A Lafayette man has been sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for kidnapping and attempting to murder a gay man as part of a hate crime scheme. U.S. Attorney Brandon Brown said Chance Seneca used the dating app, Grindr, to groom his victim and in 2020, he handcuffed his victim inside a Lafayette home and tried to dismember him.
“He began dismembering him in a bathtub and for lack of better words, changed his mind.”
The victim is 21-year-old Holden White who says the attack has left him with no feeling in his hands, a limited voice, and permanent scars.
Brown said Seneca became fixated with the idea of killing gay men, and he was fascinated with serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer who murdered over a dozen gay men.
“The facts of this case, unfortunately, mirror some of Mr. Dahmer’s acts that we’ve known about for quite some time.”
Brown said hate crimes are a top priority for the DOJ, and they take these kinds of cases very seriously.
“Got a pretty good sentence, in our opinion, 45 years. He’ll be an old man, Mr. Seneca when he gets out of federal prison if he ever gets out.”
The 21-year-old Seneca has already served 2 1/2 years of his 45-year sentence.
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