A federal grand jury has issued a six-count indictment against Chance J. Seneca, 19, of Lafayette, Louisiana. Seneca is accused of kidnapping, torturing and attempting to kill gay men he met on Grindr.
The charges allege that Seneca met three men via Grindr–two of whom he successfully kidnapped–on June 19 and 20, 2020, reports WFLA news. The indictment further states that Seneca targeted the men because of their sexual orientation and attempted to murder at least one of them with the intention of eating his remains and keeping body parts as trophies.
One of Seneca’s victims, 18-year-old Holden White, had spoken in graphic detail of his kidnapping and torture by the suspect. He required extended hospitalization for injuries sustained during the attack.
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“Part (of what) I remember is that I reached over to grab something out of my bag,” White told KATC TV last November. “That’s when I felt a cord wrap around my throat and he started pulling me backwards. He strangled me for, I can’t tell you how long, but it felt like a very long time. And he did it to the point as to where every single blood vessel in my face ruptured.”
“There was just blood all over my chest and stuff,” he also recalled. “He was just kind of sitting there watching me, and I was like, ‘Okay this is it.’ My final words to myself was, ‘just stay calm.’ In my mind I kept repeating to myself, ‘just stay calm, stay calm.’ Slowly, I passed out.”
White also had previously criticized Lafayette police who initially did not investigate the kidnapping as a hate crime, particularly after the discovery of Jeffrey Dahmer worship on Seneca’s Facebook profile. Dahmer killed and cannibalized 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991.
“This is a hate crime due to a fact that he made it a point to choose a gay man on a gay app,” White insisted in an interview. “He made sure I was a gay man and then in the same breath, he also idolized Jeffrey Dahmer. What Jeffrey Dahmer did was he choose gay men and lured them back to his house and he would kill them.”
If convicted, Chanse Seneca could face up to 25 years in prison for his crimes.
Chrisk
There’s absolutely no way to rehabilitate this psychopath. I can’t imagine there will be any change in 25 years.
someone
The religion of love and forgiveness strikes again! Who would have ever thought that following a religion that threatens to burn people alive would lead to atrocities like this.
irbaboon
“someone
The religion of love and forgiveness strikes again! Who would have ever thought that following a religion that threatens to burn people alive would lead to atrocities like this.”
How does religion fit into this?
GayEGO
Chance Seneca sounds like he is related to Jeffrey Dahmer, another mentally ill murderer!
Haightmale
WTF? A 25 year sentence is unacceptable and inadequate. The fact that Grindr was once again complicit in committing these crimes, is also unacceptable. For all the folks who complain about ‘headless horsemen’ profiles, which I’ve done myself, I’m starting to rethink my objections. Grindr has facilitated so many violent crimes over the years, that I wonder when we as a community, will start to hold them accountable for that.
Roy Steele jiveinthe415.com
Donston
I feel like the same thing that happened with Craigslist would happen to Grindr if it couldn’t hide behind homophobia/queer-phobia to keep itself alive.
winemaker
Sadly a lot of people don’t use common sense when meeting on these ‘hookup’ apps. Not to pass judgement but every dating site or hookup site has ‘meeting tips, do’s and don’ts’ . One of them is never, ever meet the person in a private place for the first in person meeting! Meet at a restaurant for a cup of coffee. This way, if the person misrepresented himself or is creepy or if you get a funny feeling, pay attention to your ‘gut’ feeling and excuse yourself. You don’t owe this person NADA. Better safe than sorry.
Donston
Most people aren’t using Grindr to get to know someone. So, meeting someone at a restaurant doesn’t cross many minds. Most “gays”/guys who are into guys who are looking to “get to know” or date another guy have moved on to other apps. Grindr is primarily used as a quick hook-up source and also a way to flaunt your “goods”. It’s more that than it’s ever was. I do think some let their desperation and horniness sway their common sense or instincts. However, someone can look reasonable and act “cool” but still be “the killer”. Part of the reason these guys are able to get away with this stuff is because they’re younger, seemingly “normal” and have some type of conventional attractiveness. But inviting absolute strangers into your house is frankly just dumb.
Cam
Except on every post like this you do pass judgement on the victims.
winemaker
Why is this worthless piece of SHIT getting only 25 years? Very likely he’ll appeal the sentence end up sucking on the taxpayers tit for the rest of his worthless life.
Gadfeal
Bearing in mind that most murders between people who know each other are “crimes of passion”, the case of psychopaths, who have no inherent sense of right and wrong, is a difficult ethical one. They cannot be “rehabilitated” since they never had been able to naturally develop a moral compass. So, should one submit such people to barely exist in incarcerated isolation, and drugged out for life, or, offer them the option of euthanasia? It would let them avoid decades of being caged in an endlessly futile existence, and it would save society both the risk of recurrence, and of the cost and onus of incarceration.
Cam
No surprise that the police at first tried to help out the murderer by not pursuing this as a hate crime.
cuteguy
Fox News poster boy. Right beside Jesse Watters or whatever that Asian hating host is
Tombear
Years ago when I was promiscuous I met a man on line who came to my house. He pulled a knife on me and tried to rob me. I went to get my wallet and came out with a 9mm loaded and pointed it at him. He left my apartment real quick and I never saw his ass again. I did have some fun with my gun. Once a Marine, always a Marine.
Tombear
You guys are not going to like this post. I believe that the violence perpetrated against the LGBT community has to STOP. The society is crazy. My husband and I are both retired Marines. In order to protect ourselves and our friends we have several guns.if anyone tries to hurt my family or my husband I wouldn’t think twice about shooting them. We are not gun nuts but will defend ourselves to the death if necessary. I sincerely wish more gay men would learn how to use a gun for defensive purposes. I’m not go to roll over and play dead when some homophobe tries to hurt me!