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Other impressive efforts were turned in by senior 125-pounder David Germakian, who defeated Northwestern’s John Velez 7-5, and sophomore heavyweight Jonas Corl, who beat the Sooners’ Erin Helvey...
Naval Airman Terry Helvey was sentenced to life in prison for beating a gay shipmate to death. Helvey, who pleaded guilty, denied in court that the victim's homosexuality was a motive, but documents released after the trial indicated Helvey's longstanding ill will against the gay sailor...
Additionally, Helvey was not alone the night of the murder. Aviator Charles Vins witnessed the event, and surely could have aided his friend if Schindler had made unwanted advances on him. (For Vins, the consequences of his failure to prevent the murder were light: In exchange for testimony against Helvey, he received only a four-month sentence and a bad-conduct discharge for failing to report a serious crime and resisting arrest...
...Helvey's excuse for murder is as implausible as it is untenable. Before his death, Schindler had complained to friends and American entertainers whom he met at the naval base that he had been the victim of increasing harassment as word of his homosexuality had spread. In his personal journal, he had also expressed fears of being attacked...
Unfortunately, whether Helvey's story is true or not, the brutal murder of Schindler is sure to provide fuel for opponents of allowing homosexuals to serve in the military. Already, a number of people have cautioned that gays and lesbians should be excluded from military service for their own protection...