(10/2/98)
BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) -- A group sex encounter that went too far. Plots of revenge. A nighttime meeting in a deserted park. A bloody body in a ditch.
The events involving the slaying of 19-year-old Scott D. Catenacci were ``more involved than any soap opera,'' Sarpy County Sheriff Pat Thomas said Thursday.
Five teens are accused of luring Catenacci to the park and stabbing him to death because he roughed up a girl during group sex. A sixth suspect was arrested on suspicion of accessory to murder.
``He took his computer (to the park) to sell it and while he was there, he was murdered,'' Thomas said. ``It's pathetic. Why would anyone sell a computer at a park?''
Catenacci's body was found in a ditch in this city outside Omaha on Wednesday.
Three of the suspects engaged in partner-swapping sex with Catenacci about two weeks ago, Thomas said. They plotted to kill him because he ``roughed up one of the girls.''
The sheriff would not specify what Catenacci had done or which suspects were involved.
Thomas also would not say how many teens might have participated in stabbing Catenacci, who stood 6-foot-1 and 250 pounds.
Randy Glynn and James Hargett, both 19; Niccole Wetherell, 18; and Daniel Jones and Patrick Burden, both 16, have been arrested on murder charges.
Mrs. Glynn's husband, 19-year-old Christopher Glynn, was arrested on a charge of being an accessory to murder. Thomas said authorities believed Glynn knew of the murder plan and later tried to cover it up.
The two 16-year-olds were arraigned this morning and denied bail. The other four were expected to be charged later today.
Burden's attorney, James Martin Davis, said today that his client was at the murder scene but did not participate in any sex -- rough or otherwise.
Jones' stepfather, Daniel Bogue, told Omaha television station WOWT Thursday night that Jones and Catenacci were the best of friends.
``My son told me on the phone, 'Dad, the knife was in my hand one minute, and the next minute it was in him,'' Bogue told the television station. ``Someone pushed me, and I happened to have the knife pointing at just the right angle to pierce him directly through the chest with enough force to crack the bones.'''
Catenacci lived less than a mile from the park where his body was found. Neighbors called the scene Thursday ``heartwarming.''
``I saw his father hugging (Scott's grandfather) earlier,'' said Sandra Wagner, 35. ``Myself, I can't comprehend it all. I mean, the fact that they killed him over sex. I thought they were friends. Friends don't have sex with each other. That's morally wrong.''