Man Found Dead, Castrated In Times Square Hotel Room

Carlos Castro (left), Renato Seabra

Last night, police found the beaten and castrated naked body of a 65-year-old Portuguese journalist in a room at the Intercontinental Hotel in Times Square. According to the Daily News, "The naked body of Carlos Castro, 65, was found lying face-up in a pool of blood inside his 34th-floor room" at 7 p.m. and police named his 20-year-old companion, model Renato Seabra, a person of interest. Cops eventually found Seabra at Bellevue Hospital.

Police sources told the Post that Castro's "head had been bashed in and, in a gruesome act of depravity, his testicles had been sliced off -- possibly with a broken wine glass." Castro and Seabra had checked into the hotel on December 29 and were supposed to check out yesterday. They had lunch with a female friend of Castro's yesterday (she noticed the men seemed to have had an argument), but when she couldn't get in touch with Castro, she went to the hotel. From the Daily News:

Not knowing what room her pal was in, the New Jersey woman went to the front desk.

Suddenly, the tall, chiseled Seabra came through the lobby, recognized the worried woman and told her Castro "was not coming out of his room," a source said.

That's when she lost her cool.

"She was going off in the lobby," said witness Anthony Hughes, 43, who is visiting from New Castle, Australia.

"She was screaming hysterically," Hughes said.

"The hotel security did nothing except quickly push her out the door."

After that, Castro's body was discovered. The News' sources say that Castro may have been castrated with a knife and bludgeoned with a piece of furniture while the Post's sources suggest that shards of a wine glass were used for the castration and that a "bloody laptop" might have been used to beat him. Seabra apparently has injuries of his own.

Hotel guests were in shock. One told the News, "I can't believe it. New York City was supposed to be where you could go anywhere and be safe," while another told the Post, "I'm frightened, I'm going to be crawling in my sleep."

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By Jen Chung in News on January 8, 2011 9:44 AM

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nolastname

Condolences to the families.
As Bloomie would say "Welcome to NY, go see a play".

nolastname

Of which my daughter did. She went to a Sunday matinee of Mumenshantz, called ahead to make sure it was child friendly, and then faced with one of the performers calling people leaving during Q&A bastards. I wish I was there. I am the G'ma.

Just Me

Aspiring rappers shoot in Times Square, while aspiring models castrate and kill in Times Square.

GothamExtremist

Someone proly wanted his dick sucked and balloon knot licked, but it didn't happen, so.......

langleycollyer

The NEW New Times Square?

TheRealCannibal

"New York City was supposed to be where you could go anywhere and be safe"

Or, New York City is where you pay $250 a night to sleep with bedbugs and wake up with with your neighbor murdered, castrated with a broken wine glass and the killer escaped.

robingee

Yeah it happens every day.

Spirit of 76

"The hotel security did nothing except quickly push her out the door."

I smell a huge lawsuit coming.

justthinkin

Hey, let's not be so quick to judge. Maybe it was bedbugs.

sluggita

It's a lovers quarrel, not a random act of violence, you tourist idiots. So relax, you're perfectly safe!

TheRealCannibal

Hell no! Let them believe this is a normal, everyday occurrence

splicernyc

With lovers like that, who needs serial killers.

Guest

dang. those Portuguese go hard.

zombie_cakes

"I can't believe it. New York City was supposed to be where you could go anywhere and be safe"

It still is, go for a stroll in Brownsville and ask where the nearest Starbucks is.

"I'm frightened, I'm going to be crawling in my sleep."

Fuckin' pansy.

splicernyc

"I'm frightened, I'm going to be crawling in my sleep."

What?

Merf Derf

lol... exactly my thought

Rocknrope

"New York City was supposed to be where you could go anywhere and be safe"

You're thinking of Bizarro World NYC.

Inconcievable de Impublishable

I thought no one was supposed to be able to die inside a Disney park.

robingee

I don't think the average hotel guest in NYC has to worry about being castrated and murdered.

And who told this person you could "go anywhere" and be safe?