When G-Dep confessed to a 17 year old crime he had no idea the wounds he was reopening.
From the NY Post
The stepbrother of the man shot to death by former Bad Boy rapper G-Dep -- who inadvertently confessed to the crime 17 years later -- said the hapless hip-hop artist was foolish to cop to the cold case.
"I think he's an idiot," said Robert Henkel, 56, whose then-32-year-old stepbrother, John, was blasted in the chest with three bullets on Oct. 19, 1993.
"He has three kids and a wife. It was years and years and years ago. Finally, we're not always thinking about it . . . and now it has to be dug up all again."
The Harlem-born rapper, whose real name is Trevell Coleman, walked into the 25th Precinct Dec. 15 and admitted to the shooting -- later telling The Post he didn't even know Henkel had died in the attack. Coleman's lawyer claimed he unburdened himself as part of a 12-step anti-drug-addiction program.
A grand jury last week indicted G-Dep for murder.
"His mother told him, 'Don't turn yourself in,' " Henkel said, referring to The Post's exclusive jailhouse interview with the rapper.
"She was right . . . After all this time, yes, he just should have shut up."
