Sabbath . A summer ago, Gary and his pals got stoned in his forest of white hand prints, and they made a tape to document the event. It was one of the first nights school ended, so everybody was out. But now Gary is dead; Ricky, too. Antisocial means sitting in a corner at a party. TEEN DUSTHEAD 2: Ricky and this dude were in my car, and theyre like, Were trying to get this cult going. RICH BARTON: Afterward, Ricky stayed over four times, I guess. Ill be back for dinner. His parents got fed up with it. Because Kasso killed Try restaurant style recipes at home. He was always like that, since he was a little kid. He is also a volunteer fireman, he said, and first heard about the murder over a police radio. I said, Fuck that, man. Very severe, and they hurt. Thirty stabs? "Oh, Satan has arrived! In July of 1984, a story originating out of Long Island, New York began to make headlines throughout the world. On June 17, Gary Lauwers was in the woods with Kasso, Troiano, and another rivel athletics gloves albert quinones northport. They'd already tried the drug rehab route at the next room with his girlfriend. MICHELLE DeVEAU, 15: Gary was like a wimp. He was about sixteen. After two months, they finally crashed my friends car. It was 30 April, the witches' feast of The trial is to resume Thursday before Judge John Copertino. The book about Kasso called, "Say You Love Satan. I dont know what to think. It was a trip, man, Ill tell you, man, it was a trip. I was peaking. Next to the grave was a black spot on the ground where the body had lain ten days before burial. Neville-Graffiti in a teen hangout in the Village of Northport before and after So I went up to Aztakea, but I didnt quite make it, cause it was so dark, I was bumping into trees and falling down. (http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=307491) albert quinones northport 11 Jun. It's We tried to make a fire, but we couldnt. Rick Kasso of Northport. GIRL CLASSMATE: In junior high, he was quiet and wasnt in with the cool kids. Kassos worried parents attempted to have him institutionalized at Long Island Jewish Hospital. At one point, Gary stopped the proceedings and enthused: We contribute this to the society of the man who invented acid, fucking drugs. My dream is to get the hell out of here. Then another friend got hit by a truck, riding his Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. A moment later he was shooting baskets on its well-illuminated cement court. The police were here, and the policeman says, You dont step on our toes, we dont step on yours.. . Kasso and the "Knights of the Black Circle" did many strange I said, Do you have any future plans? He goes, We just break the rules. He goes, People make rules, we break them. He broke into houses. SOFTHEARTED GIRL: Ricky wanted the suicide. "In June 1984 in Northport, New York, Ricky Kasso and James Troiano were Hed write 666 on steam mirrors when hed take a bath, and hed leave at 12:30 in the afternoon, before my mom came home. fifteen and perhaps thirty teenagers and young adults were told of the Kasso's mother, Yvonne, said she doesn't believe ''I think that it was just like they did so many drugs and one night it just caught up with all of them.''. This scene portrays Ricky committing a satanic murder near Amityville. into the dark woods, up in Aztakea, and he would talk to the devil. accused of killing 17-year-old Gary Lauwers by gouging his eyes out and 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. We put our cigarettes in it. It was like in shock. His mother says, These kids are going to need a hundred years of therapy.. Go out and have a party. After Gary made a fire with his socks, he didnt want to make it bigger. When he was on acid, he'd go back Satan saying that the murder was a good thing. They were all dosed. Less than a month after his arrest for this crime, Ricky contracted pneumonia and was treated at Long Island Jewish Hospital. GLEN WOLF, veteran dirt-bag street kid, 21: Gary was helping me fix my car. One of these big oak trees. http://www.rumourmachine.com/Reviews/Mysweetsatan.htm Kasso stabbed him over and by Al Hidell "Satan Rules" and 666 written at the crime scene. Its just the suburbs. And then a cop came in and scooped him up with this little pick or something and threw him in the garbage. Acid King and Teen Satanism. Two weeks later, the partially buried body of one of the youths, 17-year-old Gary Lauwers of Northport, was found after the police received an anonymous tip. The prosecutor, William Keahon, acknowledged that Mr . Select this result to view Albert Quinones's phone number, address, and more. MARK FISHER, 17: Ive known Ricky since sixth grade. http://acidking.com/press/. The crowds of teen-agers who used to gather in the evenings in Cow Neck Park - ''to smoke dope, to drink,'' as Linda put it to giggles from Valerie - thinned out quickly after the murder. 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. BOY, 17: I started selling off all my possessions to get drugs. She said, Do you have a girlfriend? He said, No, Im not into relationships. He was going out with her, and theyd broke up. L.I. Nearby Amityville a hot Ricky Kasso was born to a local high school history teacher and his wife in the quiet suburbs of New Yorks Northport community on Long Island. Grisly sacrificial slaughter Ricky Kasso was involved in Satanism and a group of like minded teens called ''Yeah,'' Mr. Smith interjected. In 1984, Northport, New York, was considered an idyllic suburb. he could use the skull for a ceremony. Naked in a leather mask MICHELLE DeVEAU: My dream is to get the hell out of here. I killed Gary. I went, Bullshit! school and doesn't believe in Satan anymore, and he bullshit the doctor so PEACENIK GIRL: Ricky asked me if he could have a ride up to Saratoga to see the Dead. TEEN DUSTHEAD 1: Ricky took everything, just like Jim Morrison. things. stayed here. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. In May, his parents had taken him In May, his parents had taken him to Long Island Jewish Hospital: he had pneumonia. There are differences to each recollection of the murder, but this is how James Troiano remembered that night in the book The Acid King. motorcycle. For two weeks First Gary didnt want to go, but then Ricky said, Well buy jelly doughnuts! So he was, like, Yeah!.

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