Brian Theodore Deneke, 19, Amarillo, died Friday, Dec. 12, 1997, at Amarillo.
Mr. Deneke was born March 9, 1978, at Wichita, Kan., and was a resident of Amarillo since 1981. He was an artist and worked for Marsh Enterprises Dynamite Museum, Amarillo.
Survivors include his parents, Mike and Betty Deneke of Amarillo; a brother, Jason of Amarillo; and his grandparents, J. Omer and Marie Bieker of Concordia, Kan., and Darlene and Loren Lehmann of Gaylord, Kan.
The death has been ruled a homicide.
One December night, a rumble between the rival groups culminated with a "jock" from the more affluent side of town named Dustin Camp deliberately mowing Deneke down in his father's Cadillac. Camp was found guilty of "voluntary manslaughter" but never served a day in prison for the crime, nor did he have to pay the $10,000 fine he was served upon his conviction, in part due to his attorney's ability to pin Deneke's death on the boy's punk persona -- he was a "menace" and an aberration; he practically deserved it, went the defense. (Camp did ultimately serve five years for parole violations, years later.)
Mr. Deneke was born March 9, 1978, at Wichita, Kan., and was a resident of Amarillo since 1981. He was an artist and worked for Marsh Enterprises Dynamite Museum, Amarillo.
Survivors include his parents, Mike and Betty Deneke of Amarillo; a brother, Jason of Amarillo; and his grandparents, J. Omer and Marie Bieker of Concordia, Kan., and Darlene and Loren Lehmann of Gaylord, Kan.
The death has been ruled a homicide.
One December night, a rumble between the rival groups culminated with a "jock" from the more affluent side of town named Dustin Camp deliberately mowing Deneke down in his father's Cadillac. Camp was found guilty of "voluntary manslaughter" but never served a day in prison for the crime, nor did he have to pay the $10,000 fine he was served upon his conviction, in part due to his attorney's ability to pin Deneke's death on the boy's punk persona -- he was a "menace" and an aberration; he practically deserved it, went the defense. (Camp did ultimately serve five years for parole violations, years later.)
Brian Theodore Deneke, 19, Amarillo, died Friday, Dec. 12, 1997, at Amarillo.
Mr. Deneke was born March 9, 1978, at Wichita, Kan., and was a resident of Amarillo since 1981. He was an artist and worked for Marsh Enterprises Dynamite Museum, Amarillo.
Survivors include his parents, Mike and Betty Deneke of Amarillo; a brother, Jason of Amarillo; and his grandparents, J. Omer and Marie Bieker of Concordia, Kan., and Darlene and Loren Lehmann of Gaylord, Kan.
The death has been ruled a homicide.
One December night, a rumble between the rival groups culminated with a "jock" from the more affluent side of town named Dustin Camp deliberately mowing Deneke down in his father's Cadillac. Camp was found guilty of "voluntary manslaughter" but never served a day in prison for the crime, nor did he have to pay the $10,000 fine he was served upon his conviction, in part due to his attorney's ability to pin Deneke's death on the boy's punk persona -- he was a "menace" and an aberration; he practically deserved it, went the defense. (Camp did ultimately serve five years for parole violations, years later.)
Mr. Deneke was born March 9, 1978, at Wichita, Kan., and was a resident of Amarillo since 1981. He was an artist and worked for Marsh Enterprises Dynamite Museum, Amarillo.
Survivors include his parents, Mike and Betty Deneke of Amarillo; a brother, Jason of Amarillo; and his grandparents, J. Omer and Marie Bieker of Concordia, Kan., and Darlene and Loren Lehmann of Gaylord, Kan.
The death has been ruled a homicide.
One December night, a rumble between the rival groups culminated with a "jock" from the more affluent side of town named Dustin Camp deliberately mowing Deneke down in his father's Cadillac. Camp was found guilty of "voluntary manslaughter" but never served a day in prison for the crime, nor did he have to pay the $10,000 fine he was served upon his conviction, in part due to his attorney's ability to pin Deneke's death on the boy's punk persona -- he was a "menace" and an aberration; he practically deserved it, went the defense. (Camp did ultimately serve five years for parole violations, years later.)
Gravesite Details
A tree was planted in a memorial garden in Dallas, Texas
