A Brooklyn jury quickly found John Katehis guilty of second-degree murder in the 2009 killing of George Weber, a journalist and gay man.
“The way Nicolazzi was putting it, she was making it like he was a murderer,” said Spiro Katehis, John’s father, outside of Brooklyn Supreme Court following the November 15 verdict.
Anna-Sigga Nicolazzi, the assistant district attorney who prosecuted the case, delivered an effective closing argument on November 14, telling jurors that Katehis, now 19, may have planned Weber’s murder and perhaps even tortured the 47-year-old victim before killing him.
Katehis, who was 16 when he stabbed Weber 50 times, placed an ad on Craigslist in March of 2009 offering oral sex for money. The two men corresponded via email over several days, with Weber seeking to be tied up and smothered, an act that Katehis agreed to. The two met in Weber’s Carroll Gardens apartment after Katehis traveled there from his parents’ home in Queens.
Second-degree murder carries a maximum sentence of 25-years-to-life. Katehis will be sentenced on December 7.
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