Nick Found Dead?

Nick Dead?
Two bodies found in a quarry north of Montreal on the 1st September have been identified as those of two American male strippers, Mark Kraynak and Steve Wright, who went missing while on a night out in Montreal 11 days ago.
If we’re not mistaken, one of them is actually our NextDoorMale Nick. He also appears on Straight Guys For Gay Guys – a recently launched website where you can find hot straight men having sex with women.
Flying over the site with a helicopter, police spotted the bodies on a remote ledge inside a quarry, not far from the after-hours bar that the guys told a friend they were heading to on Aug. 22.
The two guys were part of a 6-man stripper group who was on tour in Canada. Police have yet to determined if the pair fell into the quarry by accident or were the victims of crime.
(Thanks Steve for highlighting the news to us)
Update:
The Two U.S. strippers who were working at the Toronto gay bar Remington’s were found dead inside a rock quarry outside Montreal Sept. 1.
Mark Kraynak, 23, and Steve Wright, 20, had been missing since Aug. 22 when they planned to visit a nearby after-hours bar, Red Lite, in the suburb of Laval.
Police have not determined if the men fell, were pushed, or were placed at the quarry after being murdered. The bodies were found on a ledge about 50 feet (15 meters) into the quarry.
Kraynak, who was from Uniontown, Pa., and Wright, who was from Santa Rosa, Calif., had been part of a successful lawsuit against the Canadian government by six U.S. adult entertainers who sought the right to perform in Canada.
Kraynak served as a specialist with the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division in Baghdad prior to being wounded and receiving a Purple Heart.
Update:
The two U.S. models who were found dead in a Laval quarry after having disappeared in late August probably fell to their deaths after they tried to escape a taxi driver who was chasing them, the victims’ families said Friday.
According to the families of Steve Wright, 20, and Mark Kraynak, 23, video from a security camera at the night-club where they were headed seems to suggest the two exited their taxi running, followed by the cab driver.
The families, who visited the quarry Friday to drop flowers near the spot where the bodies were found, said the two men probably jumped a fence that bordered the quarry.
They lamented that the warning signs on the fence were only in French.
Police are still looking to question the taxi driver.
The two men, in the Montreal area on vacation, called a friend after leaving a downtown bar about 3 a.m. on Aug. 22 to say they were heading by taxi to an after-hours bar in Laval.
Their bodies were found 10 days later on a ledge of the Demix quarry, about 300 metres from the club.
The bodies were found on what police described as an “avalanche ledge” about 15 metres down a sheer cliff, one-third of the way down the quarry.
Wright of Guerneville, Calif., and Kraynak of Uniontown, Pa., had been working as dancers at a strip club in Toronto during the summer.
(Thanks for the update, Steve! News source)

Oct 01, 2005 By Editor D

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12 Comments

  • Adam says:

    This has been gossiped about many many places already. Let it rest.

  • s. says:

    YES, I CAN CONFIRM THAT. THEIR BODY WHERE FOUND IN THE QUARRY NEXT TO THE RED LIGHT…. 5 MINUTES FROM MY PLACE!
    S.

  • QueerClick says:

    Hi Adam, based on the official reports, doesn’t seem likely to be mere rumours. If only they were.

  • J says:

    I thought Nick looked familiar from somewhere else as well. I went back to ActiveDuty and found some suspiciously broken links. The one thing I did find was a small image for one video with the model I thought was him, performing as “Rex” in “An American Soldier”:
    http://www.activeduty.com/videos/soloindex.html

  • Paul says:

    Very, very sad – so young – …obviously murdered………. So what is ‘Nicks’ real name …..Mark or Steve?

  • Keith says:

    There’s nothing “suspicious” about Active Duty taking down the links. It was done out of respect. They wrote about it on their site.

  • J says:

    Since I don’t follow the website that often, I didn’t read the passing reference without names in the updates page, and since I’m not a member I couldn’t read the “diary” section, even once I did find the section you were talking about, so it seemed suspicious to me.

  • jjj says:

    Let’s not assume murder murder and “suspicious” activity all the time, okay?

  • ian says:

    Im really miffed ’bout this and Im surprised no one’s complaining as well – case in point, just like ‘sean cody’ these guys are now coding their movies and you basically cannot view them after your membership is over. First of all, the membership fees are way too high if one cannot keep what you download. Second, even if you like something and want to buy it may not be available to be seen or bought(think sean cody) unless you’re a lifelong member. Personally I dont sign up to any of those sites for more than one month at a time (for many reasons tht it would take long to get into right now) Third, amateur sex such as these is almost fetish sex compare to the better packaged studio stuff that are available right for more less the same price.
    Bottomline is, if they gonna restrict their product, they should lower the price. As for myself, between signig up to the better stuff, ill be cyber-watchin’ ‘gaybeef’ lol.

  • jeremy says:

    i went to a memorial service for steve 2 weeks ago, it was heartbreaking. not much coverage here in santa rosa though, but a tragic tale anyway you look at it.

  • comrade says:

    From today’s Globe and Mail, Canada’s National Newspaper:
    “We think the two wanted to run away without paying,” said Constable Guy Lajeunesse, a spokesman for the police in Laval, where the two died. “It was very dark when they got to the quarry. They might have thought after they jumped the fence that they were in the bushes.”