A 32-year-old man named Scott Amedure was killed by 24-year-old Jonathan Schmitz, three days after the men appeared as guests for a taping of an episode of The Jenny Jones Show. Amedure had publicly revealed in the episode that he had a secret crush on Schmitz. Saadia and Asad explore the story.
Source Materials
The New York Times - November 13, 1996
The New York Times - December 5, 1996
People V Schmitz (1998)
Esquire
All That’s Interesting
True Crime Documentary - Scott Amedure: The ‘Gay Panic’ Murder
True Crime - The Jenny Jones Show Murder
The Tyee
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