Donnie McClurkin who was born in South Carolina grew up in Amityville, on Long Island. At age eight, his two-year-old brother was hit and
killed by a speeding driver. Soon after the loss, Donnie experienced
family turmoil due to the loss of his brother and shortly there after he
was a victim of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of his great uncle, and years after that by his great uncle's son.
Police are treating the killings as a hate crime.