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Justice for Angel
Justice for Angel
Joanie Miller
Colorado Technical University Online

Abstract
This paper explores the life of the New York Club Kids, Michael Alig, Robert “Freeze” Riggs, and the death of Angel Melendez. The New York Club Kids were involved in many illegal activities. These activities included excessive drug use, parties in various public places, and murder. Their drug use included marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy, heroin, and ketamine hydrochloride (animal tranquilizer known as Special K). The drugs and wild parties both led up to murder, but the Club Kids wouldn’t have become famous without Michael Alig or Angel’s murder that he and Freeze participated in. With little evidence, police eventually questioned and charged both Michael Alig and Robert “Freeze” Riggs with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Angel Melendez (Kocieniewski, 1996). Due to the horrendous nature of the crime, Michael Alig and Robert “Freeze” Riggs should have been charged with murder.

Keywords: Michael Alig, Robert “Freeze” Riggs, Angel Melendez, New York Club Kids

Justice for Angel In 1996, the New York Club Kids were known for their wild costumes, outrageous drug induced parties, and the murder of club kid Angel Melendez. While Angel’s murder didn’t revolve around the Club Kids themselves, it did focus on their king, Michael Alig. Michael was known as a prominent party promoter, and had connections with Angel to supply the drugs for his parties. Somewhere, things went wrong and Michael and an associate Robert “Freeze” Riggs murdered Angel. For this crime, Michael and Robert received involuntary manslaughter. Murder is defined as the “unlawful killing of a person with malice” (Merriam Webster, 2012). Due to the horrendous crime they committed, Michael Alig and Robert “Freeze” Riggs should have been charged with murder in the death of Angel Melendez. Raised by a single mother, Michael grew up in a small Indiana town. As a child, he was generally quiet, and tried hard to


References: FoxNews.com. (2008, October 15). Notable murder convictions without a body. Retrieved from http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,438661,00.html Kocieniewski, D. (1996, December 7). Police give details in killing of flamboyant club denizen
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