Two gay porn actors have been arrested for the murder of gay porn producer Bryan Kocis in January. Harlow Raymond Cuadra, 25 (left), and Joseph Manuel Kerekes, 33 (right) have been charged with criminal homicide, conspiracy to commit criminal homicide, abuse of corpse, robbery, burglary, theft and two counts of arson. They were taken into custody in their home town of Virginia Beach and are being held at the Virginia Beach Detention Center.
In January, firefighters responded to a fire at Kocis' home in Pennsylvania where they discovered the producer's body. His throat had been slit and he had been stabbed 28 times before his killers burned the body.
According to the Virginian Pilot, “The affidavit claims that the motive for the crime was money. Cuadra and Kerekes, the affidavit says, believed Kocis to be their main rival in the lucrative gay pornography business, and they wanted Kocis out of the way so they could form a relationship with Kocis' main pornography star, Sean Lockhart, who is known in the gay film industry as Brent Corrigan (right).”
The Times-Leader reports: “The investigation took a dramatic turn three weeks ago when investigators electronically intercepted conversations the two men had with Sean Lockhart and Grant Roy in San Diego. Lockhart is a former model for Kocis' company, Cobra Video, and is a partner with Roy in LSG Media, a San Diego-based company that markets gay pornographic movies…According to the criminal complaints, investigators recorded a conversation near a hotel in San Diego on April 27 in which Roy asked if Kocis ‘felt any pain.' Cuadra leaned toward Lockhart and said, ‘Don't worry, he went quick.'”
In February, after investigators had fingered Harlow as a suspect, he told the Scranton Times-Tribune that he did not know Kocis and was “freaked out” that his photo was part of a murder investigation. Guess he had good reason.
Two arrested in local gay porn producer's killing [times leader]
Two Beach men charged with murder of Pa. porn producer [virginian-pilot]
Harlow Cuadra and Joseph Manuel Kerekes Arrested! [queerclick] (NSFW)
Update On Harlow Cuadra Arrest [gay porn blog] (NSFW)
