There is concern that gay men are being targeted for robbery and assaults in Manhattan by an organized gang. Two deaths may be connected to the cases.
The NYPD is investigating several cases where men were assaulted and robbed. Two deaths are also being investigated in connection with the incidents.There is concern that gay men are being targeted for robbery and assaults in Manhattan by an organized gang.
The so-called 'roofie robbers' are allegedly targeting the men in Manhattan hot-spots and drugging their victims. TheThere are two possibly linked cases where men died under suspicious circumstances.33-year-old John Umberger was at , a popular gay nightclub in Hell's Kitchen, on Memorial Day weekend. He was last seen leaving with two men. Two days later his body was found in an apartment on the Upper East Side.His mother is speaking out about his death.Linda Clary says her son was targeted in a NYC nightclub because he is gay.
"It's the worst thing ever," his mother Linda Clary says. "John, not only was my firstborn, he was my confidant. He was an advisor. He was an encourager."Julio Ramirez was found dead in the back of a taxi after going to a gay nightclub in Manhattan.He died in an eerily similar manner a month before Umberger.He was found dead in the back of a taxi an hour after he was seen leaving The Ritz, a gay club two blocks from The Q NYC.
She says that since she has gone public about her son's death several parents have reached out to her to say their own son had a similar experience but lived.
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