Tampa mother Pamela Williams can’t pay respects at her son’s grave because he doesn’t have one.
“I have the city dump, my son ground up like hamburger meat in the dirt, so I hope you’re satisfied, because I hope you rot in hell.”
Williams’ son, Jason Galehouse, doesn’t have a grave because Scott Schweickert and Steven Lorenzo cut up Galehouse’s body with an electric saw and threw out the pieces in various trashcans throughout Tampa.
In 2003, Galehouse and another man, Michael Wachholtz, disappeared from a gay nightclub in Tampa. Both victims were 26 years old at the time. Although Wachholtz’ body was later found wrapped in a sheet in the back of his SUV, Galehouse’s remains were never recovered.
Schweickert confessed to these and other gruesome details in a Tampa court on June 8. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, Schweickert – who was already serving a 40-year prison sentence for federal drug and conspiracy charges – will now complete a life sentence after pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree murder. The deal allows Schweickert to avoid the death penalty in exchange for information that may allow prosecutors to indict Lorenzo.
According to Schweickert’s plea agreement, he flew into Tampa from Illinois in 2003 and met with Lorenzo after the two became friends online over a mutual interest in bondage and torture fantasies. Schweickert confessed in court that he and Lorenzo had conspired to find single gay men, lure them back to Lorenzo’s house, and use them as “permanent slaves.”
Although Lorenzo is already serving 200 years in prison for drugging, raping and torturing nine gay men – including Galehouse and Wachholtz – he has yet to face murder charges for their deaths. Schweickert’s plea deal might finally allow prosecutors to indict Lorenzo on murder charges 13 years in the making.
According to reporting by Fox 13 News, Williams was disappointed that Schweickert avoided the death penalty.
“I’m not too happy with the justice system,” she said.
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