What Happened
to Shawn...
On July 19th2003
Shawn was murdered in his hotel room in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Shawn was working as a lighting director, in town as a subcontractor
for a Microsoft convention. He checked in on July 13th and was
scheduled to leave for home in Atlanta on the day he was murdered.
Shawn was seen at the (French) Quarter's Original Dungeon Bar in the
early hours of July 19th. A witness(es) stated that they heard
discussion of robbing Shawn before the group left the French Quarter. Shawn was
then seen on the Marriott Courtyard Hotel's surveillance camera entering with
four people at around 6am. The four consisted of two women and two men, who
were wearing what the police considered "goth" style clothing. These
four people turned out to be:
Kris Mitchell Lane, 24 - Arrested August 3, 2003
Benjamin Anthony, 24 - Arrested August 1, 2003
Karla Frye, 20 - Arrested July 26, 2003
"Catt", 21 - Cooperating with Police - Not charged in
murder
Shawn had multiple blunt force traumas to the head, and subsequently
drowned in the hot tub in his room. The maid of the hotel opened his room
repeatedly but did not enter, until finally entering his room and finding him
at 12:30pm.
Police have established that robbery was the motive... Though
the actual motive is unknown, ranging from robbery, to a "ritualistic
killing", or possibly just for the sake of doing so.
The three await trial in jail in New Orleans, indicted on First Degree
Murder.
Upcoming: A link to the news articles covering his murder
and more information, as received, about the upcoming trial.