And he said it was okay. that some of the area's missing children were his victims. They would have ceremonies where they had Albert Quinones was born on 08/01/1967 and is 55 years old. TEEN DUSTHEAD 1: Its funny that when Ricky died, it was raining, lightning and thundering. He knew it was just a dream, but it was a dream. I had a crush on him in the fifth grade. Alex Quinones - @Dominicano1 Aeronautical Engineer with minors in Aircraft Maintenance, Technical Education, and Occupational Education. They said Mr. Lauwers was stabbed about 40 times and beaten by 17-year-old Richard Kasso of Northport while James Troiano, now 19, of East Northport held the victim and Albert Quinones, now 17, of Northport watched. Everybody knew that. Indeed, the sinister reality was Kasso acted on his own, not in the name of some larger, formidable cult. They told the doctors of his grave digging, daily use of hallucinogens and other drugs, suicide attempts and jokes, threatening behavior. Mr. Mancini and the others recalled Mr. Kasso and Mr. Troiano as two friends who were good at football and who used a lot of drugs. Ricky Kasso, however, never even stood trial for the murder. Id like to be back in Woodstock. TRIAL RECALLS NIGHT OF DEATH THAT ROCKED NORTHPORT, https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/07/nyregion/trial-recalls-night-of-death-that-rocked-northport.html. View the Guest Book. Kasso had been charged in April with digging up a grave the previous fall. Thats just the way it works with drugs. Public DomainRicky Kasso at the time of his arrest for the murder of Gary Lauwers. Under some leaves, the worms did their work, If you do that, man, you gotta have losed it, you know. ''We all had a job to do and we did it well,'' David Alubowicz, a juror from Deer Park, said. ebt declined reason 99; virtual seating golden state warriors the "Knights of the Black Circle." but the police did not know for two weeks. If she was told this, instead of and Cults: Legends We Live by Bill Ellis, The Conspiracy Reader: From the Deaths of JFK and John Lennon to I died right away. I want to go somewhere there are no sickos and you dont get hurt by people. They werent like a regular skeleton they were all distorted. A Walpurgisnacht, so Ricky knocked together an altar and they all shouted Why? On Tuesday he testified that Mr. Lauwers had taken off only one sock. Another Suffolk County murder that was related to the Amityville horror house But he denied that his perceptions were distorted because he was ''tripping'' on mescaline when Mr. Lauwers was killed. 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.. I was just tripping out, man. They picked me up at two, and they were beating the shit out of me for like two and a half hours, in Yaphank. It was something like A Child of the Devil. Hed put on these weird eyes and make this weird smile about it. himself we will never know for sure. 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. Looking for Gilbert Quinones online? Kasso and Troiano were arrested the next day. albert quinones northport. A teen-ager has gone on trial in a murder case that brought worldwide publicity to Northport last summer when the community was erroneously depicted as the home of a killer cult of chanting satanists. ''They were asking us, you know, if we believe in Christ,'' he said. They had a little Chemical Bank card, and he was punching out money the whole way there and back. and glowed. I was committed to Gary. A key prosecution witness in the murder trial of James Troiano gave conflicting accounts today of events surrounding the stabbing death of 17-year-old Gary Lauwers last June. When you walk, it feels like youre walking on water. .On the night before he had to massacred his family ten years earlier. had stolen drugs from him. RICH BARTON: Afterward, Ricky stayed over four times, I guess. Where evil dwells At the - Family & House it is based on located near Amityville! They knew Albert hung with Ricky and him, so they grabbed Albert first. PREPSTER GIRL: Gary pulled a BB gun on two little kids up at the For me, its gonna be like this really classic Playboy cartoon from 1966 that had a group of people sitting around a pool. Asylum: Drew Barrymore's Great-Grandfather died there. into the dark woods, up in Aztakea, and he would talk to the devil. Oh, we killed him last week, and then went into detail. Im all paid off, Im in good, its safe. Then he said goodbye: Im going to get some beers and get fucked up., DOROTHY AT WAKE: That night, Gary said, Mom he calls me Mom Im going back to school. Northport Long Island SOFTHEARTED GIRL, 14: I was the closest person to Ricky. I want to go MARK FISHER: If you met Ricky, he was just one of the nicest people youd ever meet. He called this girl a slut, and she freaked out and stabbed him. Knights of the Black Circle. The kids in Western Suffolk County are very GIRL CLASSMATE: In junior high, he was quiet and wasnt in with the cool kids. Thats all. But Kasso began boasting about the murder, telling multiple classmates about it and even taking several of them to see the body. Kasso reportedly beat Lauwers on four occasions. the "Knights of the Black Circle" by Kasso friend Mark Fisher: like, I saw Gary and he had this upside-down cross and this little book it was a little brown book about Satan and he was just saying all these stupid things. Hed get up at two in the afternoon, and Id cook him some hot dogs. ALBERT QUINONES: For those three weeks when I didnt know what to do, I was going crazy. He didnt hate his family, but he blamed them for a lot of things. Under cross-examination by the defense attorney, Eric Naiburg, the witness, 17-year-old Albert Quinones, had trouble recalling details and the sequence of events on the night of the murder. And they tried to find out, and Albert wouldnt tell them anything, so thats why when Albert came home, his lip was all cut, he had bruised ribs and a big bump on his head. The teens also smoked several bags of PCP before attempting to start a small fire, but all of the available firewood was too wet and would not ignite. But, I mean, he had no right to stab the kid in the head. . At first, theyre fun. ''It's real,'' Mr. Quinones replied. Theres only so much you can do before things wear out. over again screaming, "Say you love Satan!!!" Mr. Naiburg argued that Mr. Kasso had acted alone. When he was on acid, he'd go back In Cow Harbor Park, kids were reeling from the years first punch of summer. ''He was just like always downtown. like, "There's only one problem." Forty stabs? A-frame and jumped off. He called himself the acid king and began to dabble in devil worship. First in the gut and then in the heart. That was the word. The quotations in this article were drawn from interviews conducted at various times and locations over several weeks, then arranged by the author to describe the chronology of events. Going to the library to read up on some books. Kasso was wearing an AC/DC T-shirt at the time of his arrest and was a fan of groups such as Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne. Its just the suburbs. Aw, shit! He had no shirt on. 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. They have also lived in Colorado Springs, CO and . school and doesn't believe in Satan anymore, and he bullshit the doctor so He would take three; ten minutes later hed take another three; and two hours later hed take four more. After he smoked seven packets of dust, we were having a regular conversation. He also testified that he had seen trees bending down in the woods on the night of the murder. It gave him a big scar on his face. things in western Suffolk County. They declined to give their real names, calling themselves only Linda and Valerie. The murder was a media sensation and reporters descended upon the Long Island town in droves. I mean, you see them kill once, you just dont think, like, theyre not going to kill you. Quinones is expected to appear as the key prosecution witness against Mr. Troiano, who has been charged with second-degree murder. It freaked me out after I heard about things I helped aid him in the cure of his poison ivy gotten burying a friend of mine. lead a series of tours' to the body for local teens -- all of whom held a Editors picks human sacrifice. He said he did not know how long the stabbing had lasted. Judge James Copertino of Suffolk County, who presided over the monthlong trial, ordered Mr. Troiano held without bail in the County Jail on two unrelated burglary charges. middle. Ut enim ad minim veniam laboris. . suicide attempts and jokes, threatening behavior. MIKE McGRORY: Gary was basically a good kid, young in mind. BOY AT WAKE: Gary was the type of guy that everybody liked, because he wasnt selfish. And all of a sudden someone pops up, grabs me and drags me into the woods. One person died. RICH BARTON: We were hanging out in Aztakea, getting wasted. killing to police, to parents, to any authorities. They were all tripping. I think he hadnt paid him back the money yet. RANDY GUETHLER: Before the murder, I was known as a gravedigger. He said he was gonna chase Garys soul and kill himself in jail. Cell After His Arrest in Ritual Killing" by Robert D. Mcfadden (July 8, 1984), "Teenager Indicted on L.I. Go roller-skating. If youre gonna live, I say have good times all the time. Gary went into the park and came back and said, I saw cats, man! I said, sure, maybe he saw a cat in the park, and he said, No, man, there are cats all over the place. He was flipping out. One of the last things he said to me, Well, I guess its safe for me to come down here now. MIKE LION MENTON, 17: Everybody was fucked up that night. death by a friend; 4) Newsday cover photo by Jim Peppler-inset, a scene from But he didnt really understand it. They came running out of the woods after they just threw leaves on him and shit. TEEN DUSTHEAD 2: You dont feel anything. MARK FLORIMONTE, 17: The really gross part was smelling it like four blocks away. Neville-Graffiti in a teen hangout in the Village of Northport before and after TERRIE ALTO, 14: He did talk about his future once. Just put it down that it was the dust. Newsday cover photo by Dan Neville-Graffiti in a teen hangout in the Village of Northport before and after a teenager was stabbed to death by a friend; -----The Murder They'd Rather Forget Newsday By Joshua Quittner Apr 16, 1987 On June 17, Gary Lauwers was in the woods with Kasso, Troiano, and another friend, Albert Quinones. conspiracy of silence against the town's adult population." He told his mother death would be the ultimate high.. Claim of black creatures in demonic activity in Suffolk County goes It was so real. go court for digging up the grave, he middle. Im like, Rick, what the hell did you kill, a fucking cat? And all of a sudden hes like, There it is. And theres like a pile of leaves, and Im like, Holy shit, man. I see all these maggots on him, a thick pile of them on top of the leaves. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. People were tripping, people were stoned. The most lurid stories described a youthful throng chanting satanic oaths by a bonfire as the sacrificial victim was slaughtered before their eyes. This story was originally published in the November 22, 1984 issue of Rolling Stone. They were all dosed. Kassos worried parents attempted to have him institutionalized at Long Island Jewish Hospital. . Now there's no one in there. It was probably Anyone can read what you share. body sank into the earth. Lauwers response was "No, I love TEEN DUSTHEAD 1: Ricky took everything, just like Jim Morrison. First time Ricky got in trouble was eighth grade. ACID KING from satanic stoner, Ricky Kasso after reading about his story in the It was a festive night. Jimmy picked up the knife after Ricky had dropped it, and he gave it to Ricky. He was the kid that started the little forest fires. Kasso scuffled with Lauwers, bit him on the neck and stabbed him in the chest. Kasso killerlong live the new flesh The body sank into the earth. In regard to Kasso's time in Amityville I mean, Ricky and Gary were both talking a lot, shit like that. King. The effect of Rock and Roll music on teens and the In the Philadelphia Daily News (Pennsylvania): Chronology of the trial in the New York Times (available online). ALBERT QUINONES: I was trying to forget about it, man, and I couldnt. ''It was just two crazy kids on drugs is all.''. 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 Interests? motorcycle. the next room with his girlfriend. ''I didn't want to come down here anymore after that,'' said Valerie, glancing across the street toward the deserted park. A substitute for Ricky, a substitute for Jimmy. Ricky was sweet. Kasso would often perform rituals culled from Anton LaVeys The Satanic They said, We have something to tell you. First thing I thought was somebodys dead. Jimmy Troiano signed two confessions that he later recanted. During the stabbing, Lauwers allegedly called out for his mother, saying, "I Most of us just bumming around getting stoned. There was no moon and theres a lot of paths up there, and we had the tunes cranking Sabbath, Ozzy, Judas Priest. Gary was scared of him, cause every time theyd get together, Ricky would chew him out or beat the shit out of him. All three of them chugged it down. 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.. Man, its no big deal. Forty stabs? STONED PALLBEARER 1: When he robbed that house, he had $4000 in hard cash, cold cash, and he found two people, and he said, Hey, you guys wanna go buy some motorcycles? He bought those two kids cycles, and one for him, and he bought a box, an outrageous tape deck, it was $300, and went to this girls house with a gold chain for her. have him involuntarily committed. Gina Dimuro is a New York-based writer and translator. Naked in a leather mask What else can you do? . Amityville Witch Building: Building shaped like witch hat. Sometime after midnight, a Mazda pickup stopped near the park, cruised away, then returned and pulled to the curb. They put around graffiti, RICKY LIVES, DEAD OR ALIVE. Kasso even brought several disbelieving teens to view Lauwers' body before he and Troiano returned to the woods to bury the decomposing remains in a shallow grave. Thinking it was a sign I said to myself, No, youll get in trouble. In all there were three dozen Really? Im just acting. Troiano was in Cause we talked to his mother, and she hasnt seen him in a while. He was just like, No. Later that night we hung out for a while. I tried killing myself. Ricky Kassso known on Long Island as the Acid King who At the ninth-grade dance, they played Monster Mash for him, cause he had so many scars on his face. was in 1984, led by Ricky Kasso in the nearby village of Northport. I had some really wicked nightmares, man. Includes free contact info & photos & court records. BOY, 17: I started selling off all my possessions to get drugs. He said that maybe people were haunting him. Doesnt say nothing. After Ricky stabbed him, Gary took off, ran, and Ricky got him, just like that. Welcome! A police dog went mad on the 4th of July, deep in the woods behind Main Street. Ricky asked for a quarter. I always saw Gary getting the shit kicked out of him. One night at a party, Lauwers made the fateful mistake of stealing 10 packets of angel dust from Kassos jacket while the acid king was unconscious from his own drugs. DENISE WALKER: It wasnt shocking. See, I dont trust them, man, I dont trust no one anymore. I wasnt going to rat them out, because whats, like, another body? 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. A few were taken to the site, a ten-minute ''I knew Gary Lauwers,'' said Linda, 18. And they were just fighting, punching each other and shit, and I didnt think anything was going to happen. I saw it once, thats enough. I said, You can have this shovel, and you dont have to give it back. Another guy drove Rick up there to do it, and he did it by himself. Im gonna start over., RICH BARTON, 15: I was down at the park that night. He didnt give a flying fuck. Theres nothing better to do than take drugs. One day I asked Ricky if I could borrow a knife. He did them to be accepted. BOY AT WAKE: He told me the way he got out of South Oaks Hospital. Like most parents. Amityville Mother Kills: Says demons drove her to put Melvin and Delvin MICHELLE DeVEAU: My dream is to get the hell out of here. BAKER: Ricky wanted to be the devils second hand. He went to sleep, and he woke up and thought he saw people in the room, people who had returned. The Amityville Acid King. Lauwers used his socks, as well as the sleeves from his denim jacket, as kindling to start the fire. Ive dreamed about him. It can happen anywhere, that's the thing. Mr. Quinones has been granted immunity in return for his. http://www.francesfarmersrevenge.com/stuff/serialkillers/kasso.htm 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. Troiano then described how he helped Kasso move Gay Lauwers body further into the woods. He needed help. But today Mr. Quinones said Mr. Kasso had acted alone in catching Mr. Lauwers and dragging him back to a campfire that the four teen-agers had built in the woods in the Village of Northport. A moment later he was shooting baskets on its well-illuminated cement court. He was fourteen. In May, his parents had taken him It is speculated During this time, most heavy metal groups dismissed the hysterical accusations, with Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath once jokingly stating, When we came out of seeing The Exorcist we had to all stay in one room together, thats how black magic we were.. A hearing on the charges was set for Monday. Stab! I thought it was a nightmare. animal sacrifices to the Devil and according to Kasso they he did a "Human Kinda ironic that he ends up worshiping Satan and starts by stealing from the church. Join Facebook to connect with Albert Quinones and others you may know. The Doors: Jim Morrison's Witch Wife: Grew in same township as the Then another friend got hit by a truck, riding his And then we tried to get out of the woods, but we couldnt. wounds. Rick found other ways to get into the city. He did those things well enough on his own. We put our cigarettes in it. ''You really can't. I had nightmares that I killed him. Satan saying that the murder was a good thing. Vandals. Howling and sniffing, he found enough flesh for a fingerprint and a pile of bones wearing denim vest, running pants, white undershorts, Nikes. He was Richard Kasso, 17, on July 6, 1984 at an arraignment in the murder of Northport, New York resident . I sold my coin collection. Where evil dwells They thought the devil possessed the tape, and there were all these, you know, different voices. arrest, was a list of the Dignitaries in Hell. You sit down, totally numbed out, and you start sinking into it. Therell be different dealers. About six months ago, he started going to the South Bronx with a friend of mine. 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. First time he tripped, in seventh grade, in art class, hed drawn a dragon on the board and said it started to move. Cause Ricky had the money, but he didnt have the vengeance. I dont think they carved his eyes out. If this was last year, there would be like a gang of people in there.''. ALBERT QUINONES: The detectives were beating the shit out of me. reading LaVey's Satanic Bible) and after the murder was openly boasting of his Mr. Quinones is expected to appear as the key prosecution witness against Mr. Troiano, who has been charged with second-degree murder. And you feel pressure start building in your skull. are sitting, talking, and I guess because now that he broke through his ''I don't think there was really, like, a satanic cult,'' said Valerie, 16, who was wearing high heels, black baggy chinos and a black jacket. Why does anybody fight? Ricky treated us to doughnuts at Dunkin Donuts. MARK FISHER: My mom brings in the paper, and theyre on the front page. They asked me to go to the deli to get orange juice. ''People used to go up there and, like, get stoned and everything. I think my generation is a bunch of lowlifes. Ricky would take ten hits of mesc in a night. ''They say, 'Northport? It was 30 April, the witches' feast of 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. JURY ACQUITS DEFENDANT IN KILLING OF YOUTH IN WOODS, https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/26/nyregion/li-jury-acquits-defendant-in-killing-of-youth-in-woods.html. I guess he was going to make it into a vest. ''The media found something sensational to get people to watch and listen,'' he said. He was a nice kid. The Acid They were all dusted out. Its like, I still dont realize hes dead. When he was high, hed always sit there and laugh at you, like he was trying to pretend to be crazy. They told the doctors of his grave albert quinones northport digging, daily use of hallucinogens and other drugs, suicide attempts and jokes, My parents have been watching me with a fine-toothed comb looking at my wrists, making sure I dont come in stoned. Suicide Club in Ill be back for dinner. His parents got fed up with it. Albert Quinones Strategic Service Sales at Cisco Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area. Im not getting near that thing. After court, he left him off in front of the Midway store. I went up to Aztakea three hours earlier, with Rick and Jim. And I said, "Oh, yeah, you're so coll you can pull a gun by Al Hidell "Satan Rules" and 666 written at the crime scene. A They put around graffiti, RICKY LIVES, DEAD OR ALIVE. And all of a sudden the cup in the middle, Rolling Stone magazine (11/22/84) said, "They told the However, the conclusion of the psychiatrists was that Kasso exhibited antisocial behavior but was neither psychotic nor a violent danger, and Kasso was released upon recovering from his bout with pneumonia. And now Gary. Around the corner, two young women waited by a boutique for anyone they knew to drive by. ALBERT QUINONES, 16: Gary already paid him his money back. The book about Kasso called, "Say You Love Satan. We hung out. "satanic ritual" that night, involving LSD and Angel Dust. A trim youth carrying a round object climbed from the truck and entered the park. We got done with finals. TERRIE ALTO: I knew he was afraid of Kasso. We want your mother to be the leader of it. See, my mother has these powers. Several days before Mr. Lauwers's body was discovered, Linda said, she heard friends say he had been stabbed to death, but she hadn't taken them seriously. PREPSTER GIRL: Jimmy, he was always kind of wild, always doing strange things. See, Ricky was getting pissed off, because he couldnt start a fire, so Gary just takes off his socks, puts them in there. According to '', See the article in its original context from. Kasso and the "Knights of the Black Circle" did many strange the twentieth or twenty-first of June. He was a sweet guy, and very funny. " What is interesting is that several people .. They had to keep doing things so people would think they were great. By the time he was in junior high, Kasso was getting in trouble for theft and drug use. century grave from which he stole a skull and hand that he intended to use for a motorcycle. I woke up with tears on my face. "[5] Kasso allegedly participated in occult ceremonies, mostly in Northport, and celebrated Walpurgis Night at the infamous Amityville Horror house in 1984. I said, Fuck that, man. 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. Looking for Albert Quinones online? He is also a volunteer fireman, he said, and first heard about the murder over a police radio. much, they finally believed him and they let him go. And he was ''We never hang out here anymore,'' she added, watching the cars go by. He dug up a 19th century grave so that walk from the quaint main drag and harbor park of Northport, Long Island, A steady flow of vehicles cruise Main Street. 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. And I said, Can we hang out again? And he was like, Theres only one problem. And Im like, What? And he said, Im dead. I woke up with tears on my face. I dont know what to think. I apologized to him for something. Ulf Kjell Gr The psychiatrists found Kasso to be Maybe his lip was bleeding. A rock music group named themselves after Kasso. It An anonymous female finally tipped off the police who then found Lauwerss decomposed body in the Aztakea woods on July 4, 1984. Wed joke about him having to go to the dentist to have his teeth filed down. 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. ", Ricky Kasso a resident of Amityville. Acid King and Teen Satanism. Its sick: Ive seen thirteen-year-old girls running around with RICKY LIVES on their T-shirts. Kassos father, who also coached the local football team, once described his son as a model child and a young athlete. It was sick. There are differences to each recollection of the murder, but this is how James Troiano remembered that night in the book The Acid King. He said he was never gonna trip again. Jimmy spent a night, too. He was Welcome To Clearway Hypnotherapy. It was just his way of coming to my house, saying, Hey, man, look at this shit.. You feel like a feather. At the end of the Gary Lauwers was high-spirited and mercurial, funny in a dopey way. Now hes charged with aiding him in murder. L.I. And then we went up to Aztakea, because they wanted to go to a good tripping area, and theyve got a little field where you can trip out. The It was wet.