Neo-Nazi Boasted of Murder Plan in 鈥淢anifesto Video
A neo-Nazi who boasted he was 鈥渄oing my race a favor鈥� by killing an openly gay college instructor has been convicted of first-degree murder by a North Carolina jury.
It took the jury only 90 minutes to reach its unanimous verdict last week in the case of Kenneth Morgan Stancil III, 22, accused of the April 13, 2015, shotgun murder of his former boss, Ron Lane. Stancil, bearing various white supremacy tattoos, faces life in prison for the murder.
The print shop director at Wayne County Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina, was killed by a single blast from a 12-gauge pistol-grip shotgun before the killer fled the campus on a motorcycle. Stancil was arrested the following day, 540 miles away, sleeping on an ocean beach in Florida.
The killer has 鈥�88鈥� 鈥� signifying 鈥淗eil Hitler鈥� 鈥� tattooed on his cheek and a German Iron Cross tattoo on his neck. Investigators also found a white pride flag and Ku Klux Klan paraphernalia in the defendant鈥檚 possessions.
After his arrest, investigators also located a 30-minute video in which Stancil talked about plans to carry out the murder. The chilling video, played for the jury, became the backbone of the prosecution鈥檚 case, describing the motivation, even though hate crimes charges weren鈥檛 filed.
鈥淚 left this for y鈥檃ll so you could see me one last time,鈥� Stancil said on the video, North Carolina television station reported. 鈥淣ext time you see me I鈥檓 going to be on TV and I鈥檒l probably be sentenced to prison for life.鈥�
Stancil said in the video that, before he was fired from his work-study job in the print shop, he 鈥渉ad urges to kill鈥� Lane, claiming the victim made sexual advances on Facebook toward his teenage brother, the television report said.
聽鈥淚 had to work under this person and put up with his stupidity,鈥� Stancil says in the video. 鈥淔------ are f------ morons. I鈥檓 doing my world a favor.鈥�
鈥淚鈥檓 doing the world a favor by doing this,鈥� the killer said in his 鈥渕anifesto video.鈥澛�
Stancil did not take the stand and the defense presented no witnesses.
Defense attorney Walter Webster argued to the jury that, while conceding that Stancil carried out the killing, it wasn鈥檛 done with malice, premeditation and deliberation.
The jury didn鈥檛 buy those arguments, however.
鈥淚鈥檓 doing my race a favor,鈥� Stancil said on the video. 鈥淭his person had to die. He was poison to the country, poison to my people.鈥�
鈥淪omehow I鈥檓 just attracted to killing and hurting people,鈥� Stancil said. 鈥淚 like inflicting pain on others.鈥�
