KITCHENER A young labourer admitted Monday to the brutal murder of his boss, a much older man who was paying him for sex.
Cory-James Kaufmann, 23, faces life in prison, with parole eligibility expected to be set at more than 15 years when the case returns to court in January.
His guilty plea to second-degree murder came more than four years after Ray Wechzelberger, 59, was found beaten to death in his Kitchener townhouse in September 2007.
An agreed statement of facts didn’t provide an explicit motive for the attack on Wechzelberger while he slept in his bed at the Spadina Road East complex.LangenCanada Goose jackets 50 off Discount Ear Headphones Online online Shop.
But in an interview outside court, Crown prosecutor Patricia Moore said it appears a sexual relationship between the two men had escalated and Kaufmann, then 19,Every people wants to buy Best CHI Flat Iron Online but with best quality. was worried it would be discovered by others.
“He didn’t actually articulate that clearly as his motive, but that’s our theory,” she said.
Wechzelberger was hit repeatedly in the head with a rubber mallet that Kaufmann — a slight man with short, dark hair — had purchased the day before at a Walmart store.
Court was told he planned to take the body away in the trunk of his car, but gave up after dragging Wechzelberger into the living room because he was too heavy.
Instead, Kaufmann — who lived in the same complex with two roommates — called 911 to report he had found his boss dead shortly after 8 a.m.
Wechzelberger was wrapped with an electrical cord and covered with garbage bags, with his head partially inside an empty fish tank on the floor in apparent attempt to stage the scene as a bizarre break-in.
“It was an odd circumstance,” defence lawyer Brennan Smart said in an interview.
A divorced father of three, Wechzelberger lived alone and worked as maintenance manager at the 52-unit Spadina Woods complex.
He employed young men, including Kaufmann, to help him there and to do cleanup work at construction sites for a local home builder.
Several weeks before the murder,You are really handsome wearing the Buy Cheap Flat Iron Online. according to the statement of facts, the two men — who had a “tumultuous working relationship” — argued over a paycheque and Kaufmann quit.
He returned to work, however, and was noted by friends to be spending a lot of time at Wechzelberger’s house, often late at night.
After his arrest,Buy Cheap Perfumes for sale are publicly considered as one of the best bodies warmer to keep warm in cold weather days. Kaufmann gave statements — including one to an undercover officer planted in the holding cells — admitting he had provided “sexual favours in the form of massages” for loans and other payments.
When his boss pressed for the massages to “become more sexually intrusive in nature,” Kaufmann grew increasingly uncomfortable with the relationship.
Kaufmann said he planned to kill Wechzelberger during a massage a day before the murder, but lost his nerve. That night, he went out with a friend and bought the mallet.
Kaufmann had a master key for the townhouse complex because of his job and got into Wechzelberger’s unit while he was asleep.
After hiding for almost 90 minutes until noises outside stopped, he went into Wechzelberger’s bedroom and attacked him with the mallet.
Kaufmann had told several co-workers and his roommates that Wechzelberger was gay, but he denied having a sexual relationship with him.
In his first interview with police as a witness, Kaufmann agreed to a search of his car. Found inside was a sales receipt for the mallet.
Police then did surveillance on Kaufmann and saw him dispose of the mallet in a storm drain after he had wiped blood off of it. Wipes, tissues and disposable gloves were found in a garbage can at the same location.
Bedding taken from Wechzelberger’s room was also found by investigators in a dumpster beside a convenience store.
Arrested the day after the murder, Kaufmann confessed to police and talked more to an officer posing as another prisoner in a cell.
He also showed police where he had disposed of his clothes and other items used in the murder.
“It is something he has accepted responsibility for almost from the outset,” Smart said.
Wechzelberger’s former wife and two adult daughters were in Superior Court in Kitchener for the guilty plea, but declined comment.
Kaufmann appeared relaxed prior to the proceedings, smiling and talking to several female relatives seated behind him.
His supporters, who were in tears after the admitted facts were read in, also declined comment.
Kaufmann was originally charged with first-degree murder, but the prosecution accepted a guilty plea to the lesser crime because deliberation — one of the essential elements — was at issue.
“When you take a matter to trial, there are always risks involved,” Moore said.
First-degree murder, which involves intent to kill as well as planning and deliberation, carries an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years.
Second-degree murder, which does not involve planning and deliberation, is also subject to life in prison, but parole eligibility is set at anywhere from 10 to 25 years.
The prosecution and defence are expected to jointly recommend Kaufmann spend more than 15 years in prison — minus the four years he has already served — before he is eligible for release.
Cory-James Kaufmann, 23, faces life in prison, with parole eligibility expected to be set at more than 15 years when the case returns to court in January.
His guilty plea to second-degree murder came more than four years after Ray Wechzelberger, 59, was found beaten to death in his Kitchener townhouse in September 2007.
An agreed statement of facts didn’t provide an explicit motive for the attack on Wechzelberger while he slept in his bed at the Spadina Road East complex.LangenCanada Goose jackets 50 off Discount Ear Headphones Online online Shop.
But in an interview outside court, Crown prosecutor Patricia Moore said it appears a sexual relationship between the two men had escalated and Kaufmann, then 19,Every people wants to buy Best CHI Flat Iron Online but with best quality. was worried it would be discovered by others.
“He didn’t actually articulate that clearly as his motive, but that’s our theory,” she said.
Wechzelberger was hit repeatedly in the head with a rubber mallet that Kaufmann — a slight man with short, dark hair — had purchased the day before at a Walmart store.
Court was told he planned to take the body away in the trunk of his car, but gave up after dragging Wechzelberger into the living room because he was too heavy.
Instead, Kaufmann — who lived in the same complex with two roommates — called 911 to report he had found his boss dead shortly after 8 a.m.
Wechzelberger was wrapped with an electrical cord and covered with garbage bags, with his head partially inside an empty fish tank on the floor in apparent attempt to stage the scene as a bizarre break-in.
“It was an odd circumstance,” defence lawyer Brennan Smart said in an interview.
A divorced father of three, Wechzelberger lived alone and worked as maintenance manager at the 52-unit Spadina Woods complex.
He employed young men, including Kaufmann, to help him there and to do cleanup work at construction sites for a local home builder.
Several weeks before the murder,You are really handsome wearing the Buy Cheap Flat Iron Online. according to the statement of facts, the two men — who had a “tumultuous working relationship” — argued over a paycheque and Kaufmann quit.
He returned to work, however, and was noted by friends to be spending a lot of time at Wechzelberger’s house, often late at night.
After his arrest,Buy Cheap Perfumes for sale are publicly considered as one of the best bodies warmer to keep warm in cold weather days. Kaufmann gave statements — including one to an undercover officer planted in the holding cells — admitting he had provided “sexual favours in the form of massages” for loans and other payments.
When his boss pressed for the massages to “become more sexually intrusive in nature,” Kaufmann grew increasingly uncomfortable with the relationship.
Kaufmann said he planned to kill Wechzelberger during a massage a day before the murder, but lost his nerve. That night, he went out with a friend and bought the mallet.
Kaufmann had a master key for the townhouse complex because of his job and got into Wechzelberger’s unit while he was asleep.
After hiding for almost 90 minutes until noises outside stopped, he went into Wechzelberger’s bedroom and attacked him with the mallet.
Kaufmann had told several co-workers and his roommates that Wechzelberger was gay, but he denied having a sexual relationship with him.
In his first interview with police as a witness, Kaufmann agreed to a search of his car. Found inside was a sales receipt for the mallet.
Police then did surveillance on Kaufmann and saw him dispose of the mallet in a storm drain after he had wiped blood off of it. Wipes, tissues and disposable gloves were found in a garbage can at the same location.
Bedding taken from Wechzelberger’s room was also found by investigators in a dumpster beside a convenience store.
Arrested the day after the murder, Kaufmann confessed to police and talked more to an officer posing as another prisoner in a cell.
He also showed police where he had disposed of his clothes and other items used in the murder.
“It is something he has accepted responsibility for almost from the outset,” Smart said.
Wechzelberger’s former wife and two adult daughters were in Superior Court in Kitchener for the guilty plea, but declined comment.
Kaufmann appeared relaxed prior to the proceedings, smiling and talking to several female relatives seated behind him.
His supporters, who were in tears after the admitted facts were read in, also declined comment.
Kaufmann was originally charged with first-degree murder, but the prosecution accepted a guilty plea to the lesser crime because deliberation — one of the essential elements — was at issue.
“When you take a matter to trial, there are always risks involved,” Moore said.
First-degree murder, which involves intent to kill as well as planning and deliberation, carries an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years.
Second-degree murder, which does not involve planning and deliberation, is also subject to life in prison, but parole eligibility is set at anywhere from 10 to 25 years.
The prosecution and defence are expected to jointly recommend Kaufmann spend more than 15 years in prison — minus the four years he has already served — before he is eligible for release.
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