Longhand Of The Law

Club Kids Kill An Angel

Robert "Freeze" Riggs and Michael Alig were once fixtures on the decadent New York nightclub scene. So was Angel Melendez, whose flashy outfits often included a pair of gauzy wings. One day, the three "club kids" got into a fight. A hammer was swung, a syringe was filled with Drano, and Angel ended up in a cardboard box in the Hudson River. This is Riggs's confession to cops. He and Alig are now doing time for their role in Melendez's death.

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