Rainbow Crimes - Beyond the Rainbow

There has been an increase of violence against the LGBTQ community in Sacramento's gayborhood of Lavender Heights. Two lesbians, two gay men and at least four other attacks on queer people in the past month or so. And during Halloween of last year, one gay man, Alvin Prasad, had his life ended in the same area. Our true crime quickie is from Southern California in 1980. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1984, Greeley, Colorado, 12 year old Jonelle Matthews had been dropped off to her home after singing in a Christmas Choir Concert. Jonelle would be alone for approx. an hour, when her dad and sister would be be back to join her. However when her father and sister got home, the lights and television were on, but no Jonelle. A bisexual man, Steven Pankey, who was a youth pastor at the church Jonelle's family attended would insert himself in various ways in Jonelle's disappearance. https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimes Promo for Psychology of the Strange Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda Resources: https://www.oxygen.com/the-girl-on-the-milk-carton/crime-news/what-to-know-about-jonelle-matthews-killer-steve-pankey https://ballotpedia.org/Steve_Pankey https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/i/cbslocal/wp-content/uploads/sites/15909806/2020/10/Steve-Pankey-Indictment.pdf https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/jonelle-matthews-murder-steven-pankey-trial/ https://people.com/where-is-jonelle-matthews-killer-steven-pankey-now-11740959 https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/10/31/jonelle-matthews-case-pankey-guilty-of-kidnapping-felony-murder/69606715007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z114134a114440c114440u115834e008425v114134&gca-ft=212&gca-ds=sophi https://www.the-sun.com/news/7423839/who-jonelle-matthews-what-happened-dateline-true-crime/ https://medium.com/@Charlie_OBrien/jonelle-matthews-the-heartbreaking-story-1edc0231b164 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29 year old Canadian, Luka Magnotta was a lot of things...he was an attention whore, longing to be known around the world. He was a porn actor. A model. He was an animal abuser, torturer and an animal killer, he was the murderer of a human life. Luka would blame his mental disorders on all of it. Our True Crime Quickie is from Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2016 https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimes Promo for Murder Unscripted Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda Resources: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-guilty-of-1st-degree-murder-in-jun-lin-s-slaying-1.2875989 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/canada/9369269/Human-head-found-in-park-suspected-to-be-victim-of-Canadian-porn-actor.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-jun-lin-hid-homosexuality-from-his-family-ex-boyfriend-testifies-1.2783185 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-witness-describes-evidence-found-at-apartment-1.2781832 https://www.nydailynews.com/2017/06/22/canadian-cannibal-killer-luka-magnotta-set-to-wed-prison-inmate-lover-in-jailhouse-wedding/ https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/little-evidence-luka-rocco-magnotta-was-a-gay-porn-star-or-many-of-the-other-things-he-called-himself https://nypost.com/2017/06/22/cannibal-porn-star-who-ate-boyfriend-to-marry-a-murderer/?utm_campaign=partnerfeed&utm_medium=syndicated&utm_source=flipboard&noamp=mobile https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/luka-magnotta-trial-jun-lin-s-family-still-haunted-by-horrific-death-1.2882560 https://www.thepinknews.com/2018/02/21/racist-gay-man-jailed-for-life-after-killing-neighbour-claiming-he-was-worried-about-homophobia/#:~:text=Racist%20gay%20man%20jailed%20for,was%20worried%20about%20homophobia%20%7C%20PinkNews https://www.cbsnews.com/news/okla-man-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-hate-crime-slaying-of-lebanese-neighbor/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1998, a twenty year old lesbian took over as the leader of a Crip gang in Fayetteville, North Carolina. She was pretty ruthless. Join me as I tell about the crimes that got her caught. Our true crime quickie is from Florida last year in 2025. https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimes Promo for Stop! Who Does That? Podcast Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda Resources: https://www.wral.com/archive/150594/ https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nc-supreme-court/1339821.html https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nc-court-of-appeals/2132470.html https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nc-court-of-appeals/1256354.html https://www.wral.com/archive/128472/ https://www.starnewsonline.com/story/news/2004/01/30/decision-upsets-victims-families/30539147007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z117644e006400v117644d--84--b--84--&gca-ft=212&gca-ds=sophi https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/community/man-partially-paralyzed-murray-hill-shooting/77-1294f410-a636-4d4b-9323-8f1ddd1095b2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2014, a self righteous Pakistani 28 year old man, took it upon himself to cleanse his city of gay men. "By killing these men, I wanted to warn them to stay away from this evil of homosexuality." Our True Crime Quickie is from Cleveland, Ohio in 2014. The Murder of Jayla English. https://www.patreon.com/c/rainbowcrimes Intro: Shire Girl by David Fesilyan Outro: Beating Heart by David Renda Resources: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/597870/pakitani-serial-killer-wanted-to-teach-gays-a-lesson https://theworld.org/stories/2016/07/30/being-gay-pakistan-where-anti-gay-serial-killers-are-applauded https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pakistani-serial-killer-wanted-to-teach-gays-a-lesson-559169 https://www.dawn.com/news/1104315 https://www.massappealnews.com/2025/02/20/lesbian-kills-ex-girlfriends-lover-out-of-jealousy/ https://law.justia.com/cases/ohio/eighth-district-court-of-appeals/2021/110281.html https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2020/09/woman-charged-in-fatal-shooting-during-argument-in-cleveland.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejoRIu65hOs&t=523s https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1059087549790002 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices