'Horrorcore' singer suspected in Virginia killings

[Liberal_in_LA]

CNN) -- Elizabeth McCutchen and a friend were walking to book club two weeks ago in quaint Farmville, Virginia, when they strolled by a home on First Avenue. "Something smells dead," her friend said.

Richard Samuel McCroskey has been arrested in connection with the killings of four people in Virginia.

They were thinking animal. A dog, a cat, something like that. They never imagined they were smelling the remains of massacred humans. It was Thursday, September 17. But another 24 hours would pass before police made the gruesome discovery.

Richard Samuel McCroskey III -- a 20-year-old rapper in the underground genre of "Horrorcore" who sang of chopping people into pieces -- has been arrested in connection with the slayings. The crime scene was so horrifying police would not even describe it, saying only that the victims died of blunt force trauma.

The victims were Mark Niederbrock, 50, the beloved pastor at Walker's Presbyterian Church; his 16-year-old daughter, Emma Niederbrock; Melanie Wells, Emma's 18-year-old friend from West Virginia; and Niederbrock's estranged wife, Debra Kelley, 53, a professor at Longwood University.

McCroskey has been charged only in the killing of Mark Niederbrock. Police and the prosecutor's office did not return repeated phone calls from CNN. But in late September, authorities said more charges are pending.



http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/06/virginia.horrorcore.killings/index.html

[YOY]

1. Adorable...

n/t

[Mixopterus]

2. Not particularly surprised

It was only a matter of time before some fans of ICP took the lyrics seriously and started to chop people up for real.

Wasn't the first time, actually: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_D._Robida

[LuvNewcastle]

3. Why did he smell so bad?

He must have played around with or lain down with the bodies as they were putrefying. :puke:

[grantcart]

4. This is a very disturbing story

[Turborama]

5. His Youtube channel is still up

Creepy: http://www.youtube.com/user/LiLdEmOnDoG

And some weirdo has set up a tribute channel to him: http://www.youtube.com/user/SykoSam666