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Prompt Kofi, Tommie Ross <\ Z Newspoper Company Performance & Lindsy Love with ..,\ ~ Guarantee Special Guest, Cher , # .\ \,J TWT AUGUST 3 - AUGUST 9 1990. PAGE 17 • I -, ATTITUDE ADJUSTMEN PERIO Barry Bass of TWT NEWS, who was DAlE among the fi rst reporters who rushed to the site, said it was a grim scene. The smell of a decomposed body caused several detectives to nearly throw up, said Bass. UNTI "It's the most macabre scene I've ever witnessed," said one HPD homicide officer. lOP The discovery was made around 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 25 when a friend entered Lenze's townhome to borrow some tools. TUESD~ Smelling a foul odor, he investigated. After discovering a casket upstairs in the bed- room, the neighbor immediately called THURSD~ police. It was not until around 7:30 p.m. that FRID~ police carried the casket down the stair- case and out onto Pacific Street where it SATURD~ was transferred in a hearse for autopsy. Police also confiscated about eight ~ SUND~ photo albums and 50 video tapes with no ~ names on them. Some of the tapes had been purchased at Lobo, said pollee, And ~ the townhouse was thoroughly dusted for WEDNESD~ fingerprints. ALLDAY] ALL NIGH MACABRE SCENE: MYSTERIOUS MONDAYi CASKET WITH 82.00 WELL & 82.00 LONGNECKS BODY FOUND Houston Police Probe Grisly ALL DAY/ ALL NIGH Case of Casket with Body Found in Montrose Bedroom. 1lJT ~:~!~~~~~ri%~:~;~~i~~}~lf~Harris County Medical Examiner J.L. Ebdon te/ls reporters ;\\RTIDOR.·. m IIILt\\ Il IlJJn's· bpedroo of a Montrose townhouse at 703 about body in casket. TWT NEWS photo. acific Street. ;;~",~",~;;;;;=;;;;;;;;=p;;~;;;;.~;;~~~",~",~"'.The townhouse is owned by Ted Lenze, Investigators told TWT NEWS that they It was learned by investigators. Lenze, who found a huge rod iron cage, sadomaso- 3905 CEDAR SPRINGS • DALLAS • 526-4448 ISt~e owner of Chutes Bar, remained un- chistic whips, chains, leather bindings, a available for comment through this past large round barrel and a 500-pound ceiling- ,... •••• week as he was in VA Hospital, recovering mounted electric hoist hanging in the mid- PROUDLY SUPPORTING THE BOYCOTT AGAINST from laser surgery on a brain tumor. dle of the room. _M_'_L_L.;.;;E,;.;;R..;;..,;;;B;.;;E;.;;E;;;;;R;;.;;..,;;A..;;,N;;.;.;;;D;;...:.A.:.:L::;;L;;;;...;.P..;;,H.;;.;';.;;;L;.;;.'P~M.....;O;...R_R•••..•'S;;.. ..;;.P...;;R~O;:;,;;D~U::;.;:C;.:T...;:S;.;I;...IJ TWr A "'" "OT 0 ,,,~,,eT ~ 'M~ PAGE 19 behind closed doors at the Montrose-are townhouse? "It may be quite some time before w ~ know the identity of the victim," said Clc] . , Wingo at the city morgue, who also tot TWT NEWS last Monday that until the could talk with Lenze they were at a stand still. Lenze, who remained hospitalize this week, has been unavailable for com ment. No homicide charges had been file ~ against Lenze, said HPD. "~ In a conversation with TWT NEWS, Lar Webber of HPD homicide said, "We hav a couple of very good leads, which we an checking out." Meanwhile, Chutes was closed by family member following the grim discov Houston homicide investigator shows TWT NEWS reporter ery at the club owner's townhouse. Las Barry Bassan HPD photo taken of upstairs bedroom where Friday, Lenze's twin brother Fred liqul police found casket, hoist and iron cage. TWT NEWS photo. dated all of Chutes' inventory by selling i to other bar owners, said TWT NEW reporter Bass. Harris County Medical Examiner J.L. Eb- don said there was a body inside the cas- ket. But it was so "badly decomposed" he NATIONAL GAY could not identify it. It was not until last weekend that homi- YOUTH HOLD cide was able to finally identify the body CONFERENCE as that of a very small white male, weigh- ing only 110 pounds, 5 '6" tall and probably 'There's More to Life about 23 years old. The body was found Than Boy Meets Girl,' wrapped in plastic with its feet bound by duct tape. No identification was found on Says Gay Youth Nat'l the body; nor were there any wounds. Conference August 10-12 How the boy met his fate remains a At University of Houston. mystery. Nearly a week after the discov- ery, police remain unable to unravel the HOUSTON - "There's more to life thai puzzling case. boy meets girl!" That's the theme of thi At press time, there were still many month's National Gay youth Conferenc unanswered questions: Who was the dead [NGYC) which will be held Friday, saturda body, how long had it been allowed to and Sunday, August 10-12 on the campu decompose, how did the victim meet his of the University of Houston. deadly fate and what was really going on The conference begins on Friday eve ¥£ ...-,., i ning, August 10 with a reception an dance. On Saturday morning there will b a series of meetings and workshops, fol lowed byadinnerbreak. On Sunday, August 12, the conferenc winds up in the afternoon with a closin ceremony following another round 0 meetings and workshop sessions on Sun day morning.