http://www.app.com/app2001/story/0,21133,726322,00.html
by Kenneson 6 Replies latest jw friends
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hippikon
And?
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DJ
Hi Kennesson,
There is nothing written. The hyper link on the title of the post leads to a blank page in the thread. I don't know if that made sense but I don't even know how you managed that..lol.. dj
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Kenneson
Sorry. I posted this as I was leaving to go to work this morning. I inadvertently typed the link in the subject heading but was trying to put it into the URL to see if it would work. And away it went. I meant to put it in this space so you could link it:
http://www.app.com/app2001/story/0,21133,726322,00.html
The story on this page is out of Patterson, New Jersey and is entitled "Man, 26, admits killing boy, 16." It is about the murder of Cole Dykstra by Arthur Trussell. The two met at the West Milford Kingdom Hall. I'm not sure if those involved are all Jehovah's Witnesses or not.
Anyone from that area have any further info?
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Matty
According to this old post, both the killer and the victim were Jehovah's Witnesses.
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Kenneson
Thank you Matty. I should have also said that it was Dykstra who murdered Trussell, rather than the opposite.
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Matty
Yes, it's making the news again because it has just come to court. Here's another report of the same incident I spotted:
Man Admits Stabbing Teen Who Rebuffed His Sexual Advances
PATERSON, N.J. -- A man who stabbed his 16-year-old friend to death because the boy rebuffed his sexual advances has pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter.
Cole Dykstra, 26, entered the plea Monday as part of a deal with the Passaic County Prosecutor's Office. It calls for him to receive a 28-year prison term when he is sentenced later this year.
Dykstra admitted killing Arthur Trussell, whose family had offered him a place to stay while he tried to resolve some personal problems. Trussell's father, Terrence, said his family opposed the deal, hoping that Dykstra instead would be tried for or plead guilty to murder.
The family met Dykstra through the Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall in West Milford, and he lived in their Ringwood home for almost a year before the attack occurred on Aug. 6, 2001.
Arthur Trussell had gone out with a girl that night and was sleeping when Dykstra hit him on the head with a beer bottle and stabbed him in the stomach with an 8-inch kitchen knife. Trussell's body was found by his father and brother after Dykstra stole the family car and drove off, but he later turned himself in to authorities.