Oklahoma City Man Murdered During Sexual Encounter

Isaac Herrera

Isaac Herrera was stabbed to death this week, reportedly during a sexual encounter with another man.

Trudy Ring

Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.

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An Oklahoma City man was stabbed to death this week, reportedly by a man he was having sex with, because the perpetrator "felt like it."

Isaac Herrera, 24, died early Tuesday morning, and Brandon Newell, 18, has been arrested on a murder complaint but has yet to be formally charged, The Oklahoman reports.

"Newell advised a witness he was having oral sex with the victim and at one point saw his knife laying there," a police detective wrote in a court affidavit filed in Oklahoma County District Court, according to the paper. "Newell stated he grabbed the knife and stabbed the victim in the throat because he felt like it."

"Newell advised the victim did not attack him and there was no altercation before he stabbed him," the detective continued. "Newell stated he knew what he did was wrong and admitted to trying to cover up the scene after the murder."

Local media have identified Herrera as a member of the LGBT community. He was a theater student at Oklahoma City Community College, according to a GoFundMe page set up by a friend to raise money to cover funeral expenses. Survivors include his mother, Veronica Myers.