I Said No And I Meant It

34 year old Eric Henstenberg claimed he killed 61 year old Lorna Vermeulen after she made unwanted sexual advances towards him, and she came after him with a knife, he testified Monday. According to the Star-Telegram, Henstenberg, said that he and the woman had spent a night deep in drinking and depression before her death. Henstenberg said he slept in a downstairs guest bedroom and woke up about 5 o'clock in the morning. Ms. Vermeulen was calling him from her upstairs bedroom. So he went upstairs and got into bed with her for some reason, whereupon she began the unwanted sexual advances. When he rebuffed her, he claims she pulled a knife on him. So he stabbed her in the back, strangled her to death and set her house on fire.

Aside from the mental picture of a 61 year old woman coming on to a 34 year old man, what's so terrible about her making sexual advances you may ask? Well, Mr. Henstenberg is gay. I'm not exactly sure how a 34 year old man can stab a 61 year old woman in the back, then strangle her, and claim it was self-defense. But then, I've never claimed to be a lawyer.