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Dana Pico has a piece up that has a twist in the plot, a scandalous one at that, or so it seems
There were rumors floating around for a couple of days now that 39-year-old Josh Kruger, shot to death in his home at 2346 Watkins Street in the Point Breeze neighborhood of Philadelphia, allegedly by 19-year-old Robert Edmond Davis, had not only been in a ‘relationship’ with Mr Davis, but had been so while Mr Davis was still a minor. What I did not expect is that, even if true, The Philadelphia Inquirer would report on them:Family of man wanted for killing Josh Kruger says the 19-year-old and the journalist shared sex and drugs
The assertions by Robert Davis’ mother and older brother add new complexities to a killing that has garnered national attention.
The family of Robert Davis, 19, who is accused of killing local journalist Josh Kruger, said that Davis was just 15 when he and Kruger began a years-long relationship involving drugs — and that Davis told them Kruger was threatening to post sexually explicit videos of him online before, police say, Davis shot Kruger.
Those assertions by Davis’ mother and older brother in recent interviews with The Inquirer add troubling new complexities to a killing that has garnered national attention. Their account, they said, is drawn from recent conversations with Davis, and from the years of watching his life unravel as he tried to keep the relationship and his drug addiction hidden.
There is a lot to look at here. Go read it all and check out what The Other McCain has on this
When I wrote last week about Josh Kruger, the “left-wing Philadelphia journalist who mocked concern over rising crime in Democrat-run cities,” and was shot to death in his home, there was no public information available about who the suspect was or what the motive might have been. It just seemed kind of ironic, and I figured it was probably some kind of robbery.
Kruger, a formerly homeless drug addict, “was proudly queer and openly HIV-positive” and “worked for the City of Philadelphia for about five years, overseeing the mayor’s social media platforms and policy campaigns, and acting as communications director and spokesperson for the city’s Office of Homeless Services.” That Kruger could have been the victim of a random street crime seemed entirely probable, given the prevalence of street crime in “Killadelphia,” a city more violent than Chicago. But that wasn’t what it was.
Several days after Philly police said they had identified a “person of interest” in the case, they finally named the suspect as Robert Edmond Davis, 19, and a police spokesman said, “At this time we believe that Mr. Kruger was trying to help Mr. Davis, and they were acquaintances. . . He was just trying to help him just get through life.” Because that’s what “proudly queer” men do, right?
