White Supremacist Confesses to Killing Black Man in Indiana
Source: Southern Poverty Law Center
White Supremacist Confesses to Killing Black Man in Indiana
October 17, 2016
Aaron Snyder. (Booking photo.)
A self-described white supremacist has confessed to the stabbing death of a black man in in Fort Wayne, Ind., according to media reports.
A self-described white supremacist has confessed to the stabbing death of a black man in August in Fort Wayne, Ind., according to media reports.
Aaryn Snyder, 31, was charged on Friday with murder in the death of Samuel Hardrix, 22, whose body was found on Aug. 21 in a backyard of a home in the in northwest Fort Wayne, Ind., WANE-TV reported.
Snyder, who was in the Allen County Jail for failure to register as a sex offender, confessed to the murder in a conversation he had with a jail corrections officer, court documents say. In a follow-up interview with police, Snyder described the killing as a hate crime, saying that he killed Hardrix because he was black.
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