Bryan Hadley wants to be very clear—a rally for Jason Galehouse will not happen on the first-ever Harvey Milk Day. He will, however, be actively looking for people to support and organize a rally for sometime later in the year.
“There was some misinformation,” Hadley said. “Harvey Milk Day is a day of celebration and peace. I do not want to distract from that. We will, however, be sharing information about the Galehouse case during events honoring Milk on May 22.”
Jason Galehouse, 26, disappeared in December 2003 after leaving a Tampa bar with two men believed to be Steven Lorenzo and Scott Schweickert. Authorities believe that the two men killed and dismembered Galehouse in 2003, and killed Michael Wachholtz just a few days later. Wachholtz’s body was found in mid-January 2004, wrapped in a sheet and stuffed in the back of his 1992 Jeep Cherokee sport.
Lorenzo is serving a 200 year sentence in federal prison after a jury found him guilty on nine counts of administering the date-rape drug GHB and one count of conspiring with Schweickert to distribute the drug. Schweickert is serving a 40-year sentence as Lorenzo’s accomplice.
Neither has faced murder charges yet.
Several Tampa Bay residents feel its time to put a spotlight back on the case. A rally would draw attention to the missing murder charges and that Galehouse’s mother, Pam Williams, has yet to receive a death certificate nearly seven years after her son disappeared.
For more information on organizing a rally or to volunteer, e-mail BryanRHadley@gmail.com.
