I hate to say I wasn't as shocked as I should have been. no real reason why. this is sad
from Newsday.com
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-nynews0326,0,1252427,print.story
Sources: Newsman George Weber's killer in custody
Suspect in slaying of George Weber is teen who answered Internet ad, police sources say BY ROCCO PARASCANDOLA
rocco.parascandola@newsday.com
8:52 AM EDT, March 25, 2009
The slaying of radio newsman George Weber has been solved -- and his killer is a 16-year-old teen who told detectives he answered the victim's Internet ad for rough sex, then lost control during a drug-fueled attack, police sources said Wednesday morning.
Detectives found the suspect by tracing Weber's cell phone and Internet activity, the sources said.
The teen confessed to detectives that he answered the Craigslist ad because he saw it as an easy way to make money for smothering someone and engaging in other forms of rough sex, sources said.
The teen, who has not yet been identified, is in custody at the 76th Precinct and is still being questioned. Killer and victim met Friday, sources said, then went to Weber's brownstone apartment on Henry Street, in Carroll Gardens.
The teen tried to clean up after stabbing Weber a number of times, sources said. He left the kitchen and bathroom faucets running, then fled.
Weber, whose ankles had been bound with duct tape, was not discovered until Sunday morning, following the second of two worried phone calls from a colleague at ABC News Radio, where he had worked since last year.
Weber, who would have turned 48 Monday, had previously been known to New Yorkers as the voice of a number of WABC-AM newscasts, including the now-defunct morning show hosted by Curtis Sliwa and Ron Kuby.
Weber was laid off more than a year ago in a cost-cutting move, he wrote on his blog.
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