Final week’s conviction of a London guy dubbed the “Grindr serial killer” highlights the possibility of anonymous sexual encounters through cellular phone hookup apps. Such apps come in typical use within western Hollywood, where approximately 40% associated with populace identifies as homosexual males.

Stephen Port, whom English sites and papers call the “Grindr serial killer,” had been sentenced to life in jail for murdering four guys he is able to came across on gay hookup apps or sites and lured to his house with the vow of a intimate encounter. The males were ages 21, 22, 23 and 25. Port buried all the males in a churchyard a 3rd of a mile from their house within the London borough of Barking. As well as the murders, Port had been discovered accountable of four rapes and of administering GHB, referred to as a “date rape” medication and employed by some homosexual guys to cause a feeling of euphoria and heightened libido. It could be lethal whenever consumed with liquor.

The conviction has prompted London authorities to reassess 58 other fatalities involving GHB or similar medications.
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