LSD role seen in slaying of man in Central Park

NEW YORK (Reuter) One of the teenagers accused in the grisly killing of
a man in Central Park in May told police that the hallucinogen LSD played a
role in the slaying, according to court documents released Friday.

``I used to get LSD off of him. No, I didn't buy it. I would bring him
beers and he would give me LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide),'' Daphne
Abdela, 15, said of the victim, 44yearold real estate agent Michael
McMorrow, whose body was found floating in a Central Park lake May 23.

Abdela and her friend Christopher Vasquez, also 15, are accused of second
degree murder and robbery. Both are accused of stabbing McMorrow 30 times
in the neck, face and chest and dumping his body in the lake.

Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Corriero released the
documents over the objections of a lawyer for Abdela after the New York
Daily News and the New York Times sued for their release.

Abdela's lawyer Ben Brafman could not immediately be reached for comment.

``Chris did it. I said, Chris, you better gut him so he'll sink because
he's a fatty,''' according to Abdela's statement. ''I've done a lot of
things wrong but I'm not a murderer. He just flipped out. He took acid and
he flipped out. He just kept stabbing him. He sliced his throat,'' she said.

In her statements, Abdela claims she ``blacked out'' when Vasquez and
McMorrow started to fight and she admits to drinking heavily on the night
of the murder.

Throughout her lengthy statements, Abdela's language is laced with
fourletter words often saying she ``hates cops'' and referring to them as
``pigs. I smell bacon. I smell pork.''