Three people accused of Satan worship were arrested in North Carolina earlier this month and charged with murder after skeletal remains of the alleged victim were found in their backyard.
The suspects, 35-year-old Pazuzu Illah Algarad, 24-year-old Amber Nicole Burch and 28-year-old Krystal Nicole Matlock were arrested and charged with murder and accessory in the deaths of 37-year-old Joshua Frederick Wetzler and 36-year-old Tommy Dean Welch.
A source speaking to reporters said "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."
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, Christian Post reports.
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."
The police officers are yet to reveal how they received information to make the arrest.
If convicted, all three could receive life in prison without the possibility of parole or even the death penalty.