ABSTRACT
Homosexual homicides are relatively common and may involve male victims killed by other males, or female victims, involved in some sort of lesbian relationship, who are killed by another female. Homosexuals who engage in cruising and other high-risk behaviors drastically increase their potential to become victims of robbery-homicide as well as fatal incidents of "gay bashing," which present additional considerations for the detective engaged in the investigation of homosexual homicide. Touching, kissing, body contact, and manual and oral genital stimulation are common sexual expressions. Homosexual homicides involving forced anal and/or oral sex are to some extent analogous to the rape–homicide among the heterosexual population. These can be extremely brutal homicides, where death occurs from the amount of force used to overcome the victim’s resistance, or the victim is killed to prevent identification. The investigation of homosexual homicides presents law enforcement with additional and unique considerations.
