Satanists Arrested and Charged With Double Murder; Could Face Death Penalty
Three people allegedly practicing a form of Satan worship were arrested in North Carolina earlier this month and charged with murder after skeletal remains were found in their backyard.
Pazuzu Illah Algarad, 35; Amber Nicole Burch, 24; and Krystal Nicole Matlock, 28 were all charged with murder and accessory after the fact in the deaths of Joshua Frederick Wetzler, 37 and Tommy Dean Welch, 36. The three reportedly worshipped Satan and took their lifestyle cues from Charles Manson and Alistair Crowley, Anton LaVey.
LaVey was the founder of the Church of Satan, while Manson was the leader of a cult known as The Family. Crowley founded a religion known as Thelema, which is based on a law that states, "Do what though wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Love is the law, love under will." Crowley believed he was the prophet of a new age and wrote The Book of the Law, which outlines all the traditions of Thelema.
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"There was something about him that just made me feel terrible," one source said of Lawson (Pazuzu). "It was just like … I don't know. Just his presence made me feel uneasy," the source told The Camel City Dispatch.
Pazuzu's mother, Cynthia Priddy Lawson, also worshipped Satan and gave her son the name of the demon from "The Exorcist." The two then engaged others in their practice and discussion of human and animal sacrifice. Pazuzu was suspected in the death of Joseph Emmrick Chandler in 2010 and eventually convicted on the charge of accessory after the fact. He was placed on probation.
Bianca Heath told The Huffington Post that she lived with Pazuzu for a time in 2005 and he spoke of skeletal remains in his backyard, but she never imagined that he was actually telling the truth.
"Paz told everyone," she explained, "but I never believed him. I'm sure no one else believed him either. He laughed about the skeletal remains when telling the story on why he did what he did. I never once saw the skeleton bodies, I honestly thought he was lying. Now I'm not sure what to believe."
She also alleged that Pazuzu bragged about picking up prostitutes, killing them and eating them before burning their remains in a fire pit and burying what was left behind. Those bodies have not been found or the allegation proven by police, who are still searching the home.
"No gang members allowed: anyone that dresses the same, has the same badge and call themselves the authority of the land they did not create …" a sign on the front door of the home in Clemmons, North Carolina, read. "Evil will triumph."
Police have not said what led them to the home over the weekend. If convicted, all three could receive life in prison without the possibility of parole or even the death penalty. They will appear in Forsyth District Court on Oct. 23.
