Richard Hernandez, a gay Far North Dallas man who’s been missing for a week, is now presumed dead, and his alleged killer is in custody, according to this story in The Dallas Morning News. Seth Lawton Winder, 29, a homeless and mentally ill man, is charged with capital murder. Police reportedly found pornographic photos of Winder that had been taken inside Hernandez’s apartment. The images were on a digital camera that was recovered at the home of Winder’s father. Thus far I’ve been unable to track down any of Hernandez’s gay acquaintances, so if you knew Hernandez, any help would be appreciated. His photograph can be seen alongside The DMN story. Please contact me at 214-754-8710 ext. 113. Thanks.
I didn’t know him but my store manager told us that he worked at the Plano Wal-Mart so perhaps that’s where you might find what you’re looking for.
A lot of his friends have posted on the DMN news site, and MYKDFW, one guy Scotty the comic, may have known other friend’s of the victim. I’m on the other side of it and am a friend of the family of the accused. I can honestly tell you I was fearful of Seth and I know from observing his increasingly bizarre behavior that he is in fact mentally ill. The man he killed was working at the Walmart at Marsh and Frankford which is where I shop all the time. Its strange, but I think he checked me out a couple of times. I could never imagine knowing someone who could commit a crime such as this. My deepest sympathies go to his friends and family. Seth’s family is devastated and we all tried time and again to get something done about him and his mental illness. The police, the county sheriff, his probation officer, MHMR, etc. No one would listen to any of us or do anything. The laws must be changed to make sure that mentally ill adults can be committed! I’ve written to our senators already. I will do whatever it takes to get some new legislation passed to at least help prevent a future tragedy!
I knew him, but, did not know he was gay – and the fact that he was should not matter. He was a good and kind person and in no way did he (or anyone for that matter) deserve what happened to him. If you knew Richard, you would know that he more then likely was approached by this man in a way that came across as he needed some kind of help. Richard being the person that he was – more then likely offered to help him out.