A Louisiana man was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Wednesday after he to kidnap and attempted to murder gay teens Jeffrey Dahmer style in attempt to ‘satisfy a compulsive murder-fantasy.’
Chance Seneca, 21, pleaded guilty in September on kidnapping charges after it was revealed he used the Grindr dating app and Snapchat to persuade men into meeting with the goal of ‘murdering and dismembering’ them.
Seneca spent months perfecting his murder-kidnapping plan to mirror Dahmer’s actions of targeting gay men, killing them and eating and preserving their bodies, the Department of Justice wrote in a press release.
The attempted serial killer’s first victim was then 18-year-old Holden White – who Seneca successfully coaxed and used several methods in attempt to kill him.
‘The facts of this case are truly shocking, and the defendant’s decision to specifically target gay men is a disturbing reminder of the unique prejudices and dangers facing the LGBTQ+ community today,’ Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said.
Chance Seneca, 21, was sentenced to 45 years in prison on Wednesday after he attempted to kidnap and murder gay teens Jeffrey Dahmer style
The attempted serial killer previously admitted to targeting his first victim – then 18-year-old Holden White (above). He survived the several ways in which Seneca attempted to kill him
Seneca, who is also gay, drove White to an isolated Lafayette Parish home where he took out a handgun and forced the victim to put on handcuffs on June 19, 2020.
White was then was stabbed, strangled and battered by Seneca until the kidnapper believed he was dead.
‘Seneca then attempted to dismember him,’ the press release reads.
While it appeared Seneca had plans to attack other gay men, he then called Lafayette police and confessed to killing a man. The police affidavit read that Seneca requested to be put into a mental institution.
A hammer, a saw and an ice pick were discovered at the crime scene.
White was able to survive the attack and spent days in a coma and about a month in the hospital.
It was later revealed that Seneca also used the dating app to meet with another gay man the night before White was attacked – but he chose to allow the man to survive.
White posted a Facebook update on the date of Seneca’s hearing writing: ’45 years’
White attended the hearing and spoke about the physical and mental lingering pain of the attack
White posted a Facebook update on the date of Seneca’s hearing writing: ’45 years.’
He attended the hearing and spoke about the physical and mental lingering pain of the attack, including the loss of feeling in his left hand, according to The Advocate.
While Seneca was sentenced to decades in prison, White fears that it isn’t enough.
‘I’m scared for me and for other future victims he might harm,’ White said. ‘I’m scared an 18-year-old, like I was, will have their life forever changed by a date… I don’t need anyone getting hurt the way that I did.’
The Netflix series based on notorious serial killer Jeffery Dahmer was released in September 2022 starring Evan Peters. It quickly rose to one of the most watched shows on the streaming platform at the time.
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (above) murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. The gruesome murders involved rape, necrophilia and cannibalism
The Jeffrey Dahmer Story featuring Evan Peters (above) quickly rose to one of the most watched series in Netflix last year
Similarly, others have tried to copy Dahmer’s infamous slayings, including a Michigan man who was sentenced to life in prison last month for brutally murdering and eating the genitals of a college student.
Mark Latunski, 52, was sentenced for the murder of Kevin Bacon, 25, on December 24, 2019. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Latunski pleaded guilty in September to killing Bacon, who he met through the Grindr dating app, and eating parts of his body, including one testicle, at his Bennington Township home.
Bacon’s body was discovered in the basement of Latunsku’s home on December 28, 2019 after his roommate told police he went to meet someone he met on the dating app.
His family reported him missing after he didn’t show up to Christmas breakfast.
Mark Latunski, 52, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole last month for the murder of his Grindr date three years ago
Kevin Bacon, 25, was killed and mutilated by Latunski on December 24, 2019 at the cannibal’s Bennington Township home
