Suspected gay advance seen as factor in slaying

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) -            crutches until they broke and
Police say a Waterbury man         stabbed him with a dagger
murdered a disabled homeless       after pushing him through a
man because he believed the        hole in a floor.
victim had made a sexual           Jason Benoit, a friend of the
advance toward him.                23-year-old O'Brien-Veader,
The Republican American            testified in Waterbury
reports that according to          Superior Court on Tuesday
statements to police, Matthew      that O'Brien-Veader didn't
O'Brien-Veader allegedly           approve of gay people and
killed Joed Olivera in June        once said they should be
2009 because he suspected he       dropped on an island.
made an advance as they slept      If convicted, O'Brien-Veader
in an abandoned factory.           faces life in prison.
Court documents say O'Brien-       ___
Veader tried to throw Olivera      Information from:  Republican-
down a flight of stairs, beat      American
him with the victim's own          

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