• 45-year sentence given for 2020 attack on gay Louisiana man

    2 monthes ago - By Bésame

    LAFAYETTE, La. - A Louisiana man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for the kidnapping and grisly knife attack on a teen in 2020 - part of what federal authorities said was a scheme to kidnap and murder gay men.
    Chance Seneca pleaded guilty to a federal kidnapping charge in September in a plea deal that saw an earlier hate crime charge dropped. He was sentenced Wednesday in Lafayette by U.S. District Judge Robert Summerhays, according to the U.S. Attorney's office.
    Seneca's statement said he used Snapchat and the Grindr app, which is used by gay and bisexual men, to set up a meeting...
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