On this date, January 21, 2009, a Neo Nazi from Brockton, Massachusetts, murdered two Cape Verdean immigrants. I will post the information about him from several sources.
Keith Luke, of Brockton, Massachusetts, was a Podblanc user who, in 2009 at the age of 22, allegedly shot to death two Cape Verdean immigrants and attempted to murder a third, whom he also raped. He had planned to "kill as many nonwhites as possible" and finish off the killing spree at a synagogue's bingo night. Luke's lawyer hired nationally-known psychiatrist Keith Ablow to conduct a mental health evaluation, which led to Luke assaulting Ablow. In 2013 he was convicted and sentenced to two life sentences without parole. Luke had told police that he developed his white supremacist views largely by reading internet site such as Podblanc. (SOURCE:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podblanc)
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White supremacist LAUGHS at his victim in court as she testifies about how he 'brutally raped and shot her before killing her roommate and a 71-year-old man'
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A diabolical white supremacist laughed at a 21-year-old woman who bravely took the witness stand to testify about how he raped her, shot her five times and then killed her roommate and a 71-year-old man in 2009.
Jurors, reporters and courtroom observers wept on Wednesday as the diminutive woman described how Keith Luke forced his way into her apartment in Brockton, Massachusetts, and violently assaulted her and then shot her in the head, the chest and both arms as she clutched her teddy bear for comfort.
Luke smiled and laughed at his alleged victim as she calmly told her her harrowing ordeal.
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Cruel laughter: Keith Luke sneered and laughed out loud as the woman he is accused of brutally raping testified on Wednesday (PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329626/Brockton-Massachusetts-rape-White-supremacist-Keith-Luke-laughs-sex-assault-victim-testifies-him.html) |
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Accused: The woman described how Luke tried to inject her with an unknown substance until her roommate came home and interrupted the sexual assault (PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329626/Brockton-Massachusetts-rape-White-supremacist-Keith-Luke-laughs-sex-assault-victim-testifies-him.html) |
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The woman survived only by pretending to be dead so that Luke would leave. She felt certain that she was going to die, the Brockton Enterprise reports.
Luke is accused of breaking to the woman's apartment on January 21, 2009 after her roommate, Selma Goncalves, rejected her offer to go out with him.
Selma, 20, came home in the middle of Luke raping her roommate. He opened fire and shot her three times in the back.
She was dead when police arrived. As he fled the scene, he stopped and shot Arlindo Goncalves, 72 - no relation to Selma - as he walked down the sidewalk. The single gunshot wound to the head killed the elderly man, authorities say.
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Authorities allege Luke gunned down Selma Goncalves, 20, and Arlindo Goncalves, 72, who are not related, and shot another woman, who he brutally raped (PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329626/Brockton-Massachusetts-rape-White-supremacist-Keith-Luke-laughs-sex-assault-victim-testifies-him.html) |
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Authorities allege Luke gunned down Selma Goncalves, 20, and Arlindo Goncalves, 72, who are not related, and shot another woman, who he brutally raped (PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329626/Brockton-Massachusetts-rape-White-supremacist-Keith-Luke-laughs-sex-assault-victim-testifies-him.html) |
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Horrific: Luke appeared in court in May 2009 with a swastika carved into his forehead. He claimed the killings were racially motivated (PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329626/Brockton-Massachusetts-rape-White-supremacist-Keith-Luke-laughs-sex-assault-victim-testifies-him.html) |
Luke has a history of grabbing attention in horrifying ways during his court appearances. In May 2009, he appeared for a hearing with a swastika carved into his forehead.
He has smiled and laughed several times during his trial as witnesses testified about the horrifying evidence against him.
Luke's victim said that as he raped her, he told her to wipe white powder - possibly drugs from his mouth. He later pulled out a syringe and threatened to plunge it into her arm, she testified.
'He smelled horrible. He stank,' she said.
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Luke fled in a van after the January 21 attacks and was taken into custody moments later (PHOTO SOURCE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2329626/Brockton-Massachusetts-rape-White-supremacist-Keith-Luke-laughs-sex-assault-victim-testifies-him.html) |
In the midst of the sexual assault, Selma Goncalves came home. Luke seemed 'really happy' that Goncalves - who had previously rejected his romantic overtures - had arrived.
'He ran into the kitchen. I heard four shots, then he turned and started shooting at me,' the woman testified.
Luke returned to the woman he had just raped and shot her five times as she clutched a giant teddy bear.
She broke into tears and hugged the large bear when she saw it in court on Wednesday, wrapped in an evidence bag.
'When he shot me in the head, I hugged tight my teddy bear … It was so many shots,' she said.
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The Brockton neo-Nazi who raped a woman, murdered her sister and shot an elderly homeless man to death shows why Massachusetts needs the death penalty, said Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz.
“Keith Luke … got a significant sentence today, but he really did not get the sentence he deserved,” Cruz told the Herald yesterday after Luke received two life sentences for the murders and 210 years for armed assault with intent to murder, aggravated rape, kidnapping, home invasion and a series of gun charges.
“We deserve in Massachusetts to have state prosecutors have the ability to apply a death penalty in certain limited situations,” Cruz said.
Luke, 26, was convicted of the January 2009 rampage that started when he barged into the home of a former neighbor, repeatedly raping her, shooting her, and then killing her sister, Selma Goncalves, when she interrupted his assault. As Luke fled that day, he shot and killed Arlindo Goncalves, no relation to Selma, before opening fire on Brockton police as they chased him.
Cruz said criminals such as Luke who carry out the most outrageous crimes and plan more demand that prosecutors have the ultimate punishment at their disposal.
“I think when you are a serial killer, when you are a predator, you need to face the most serious penalty you can face. That, of course, is the death penalty,” Cruz said. “It fits the parameters of that, in that he was a serial killer, killing more than one person. I think that is a very serious offense, not only killing those people in this instance, but the plan that night was to go to the temple on the other side of Brockton and kill a bunch of Jewish individuals who were going to bingo. It could have happened, but for the fact of the brave people in the city and the Brockton police officers who stopped him that day when he was trying to get through.”
The woman Luke bound, raped and shot in the head — who played dead to escape his wrath — testified against him and read a statement yesterday in court.
“I will never hug, kiss, nor talk to my sister again. My sister Selma will never graduate from college. My sister Selma will never have children. She will never marry. She will never have a family of her own,” she said. “There are no words to describe the evil monster that destroyed the lives of so many innocent people.”
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Luke trial renews death penalty debate
By Erin Shannon
Posted Jun 01, 2013 @ 06:00 AM
BROCKTON —
Luke, 26, was sentenced on Thursday to two consecutive life sentences without parole for two murders – and 158 years for other convictions – for his 2009 rampage of hate that left two people dead and a third victim severely injured.
But is that enough?
Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz doesn’t think so. He says Luke’s case justifies the death penalty.
“I think he earned it and deserved it and unfortunately he didn’t get it,” Cruz told The Enterprise on Friday.
Luke, who did not testify at his trial, was found guilty of murder in first degree by premeditation, murder by deliberate premeditation, five counts of armed assault with intent to murder, armed home invasion, armed kidnapping with sexual assault, two counts of aggravated rape, indecent assault and battery on person 14 and over, and unlawful possession of a firearm and of ammunition. He was found not guilty of armed assault with intent to murder.
State Rep. Christine Canavan, D-Brockton, said she has voted in support of the death penalty since she took office in 1993. She agreed with Cruz.
“If there was somebody that was so unbelievably evil, violent and dangerous like him, then they would deserve it,” said Canavan. “What he did was savage. He would be a good candidate for it.”
Cruz said that there should be circumstances involving serial killers or multiple murders in which a jury could decide on the death penalty.
“I believe when you are dealing with people like Luke who behave in that fashion in our civilized society, state prosecutors should have the opportunity, in limited circumstances, to seek the ultimate penalty,” said Cruz.
He proposed a system in which there would be a regular trial to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt – followed by a second penalty-phase trial in which, to consider capital punishment, the individual would have to convicted beyond all doubt through statements from the defendant or forensic evidence.
“Ultimately it would be up to the jury,” said Cruz. “Right now we don’t have that ability for any crimes unless they fall into federal parameters.”
Juror No. 11 Phil Shannon, of Carver, said Luke deserved the ultimate punishment.
“If it was up to me, I would give him the death penalty,” said Shannon.
The district attorney said Luke now poses a risk to prisoners and corrections officers.
“He is a racist sexual predator and serial killer who stated that he enjoyed doing this and had no remorse and would probably do this again if he has the opportunity,” Cruz said.
Cruz said he hopes to see a measure to have the death penalty in certain cases on a ballot for voters to decide.
“I think the (death penalty) would have been the just result for Luke in this case,” he said.
Erin Shannon may be reached at eshannon@enterprisenews.comor follow on Twitter @Erin_Enterprise.
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