On Jan. 24, 2007, a gay-porn movie producer in northeastern Pennsylvania was murdered in his home in a most horrific way.

Bryan Kocis' throat was slashed so severely that his head was nearly severed from his body. Then he was stabbed 28 times in the chest and abdomen. Finally, his lifeless corpse was set on fire, charred with second- and third-degree burns in a conflagration that also consumed much of his house. Police forensic experts needed dental records to positively identify the body.