Groom murdered at Gulfstream

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

From DRF.....

Worker killed at Gulfstream
By MARTY McGEE

A backstretch employee at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., was killed early Tuesday, said local police and track officials. Police would not identify the dead man, but trainer Ralph Nicks said he was a groom who worked for him named Hugo Garibay.

Nicks and several of his employees said that Garibay was found stabbed in a dormitory area between 6 and 6:30 a.m. They said the victim was from Mexico and was in his mid- to late 20's, and had worked at the Nicks barn for two or three weeks.

Police on Tuesday did not say whether they had a suspect in the killing.
http://www.drf.com/news/article/83547.html

Wow. That's terrible. RIP.

[my miss storm cat]

DRF.....

17-year-old arrested in stabbing
By MARTY McGEE

A 17-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday in the fatal stabbing of a groom who had worked the last several weeks for trainer Ralph Nicks at Gulfstream Park, according to a report in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Hugo Garibay, 33, was stabbed three times in the neck with a screwdriver on Tuesday, according to a Nicks employee. The killing occurred sometime between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. in the dormitory complex adjacent to the Gulfstream stable gate. Garibay's body was found by another Nicks employee who was looking for him to come to work.

The boy, whose name is being withheld by police because of his age, confessed to police Tuesday after being spotted and identified by employees at Calder Race Course, about 10 miles west of Gulfstream, according to the report. It was not known whether the boy worked at either track.

Garibay, a native of Mexico, and was very quiet and went about his work in a professional manner, according to Nicks's staff.

[robfla]

didnt a similar thing happen about a year ago?

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by robfla

didnt a similar thing happen about a year ago?

Did it? No idea....

[Buffymommy]

I wonder why a 17 yr old would kill a 33 yr old? HMMMMM...

[disappearingdan_akaplaya]

unfortunately things like this happen all the times on backstretches. numerous people have been killed on hawthorne and arlingtons backstretch here. during the fall meet here they had to call a slew of stickney police for a huge fight that erupted@the track kitchen at 6 am here.......apparently people were still drinking from the night be4. there are just way too many stories to tell but again its unfortunately very common

[Merlinsky]

Just makes you wonder what are the safest and least safest places to work in this industry as far as this kind of thing goes. Where might women be in the most danger for example?

[JJP]

Originally Posted by disappearingdan_akaplaya

unfortunately things like this happen all the times on backstretches. numerous people have been killed on hawthorne and arlingtons backstretch here. during the fall meet here they had to call a slew of stickney police for a huge fight that erupted@the track kitchen at 6 am here.......apparently people were still drinking from the night be4. there are just way too many stories to tell but again its unfortunately very common

I was just going to say this wouldn't even make the papers in Chicago because its so commonplace....