The Joan River Show and Geraldo, among others, to talk about the ‘club kids’ scene.However, the partying came to a crashing end in March 1996 when Alig and a friend, Robert ‘Freeze’ Riggs, whilst high on drugs, murdered DJ and fellow club kid, Andre “Angel” Melendez, following an argument about an alleged unpaid drug debt.In Alig’s apartment, Melendez was struck with a hammer and smothered with a sweatshirt.The two men kept Melendez’s body in the bathtub for several days, before eventually dismembering it, packing the remains in a box and pushing it into the Hudson River.
Body parts later washed up near Staten Island.Related: “Party Monster” Michael Alig Thinks You Gays Are All Totally Boring NowRumors that Alig was responsible for.