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Gay man found dead, castrated in NY hotel room...
Veteran fashion journalist and gay activist Carlos Castro, 65, was found naked with his testicles hacked off in a InterContinental Hotel room at about 7pm on Friday, ABC news reports.
It is believed Castro was castrated with a broken wine glass and had suffered from head trauma caused by a blunt object.
Castro and his model boyfriend Renato Seabra, 20, had been on vacation in New York since late December to see Broadway shows and celebrate New Year’s.
The couple had reportedly only been dating for a few months.
Luis Pires, Castro's friend of 30 years and editor of the Portuguese language newspaper Luso-Americano, told The Associated Press that there had been some tension between the two men towards the end of the holiday, saying "they were a little bit upset with each other, for jealousy reasons" but did not foresee that something bad was going to happen.
After the alleged slaying, Seabra was approached by Monica Pires, and Wanda Pires, the daughter and wife of Luis, in the lobby of the hotel that he was staying at and was asked about Carlos joining them for dinner.
Monica said Seabra "seemed in shock" and "wasn't expecting to see us.
The three talked briefly and Seabra said that Castro was "not coming out."
Seabra's strange behaviour caused Monica to alert hotel staff who later found the dead man in his hotel room.
At that point, Seabra had allegedly got into a taxi and was driven to a nearby hospital where he was treated for self-inflicted cuts to his wrists.
Seabra was deemed a person of interest and was arrested at the hospital to prevent him from fleeing the country.
Suzanna Divilly, 40, who was staying at the same hotel, told the NY Daily News that she heard the two men arguing in their room on Friday.
"There was a lot of noise, talking. You could hear them arguing in the corridor and even in our room," she said.
Seabra was a contestant last year on a Portuguese modelling reality show called "A Procura Do Sonho," or "Pursuit of a Dream".
He did not win but managed to score a modelling contract with an agency afterwards.
The NY Post has reported that Seabra was actually straight, and was only in the relationship with Castro for money.
A source was quoted in the newspaper as saying that Seabra is a womaniser who gave no indication of being gay.
Castro is known as a fashion icon in his native Portugual and has been reporting on the country's high society for years.
Acknowledgements: MSN News