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[narrator] in the suburbs
of north carolina,
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Residents talk of
a house of horrors.
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They got a report of a body
buried in the backyard.
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It was absolutely crazy.
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[narrator]
an investigation leads to
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A self-proclaimed satanist
and his most devoted follower.
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He publicly announced
that he was a devil worshipper.
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[nate] they would drink
one another's blood.
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She was his queen
and he was her king.
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[narrator] a series of
terrifying discoveries
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Proves that truth can be
even stranger than fiction.
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[michael] he had started
following a religion
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That required animal sacrifice.
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People had informed deputies
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That he had killed
several people.
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[lee] every one of
the friends I talked to,
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They all said they
were scared to death.
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[narrator] in this
southern gothic story,
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Demons are very, very real.
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[lee] the devil
didn't go to georgia.
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He came to north carolina.
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[music]
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[theme music]
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[narrator] February 15, 2010.
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It's a chilly Monday in
mocksville, north carolina,
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When an anxious
young woman shows up
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At the davie county
sheriff's office.
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It appears her ex-fiancé,
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32-year-old joshua wetzler,
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Has been missing
for over six months.
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Stacey carter came to my office
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Wishing to file a
missing persons report.
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She said she has totally
lost contact with him.
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[stacey] when I stopped
hearing from him
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And he stopped showing up,
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It was not like josh
to not contact our son.
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[narrator] stacey explains that
josh was always a free spirit.
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But after months
of radio silence,
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A missed milestone
is the final straw.
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[stacey] at first,
I just made the assumption
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That josh is fine.
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He just went off the radar.
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He chose to disappear.
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It was sporadic as to
when I'd hear from him,
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So there was no, like,
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You know, rhyme or reason to
when he would call or come by.
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And when his mom's
birthday came and went,
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And she hadn't heard from him,
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That set off some alarm bells
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Because that was
not like him at all.
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And he always called, you know,
for big things like that.
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And he didn't call.
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[narrator] josh wetzler was
born in naples, Italy in 1977.
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His parents were both
in the us military,
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So they never stayed
in one place for long.
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[martha] josh was born about
a year before we came back.
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My husband went to
a school in california.
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And after he finished
that schooling,
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We went to new orleans.
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After new orleans, we went
to chesapeake, virginia.
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Josh was a good kid.
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He had a good personality.
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[narrator] in high school,
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Josh developed a passion
for music.
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[jamie] josh and I went
to see the grateful dead.
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Several of us continued,
for the summer of '95,
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Following the grateful dead
around the country.
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[narrator] josh continued to
follow the band as they toured,
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And in 1999, he met
his future fiancée,
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Stacey carter.
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Josh ended up out
in washington state.
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I was traveling
cross country,
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And I met some folks
who told me about
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This great party
that was happening.
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And that was where josh
was living at the time.
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And we hit it off.
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It was, you know,
love at first sight.
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[stacey] we definitely
had chemistry.
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We also had so much in common.
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He loved horses,
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And we both loved music
and going to concerts.
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[narrator]
two years into dating,
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Stacey and josh began
a new adventure together
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In north carolina.
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[stacey] josh and I bought 11
acres of land in davie county.
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Shortly after that,
he started horseshoeing school.
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So we had visions
of operating a business
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Out on our property.
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[narrator] the
couple got engaged,
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And in 2004, the family grew
with the birth of their son.
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But a year later, with
a new business and a new baby,
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Financial troubles
began to take a toll.
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[stacey] josh wasn't
making as much money.
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I wasn't making a lot of money.
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So it was really hard to try
to get our, our bills paid.
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Josh and I were fighting a lot,
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And I think that's ultimately
what caused me to leave.
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[martha] stacey
called and told me
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That her and josh had separated
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I think I was more
upset than she was.
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[narrator] despite the breakup,
josh remained a devoted father.
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[stacey] we had shared
custody of our son.
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And we had a schedule.
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And he would go back
and forth and stay with us.
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Josh was an amazing dad.
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He loved his son
more than anything.
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Josh chose to stay,
um, on our property.
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And I told him, okay,
well, that's fine.
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You know, you can stay there
as long as you pay the mortgage
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Then I found out that
he had stopped making
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The mortgage payments,
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And that our property
was going into foreclosure.
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I think that's when his
mental health, you know,
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Was really starting to decline,
or had been declining,
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For, for some time.
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[narrator] but in may 2008,
a brush with the law
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Would cost josh everything.
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[police radio chatter]
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He was arrested for having
mushrooms delivered to his home
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Through the mail.
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[martha] it was probably found
by a dog at the post office.
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And so they arrested him.
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When the police
came to his house,
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He had his son with him.
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And so then he was
also charged with
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Endangering the
welfare of a child.
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[stacey] so at that
point, he was a felon.
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And he lost all
custody of our son.
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He would come to my house
and spend time with him there,
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But that was really the
downward spiral for him.
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[martha] he didn't work
very much, you know?
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He didn't either
show up for a job
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Or sometimes he would miss going
to work for somebody and...
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Things like that.
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Eventually he kind
of drifted away--
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Not just from me,
but from our circle of friends.
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He started hanging out with
other people that I didn't know
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The last time
we saw him was in July.
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We were cooking out,
and josh, he made pizzas.
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[narrator] his sporadic
visits dropped off.
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And by early 2010,
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Josh hadn't spoken
to his family
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In several months.
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Finally I said,
there is something wrong
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Because he would have called me
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[stacey] I just made the
assumption that josh is fine.
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He just went off the radar.
He chose to disappear.
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It wasn't until
I heard otherwise
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That it occurred to me that
something could've happened.
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[narrator] stacey
explains to authorities
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That what she heard
is frightening.
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[stacey] the first
person to tell me
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What had happened to
josh was our friend,
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Who called me and
just blurted out,
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"josh is buried in
pazuzu's backyard."
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And I was like, "what?"
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I had never heard of pazuzu.
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I had no idea who he was.
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So I went to the police
and reported him missing.
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Those were my words--
"you're gonna think I'm crazy,
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"but my son's
father is buried in,
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You know, this guy's backyard."
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[lee] when stacey
mentioned pazuzu to me,
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I was like, "who
and what's pazuzu?"
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And she said, "that's his name."
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[narrator] investigators
search social media sites
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And find a profile for someone
who goes by pazuzu algarad.
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[lee] when I saw pazuzu's
myspace account,
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The first thing that
jolted, jolted in my mind
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Was the manson family.
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In the photos, this guy was
trying to live that lifestyle.
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You could tell by the
graffiti on the walls...
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The filth...
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Claiming to do animal
sacrifices and the dark moon.
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He had tattoos on his face,
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And his teeth were sharpened.
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His hair was in dreads.
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[lee] in the photos, pazuzu
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Was doing satanic worshipping.
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And he believed in bloodletting
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He made general statements.
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He wanted to be a demon,
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So therefore, everybody
should bow down to him
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And respect him and
be fearful of him.
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I'd never seen anything
exactly like this.
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Pazuzu sort of reminded me of..
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Something you'd watch on tv,
a horror flick.
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But here it was
in north carolina.
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[music]
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[narrator] coming up,
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The search for josh wetzler
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Leads to the door of
a suburban devil worshipper.
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[nate] when you roll up,
pull in the driveway,
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It looks like a normal,
cookie-cutter clemmons house.
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[narrator] and investigators
descend into a den of evil.
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Unless you've been
into a death house,
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There's no way to
mentally prepare yourself
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For something like this.
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Jesus christ! Look at that.
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[theme music]
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[narrator]
after receiving a tip
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About 31-year-old
pazuzu algarad,
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Davie county investigators
learn everything they can
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From social media
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Before talking to friends
of their missing person,
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Josh wetzler.
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I have no idea what josh's
relationship to pazuzu was.
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But I feel like it was a time
where josh was feeling like
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An, an outcast.
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I think it kind of pushed
him to the edges of society
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And, you know, he was
drawn to other people
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Who were also on that edge.
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[lee] every one of
the friends I talked to,
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They all said they were
scared to death of pazuzu.
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He publicly announced
that he was a devil worshipper,
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And the rumor's out
that he killed
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Somebody in his basement,
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Presumably joshua wetzler.
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The biggest hurdle for
me and my agency was...
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He was supposedly
killed and buried
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In another jurisdiction.
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Joshua is a resident
of davie county, north carolina
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But pazuzu's in forsyth county.
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I contacted forsyth
county sheriff's office
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And advised him of a
missing persons report
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That I was initiating.
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[narrator] the forsyth
county sheriff's office
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Is quite familiar
with the name pazuzu.
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[michael] either
anonymously or by name,
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Multiple people had
informed him that
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He had killed several people and
buried them in the backyard.
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[narrator] due to
those allegations,
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Forsyth county
already has a profile
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On the alleged murderer from
previous interviews with him
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And those who know him.
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[nate] when I first met him,
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He actually didn't
seem that messed up.
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I mean, no more
than the rest of us,
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Just drinking, partying,
having a good time.
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He presented himself
as this nontheistic,
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Maybe atheist satanist.
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He had, you know, a weird
kind of macabre charm.
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He was very good
at drawing people
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Going against the grain--
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The black sheep,
the rejects, the outcasts.
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[dj] pazuzu algarad
lived with his mother.
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It's a residential neighborhood.
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Uh, he lived in a single-story
brick ranch-type house.
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[nate] pazuzu's house was
the land of do what thou wilt.
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It was like never-neverland.
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The place to go to be whoever,
whatever you wanted to be.
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It was his kingdom,
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But I think it was also
an opportunity to control
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And manipulate people.
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[music]
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[dj] pazuzu had a
girlfriend, amber.
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Apparently the girlfriend
was a willing participant
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In the whole thing.
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Amber burch grew up in
rock hill, south carolina.
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Um, her friends describe her
as a normal girl growing up.
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At some point, she met pazuzu.
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And her friends describe
a change in her.
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[nate] as she got more and
more involved with pazuzu,
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She became almost just a...
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Female extension
of pazuzu himself.
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She got very heavily involved
in the rituals that he did.
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They would drink
one another's blood.
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Everything paz did, amber did.
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She was his queen
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And he was her king
kind of thing, you know?
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[narrator] from
the description of
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Josh wetzler's emotional
state before he disappeared,
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It seems possible he'd been
pulled into pazuzu's orbit.
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Still, an alternative
lifestyle isn't proof
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A crime has been committed.
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I might not agree with it, but
you've got a right to practice
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Your own religion.
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[narrator] davie county
detectives learn
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That forsyth county deputies
received ominous allegations
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About pazuzu six months before
josh was reported missing.
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[michael] terina billings,
on August 3, 2009,
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Went to the forsyth
county sheriff's office.
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And she told them
that a couple weeks before,
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Her father had gone
to pazuzu's house.
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And then after her father,
allen billings, came back,
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He told her this
fantastical tale
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That when he went
over the house,
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He saw a dead body
covered in a tarp.
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Pazuzu had told him
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That he had shot
this person 10 times
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For being a snitch.
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And allen had helped pazuzu
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Chop up the body and
bury it in the backyard.
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[lee] mr. Billings
told his daughter
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He was afraid that because now
he's an accessory to the crime
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That he would be facing
life imprisonment.
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[narrator] but when deputies
questioned billings,
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He told a different tale.
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Allen billings denies
ever seeing a dead body.
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So there's some
discrepancy there.
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[lee] but what he did
tell them was that
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Pazuzu had told him
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That he did shoot
someone 10 times,
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And they was buried
in the backyard.
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The statement
that mr. Billings gave
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More or less gave suspicion,
but not probable cause.
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Nothing that detectives
could get a search warrant for.
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[narrator] when questioned,
pazuzu told deputies
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Allen billing's
story was made up.
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Ultimately, authorities
dropped the investigation
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Due to lack of evidence.
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But now the new allegations
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About josh wetzler's
connection to pazuzu
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Inspire forsyth county
to check the home.
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On February 23, 2010, they
return with a search warrant
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And cadaver dogs.
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When you roll up,
pull in the driveway,
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It looks like a normal,
cookie-cutter clemmons house.
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[michael] immediately
going into the house,
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The inspectors are
overwhelmed by the smell.
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They said it stinks.
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[investigator]
jesus christ...
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[michael] it's almost
hard for them to continue.
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[investigator 1]
watch your step.
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There's a lot of broken glass.
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[investigator 2] okay.
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[michael] there is a lot
of graffiti on the walls.
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Weird posters.
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Weird signs.
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[investigator] look at that.
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The kitchen was
probably the cleanest,
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Most normal-looking
room in the house...
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[investigator] no drainage.
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[nate] ...And his mother
cynthia's room.
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She only ever came
out of her room
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To grab something from
the kitchen real quick
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Or to leave for work.
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The rest of the house
was just...Crazy.
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[lee] filthy, nasty, unkept,
spider webs everywhere,
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Dirt all over the floors.
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Uh, supposedly animal
carcasses laying around.
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[music]
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Unless you've been
into a death house,
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There's no way to
mentally prepare yourself
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For something like this.
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It was like an air
of evil resonating from
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The basement area where all thi
was supposedly taking place.
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[narrator] despite the
horrific state of the house,
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They find no evidence
of foul play.
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[lee] there were four
k9 cadaver dogs used,
351
00:19:58,864 --> 00:20:03,634
But unfortunately,
none of them hit.
352
00:20:03,636 --> 00:20:05,536
There's always factors
that can play in.
353
00:20:05,738 --> 00:20:08,206
It's not always 100 percent.
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Officers weren't able
to visually cue in on
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Any locations in the backyard
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Where a recent burial
was made or anything.
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[music]
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So I'm just waiting
in anticipation,
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You know, for them to tell
me that he had found josh.
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00:20:32,865 --> 00:20:34,165
When I heard back
from the police
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That they didn't find anything,
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That was really devastating
because now, you know,
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We had no answers.
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[theme music]
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[narrator] after the
unproductive search
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Of pazuzu algarad's home,
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Forsyth county deputies find
themselves at a dead end.
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00:21:06,832 --> 00:21:10,101
As the weeks pass,
it seems increasingly unlikely
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00:21:10,303 --> 00:21:13,204
They will ever
find josh wetzler.
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00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,440
But four months
into the investigation,
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Detectives get a new lead.
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[birds chirping]
[music]
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On June 7, 2010,
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Yadkin county sheriff's
office got a 911 phone call
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Of a body found at the
yadkin river park area.
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00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:39,863
It was a male subject
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Who had been apparently
shot in the head.
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[dj] as you go down
towards the water,
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That's where we found the
victim--lying on his back.
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He had $148 dollars
in his pocket.
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He still had his wallet.
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00:21:58,117 --> 00:22:00,751
There didn't seem to be
any type of defensive wounds
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00:22:00,953 --> 00:22:03,321
Or any evidence of
a struggle at the scene.
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[narrator] the
victim is identified
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As 30-year-old joseph chandler.
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00:22:11,030 --> 00:22:14,865
His mother reported him
missing earlier that morning.
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00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:18,035
She advised us that
he was legally blind.
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00:22:18,237 --> 00:22:23,674
However, he can still see enough
to walk to places that he knew,
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00:22:23,876 --> 00:22:26,877
As long as he didn't have
to cross too much traffic.
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00:22:27,079 --> 00:22:29,012
It would've been very
difficult, if not impossible,
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For him to get there on his own.
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00:22:32,418 --> 00:22:34,618
So we thought he probably
met with somebody
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And got a ride up there.
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00:22:37,923 --> 00:22:41,392
Joseph would go to
a convenience store
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On lewisville clemmons
road to purchase beer.
396
00:22:44,097 --> 00:22:46,297
Other than that, there
wasn't very many places
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00:22:46,499 --> 00:22:47,832
That he would travel.
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00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:53,570
[music]
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00:22:53,772 --> 00:22:56,507
We interviewed the clerk,
who did recognize him
400
00:22:56,509 --> 00:22:59,109
As coming in the night before
401
00:22:59,112 --> 00:23:01,912
And leaving with a local person
402
00:23:01,914 --> 00:23:03,948
Known as pazuzu algarad.
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00:23:05,918 --> 00:23:07,584
[narrator] with another
potential victim
404
00:23:07,586 --> 00:23:09,687
Linked to pazuzu,
405
00:23:09,889 --> 00:23:11,956
Detectives question him again.
406
00:23:14,126 --> 00:23:15,926
[dj] when he came to
the door, we told him,
407
00:23:15,928 --> 00:23:18,728
You know, who we were and,
you know, why we were there.
408
00:23:18,931 --> 00:23:23,266
And we were able to go
inside and speak to him.
409
00:23:23,268 --> 00:23:25,503
He said that there
was a get-together
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00:23:25,571 --> 00:23:27,537
At his house that night,
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00:23:27,606 --> 00:23:32,009
That he met joseph chandler
at the convenience store
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00:23:32,211 --> 00:23:36,079
And invited him back to,
uh, drink some beer with him.
413
00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:39,350
Joseph was there for
a short period of time,
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00:23:39,385 --> 00:23:44,021
And then left with an unknown
hispanic male named pete.
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00:23:46,692 --> 00:23:49,960
At that point, our first
goal was to identify
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00:23:49,995 --> 00:23:53,030
As many people as we could
that were in the house
417
00:23:53,032 --> 00:23:55,399
The night that
joseph chandler was there
418
00:23:55,468 --> 00:23:57,468
So we can conduct interviews.
419
00:24:01,874 --> 00:24:03,473
[narrator] one of the partygoers
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00:24:03,542 --> 00:24:06,377
Was 20-year-old nicholas rizzi.
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00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:11,081
[lee] they got
mr. Rizzi's cell phone number,
422
00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:15,018
And while doing an investigation
on his cell phone number,
423
00:24:15,020 --> 00:24:19,222
They found that it
had in fact pinged
424
00:24:19,424 --> 00:24:22,559
At the yadkin river that night,
425
00:24:22,761 --> 00:24:25,095
In the location
where the body was found.
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00:24:27,032 --> 00:24:30,134
[narrator] authorities confront
rizzi about the phone records.
427
00:24:33,005 --> 00:24:34,604
[dj] at that point,
he admitted that
428
00:24:34,606 --> 00:24:38,575
He and pazuzu
were there that night.
429
00:24:38,777 --> 00:24:40,678
He broke down and confessed.
430
00:24:43,883 --> 00:24:46,716
[narrator] according to rizzi,
431
00:24:46,718 --> 00:24:49,119
Joseph's death was an accident.
432
00:24:50,089 --> 00:24:52,756
[dj] they had been
drinking all day.
433
00:24:52,758 --> 00:24:56,560
At the end of the night,
pazuzu wanted to go shooting.
434
00:24:56,596 --> 00:24:58,595
They got to the park.
435
00:24:58,597 --> 00:25:02,032
Um, nicholas had
a .22-caliber pistol
436
00:25:02,034 --> 00:25:06,469
That he had described as
in poor state of repair.
437
00:25:06,672 --> 00:25:09,440
Rizzi pulled the slide back.
438
00:25:09,475 --> 00:25:10,707
[click]
439
00:25:10,709 --> 00:25:14,044
A round ejected from the pistol.
440
00:25:14,046 --> 00:25:15,946
And when the slide
went forward--
441
00:25:15,981 --> 00:25:16,614
[gunshot]
442
00:25:17,449 --> 00:25:18,182
[dj] --the pistol discharged
443
00:25:18,384 --> 00:25:21,351
And joseph fell to the ground.
444
00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:23,653
At that point, they panicked.
445
00:25:23,722 --> 00:25:25,288
They didn't know what to do.
446
00:25:25,324 --> 00:25:27,457
Joseph wasn't breathing.
447
00:25:27,527 --> 00:25:29,593
They got in the car.
448
00:25:29,795 --> 00:25:31,695
They left the park.
449
00:25:33,298 --> 00:25:37,834
He threw the pistol out of
the window of the vehicle.
450
00:25:38,037 --> 00:25:40,804
And they returned back
to pazuzu's house.
451
00:25:44,977 --> 00:25:46,243
[narrator] rizzi's
statement is enough
452
00:25:46,445 --> 00:25:48,846
To place both men under arrest.
453
00:25:50,816 --> 00:25:54,618
On October 4, 2010,
rizzi is charged with
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00:25:54,820 --> 00:25:57,687
Involuntary manslaughter.
455
00:25:57,756 --> 00:25:59,923
I think the charges were
correct at the time,
456
00:25:59,925 --> 00:26:02,092
You know, with the
evidence that we had.
457
00:26:02,094 --> 00:26:03,927
There just wasn't
enough evidence
458
00:26:04,129 --> 00:26:06,697
To support a murder
charge at that time.
459
00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:09,232
[narrator] rizzi pleads guilty
460
00:26:09,434 --> 00:26:12,169
And is sentenced to
13 months in prison.
461
00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:17,607
Pazuzu claims he was too drunk
to remember what happened,
462
00:26:17,609 --> 00:26:19,777
But he is charged
as an accessory,
463
00:26:19,979 --> 00:26:21,912
And the court orders
the 31-year-old
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00:26:21,914 --> 00:26:24,949
To undergo a
psychiatric evaluation.
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00:26:26,919 --> 00:26:28,651
[michael] pazuzu algarad
466
00:26:28,654 --> 00:26:31,221
Was evaluated, um,
467
00:26:31,223 --> 00:26:32,956
Because of concerns
of whether or not
468
00:26:33,158 --> 00:26:36,026
He was mentally
incompetent to stand trial.
469
00:26:36,228 --> 00:26:40,064
[music]
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00:26:42,934 --> 00:26:46,036
[michael] pazuzu's
real name was john lawson.
471
00:26:47,472 --> 00:26:49,806
He grew up in california.
472
00:26:50,008 --> 00:26:54,545
His parents moved to
north carolina at some point.
473
00:26:54,747 --> 00:26:57,247
They split up.
His father left the family.
474
00:26:57,449 --> 00:27:00,984
His mother was left
to raise him by herself.
475
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,955
[dr. Gray] mr. Algarad had a
history of significant anxiety,
476
00:27:04,957 --> 00:27:08,792
Agoraphobia, and other types
of mental health concerns
477
00:27:08,994 --> 00:27:11,295
From a relatively early age.
478
00:27:12,732 --> 00:27:14,397
[michael] he only
finished ninth grade
479
00:27:14,599 --> 00:27:16,767
And eventually dropped out.
480
00:27:19,504 --> 00:27:24,841
He had started following
a sumerian kind of religion
481
00:27:24,843 --> 00:27:27,611
That required animal sacrifice.
482
00:27:28,614 --> 00:27:31,614
At some point, he
changed his name.
483
00:27:32,351 --> 00:27:35,953
Pazuzu was the name of the demo
in the movie the exorcist.
484
00:27:37,823 --> 00:27:40,323
I think that the
beliefs in satanism
485
00:27:40,525 --> 00:27:44,962
And these other religions
were more a means of him
486
00:27:45,164 --> 00:27:47,164
Getting power over others.
487
00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:52,202
[nate] pazuzu's persona,
it was about shock and awe.
488
00:27:52,204 --> 00:27:55,005
You know, it was
just taking pleasure
489
00:27:55,207 --> 00:27:59,009
In people's averse
reaction to seeing
490
00:27:59,011 --> 00:28:02,445
Or hearing or
experiencing something
491
00:28:02,647 --> 00:28:04,048
Different and uncomfortable.
492
00:28:10,289 --> 00:28:12,089
[narrator] after a
thorough assessment,
493
00:28:12,291 --> 00:28:15,358
Pazuzu is deemed
fit to stand trial.
494
00:28:16,228 --> 00:28:19,229
However, the case never
makes it to court.
495
00:28:19,431 --> 00:28:22,833
Instead, pazuzu enters
into a plea agreement.
496
00:28:24,169 --> 00:28:25,936
Pazuzu algarad, uh,
received--
497
00:28:26,138 --> 00:28:29,739
I believe it was
five years of probation.
498
00:28:29,808 --> 00:28:32,309
So at the time,
the facts, the statements,
499
00:28:32,311 --> 00:28:34,044
The confession from
nicholas rizzi,
500
00:28:34,246 --> 00:28:36,479
All the evidence
at the scene, uh,
501
00:28:36,681 --> 00:28:39,850
Wouldn't support a
second-degree murder charge.
502
00:28:44,756 --> 00:28:46,723
[narrator] but as
one case closes,
503
00:28:46,759 --> 00:28:51,127
Another remains unsolved.
504
00:28:51,130 --> 00:28:55,465
[lee] I felt in my gut that josh
was buried in pazuzu's backyard
505
00:28:56,468 --> 00:29:00,403
And every day I hoped
maybe this would be the day
506
00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:03,340
I'll get that information
that'll break this case.
507
00:29:03,542 --> 00:29:04,875
You don't give up.
508
00:29:04,877 --> 00:29:06,343
You never give up.
509
00:29:07,713 --> 00:29:08,711
[narrator] coming up,
510
00:29:08,914 --> 00:29:11,314
Another local man goes missing.
511
00:29:11,516 --> 00:29:12,282
[gunshot]
512
00:29:13,418 --> 00:29:15,152
The door was unlocked.
You could hear the music
513
00:29:15,354 --> 00:29:19,222
From a stereo,
but tommy wasn't there.
514
00:29:19,424 --> 00:29:21,758
[narrator] and a member
of pazuzu's inner circle
515
00:29:21,761 --> 00:29:24,427
Finally breaks his silence.
516
00:29:24,463 --> 00:29:27,931
He never thought his
friend would go that far.
517
00:29:29,768 --> 00:29:33,837
[theme music]
518
00:29:43,282 --> 00:29:44,448
[narrator] satanist
pazuzu algarad
519
00:29:45,817 --> 00:29:48,651
Has been put on probation
for his role in one man's death
520
00:29:48,853 --> 00:29:51,988
But detectives still suspect
he's also responsible
521
00:29:52,190 --> 00:29:55,058
For the disappearance
of josh wetzler.
522
00:29:56,561 --> 00:30:00,597
So far, forsyth county sheriffs
have been unable to prove it.
523
00:30:00,599 --> 00:30:03,366
But nearly two years
into the investigation,
524
00:30:03,368 --> 00:30:05,803
They get a surprise phone call.
525
00:30:07,572 --> 00:30:09,239
[lee] in November 2011,
526
00:30:09,441 --> 00:30:14,277
Pazuzu's mom, cynthia,
reported in 2009
527
00:30:14,279 --> 00:30:18,081
That a boy named tommy
was over at their house,
528
00:30:18,283 --> 00:30:20,283
And she heard a gunshot.
529
00:30:20,285 --> 00:30:21,217
[gunshot]
530
00:30:21,253 --> 00:30:24,087
She went down to the basement,
531
00:30:24,289 --> 00:30:30,027
At which time she witnessed
a male subject slumped over,
532
00:30:30,095 --> 00:30:32,262
And who appeared
to have been shot.
533
00:30:36,501 --> 00:30:38,635
[narrator] but according
to cynthia james,
534
00:30:38,637 --> 00:30:41,037
The killer was not her son.
535
00:30:41,239 --> 00:30:46,410
It was amber burch, pazuzu's
girlfriend of three years.
536
00:30:46,478 --> 00:30:50,847
She said that she saw amber
with a rifle in her hand
537
00:30:51,049 --> 00:30:52,416
Pointed at tommy.
538
00:30:54,386 --> 00:30:58,355
[lee] pazuzu told his
mama to get upstairs,
539
00:30:58,357 --> 00:31:00,290
Back to her room, which she did.
540
00:31:02,627 --> 00:31:05,095
[narrator] investigators
search police records
541
00:31:05,097 --> 00:31:07,464
And discover that
around the same time,
542
00:31:07,466 --> 00:31:10,801
A local man named tommy welch
had been reported missing
543
00:31:11,003 --> 00:31:13,370
By his sister-in-law,
carrie welch.
544
00:31:14,673 --> 00:31:18,275
[carrie] tommy lived in
clemmons, north carolina.
545
00:31:18,277 --> 00:31:22,312
I was engaged to his
brother, rusty welch.
546
00:31:23,181 --> 00:31:28,084
On October 3, 2009,
I had a shift at work
547
00:31:28,286 --> 00:31:31,221
And didn't have nobody
to watch my children,
548
00:31:31,423 --> 00:31:33,356
So I asked tommy and his mother
549
00:31:33,558 --> 00:31:36,025
If they would mind
watching them.
550
00:31:36,094 --> 00:31:37,928
They were gonna
do a movie night.
551
00:31:39,765 --> 00:31:43,066
[music]
552
00:31:43,268 --> 00:31:46,669
When he walked in
the door, right?
553
00:31:46,672 --> 00:31:48,304
I was so excited.
554
00:31:48,307 --> 00:31:52,042
Me and lea was,
was like, "uncle tommy!"
555
00:31:52,244 --> 00:31:54,411
He got me to watching
scary movies.
556
00:31:54,613 --> 00:31:59,383
He always was
a big fan of Halloween.
557
00:31:59,418 --> 00:32:04,654
[music]
558
00:32:04,856 --> 00:32:08,891
[carrie] when I came home, his
mom was there with the children
559
00:32:09,094 --> 00:32:10,527
And she was frantic.
560
00:32:10,529 --> 00:32:12,629
I didn't understand
what was going on.
561
00:32:12,831 --> 00:32:17,634
She said she had sent tommy
to their apartment in clemmons,
562
00:32:17,836 --> 00:32:22,605
But he'd been gone longer
than he should have.
563
00:32:22,607 --> 00:32:26,443
Tommy could leave our apartment
and be at his apartment,
564
00:32:26,645 --> 00:32:30,447
Walking, probably take
him about 15, 20 minutes.
565
00:32:30,449 --> 00:32:32,449
And she just felt
something was wrong.
566
00:32:36,621 --> 00:32:38,922
[narrator] not wanting
to alarm her children,
567
00:32:38,924 --> 00:32:42,559
Carrie took them to tommy's
apartment to look for him.
568
00:32:42,761 --> 00:32:44,194
[aaliyha] she just
basically made up stuff,
569
00:32:44,396 --> 00:32:46,429
'cause we were just so little.
570
00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:51,268
She told us that he's possibly
playing hide-and-seek with us.
571
00:32:51,470 --> 00:32:54,972
Like, keeping the
positivity for us.
572
00:32:56,208 --> 00:32:58,475
[carrie] when we arrived at
573
00:32:58,677 --> 00:33:01,044
Tommy and his mother's
apartment,
574
00:33:01,246 --> 00:33:03,980
We knew he had been there.
The door was unlocked.
575
00:33:04,182 --> 00:33:06,249
You could hear the
music from a stereo,
576
00:33:06,451 --> 00:33:08,218
But tommy wasn't there.
577
00:33:12,891 --> 00:33:14,958
[narrator] the next day,
tommy's family filed
578
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,260
A missing persons report,
579
00:33:17,463 --> 00:33:21,231
And police obtained
a haunting clue.
580
00:33:21,233 --> 00:33:25,635
Surveillance cameras catch
him at a nearby gas station,
581
00:33:25,838 --> 00:33:27,804
Walking toward it.
582
00:33:27,806 --> 00:33:31,107
And at some point, he goes
behind the gas station,
583
00:33:31,109 --> 00:33:33,042
Out of the camera's view.
584
00:33:33,244 --> 00:33:35,078
And that's the last time
that anyone
585
00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:37,514
Publicly sees tommy alive.
586
00:33:38,650 --> 00:33:41,284
It's like he walked off
the face of the earth.
587
00:33:45,590 --> 00:33:47,790
[narrator] without
any direct evidence,
588
00:33:47,792 --> 00:33:50,793
Sheriff's deputies can't
obtain another search warrant
589
00:33:50,995 --> 00:33:52,762
For pazuzu's home.
590
00:33:52,765 --> 00:33:54,897
[lee] with all the
information that's coming in,
591
00:33:55,099 --> 00:33:56,733
You're still stuck.
592
00:33:56,735 --> 00:34:00,837
It's like banging your
head up against the wall.
593
00:34:00,839 --> 00:34:02,973
Nobody will go on record.
594
00:34:03,175 --> 00:34:05,342
Nobody wants to be involved.
595
00:34:05,344 --> 00:34:07,077
Your hands are tied.
596
00:34:10,415 --> 00:34:12,849
[narrator] three
more years pass,
597
00:34:12,851 --> 00:34:16,786
And any leads in the murders
of josh wexler and tommy welch
598
00:34:16,789 --> 00:34:18,488
Hit a dead end.
599
00:34:18,490 --> 00:34:22,792
But in 2014, one of
pazuzu's inner circle
600
00:34:22,994 --> 00:34:24,661
Finally stands up to him.
601
00:34:26,765 --> 00:34:29,298
[lee] September 26, 2014,
602
00:34:29,500 --> 00:34:31,401
Matthew flowers comes
into the picture.
603
00:34:32,937 --> 00:34:35,605
Matthew was a army veteran
604
00:34:35,607 --> 00:34:37,473
Stationed at fort
willis, washington,
605
00:34:37,675 --> 00:34:40,243
And had returned home from iraq
606
00:34:41,446 --> 00:34:45,048
Matt flowers had known pazuzu
for about eight years,
607
00:34:45,050 --> 00:34:47,450
Had partied with him.
608
00:34:47,652 --> 00:34:53,322
He had kept in contact with
pazuzu over the years.
609
00:34:53,524 --> 00:34:58,228
And pazuzu would tell matthew
that he'd kill people.
610
00:35:00,565 --> 00:35:02,899
Matthew thought he
was just boasting.
611
00:35:02,901 --> 00:35:06,269
He never thought his
friend would go that far.
612
00:35:07,872 --> 00:35:09,472
[narrator] but when he
returned to the states
613
00:35:09,474 --> 00:35:11,241
After his deployment,
614
00:35:11,443 --> 00:35:13,143
Matthew found out the truth
615
00:35:13,145 --> 00:35:14,911
When his ex-girlfriend,
dixie,
616
00:35:14,913 --> 00:35:18,348
Told him a harrowing story.
617
00:35:18,350 --> 00:35:22,352
Dixie told matt that, uh,
she was contacted by amber,
618
00:35:22,554 --> 00:35:24,954
That she needed help
at pazuzu's house,
619
00:35:25,156 --> 00:35:27,890
Where amber resided.
620
00:35:27,892 --> 00:35:30,526
Dixie said she went
into the residence
621
00:35:30,529 --> 00:35:36,399
And she saw tommy welch
deceased on the ground.
622
00:35:36,401 --> 00:35:37,767
He'd been shot.
623
00:35:40,739 --> 00:35:45,442
And amber said, "I got my
first, just like paz does."
624
00:35:45,444 --> 00:35:47,410
Paz being pazuzu.
625
00:35:47,445 --> 00:35:50,647
Amber and pazuzu told dixie,
626
00:35:50,649 --> 00:35:52,782
"we need your help to bury him.
627
00:35:52,784 --> 00:35:55,352
And if you say anything,
you'll join him."
628
00:35:56,488 --> 00:36:01,091
And dixie, rightfully
so at that point,
629
00:36:01,293 --> 00:36:02,792
Believed the threat.
630
00:36:06,598 --> 00:36:09,599
Dixie told matthew
that her and amber
631
00:36:09,601 --> 00:36:13,436
Spent quite a long time
digging a grave outside.
632
00:36:15,507 --> 00:36:19,542
And when they tried to put
tommy's body in the ground,
633
00:36:19,544 --> 00:36:22,812
Well, the hole was too small.
634
00:36:22,814 --> 00:36:28,384
So they used shovels
to break tommy's legs,
635
00:36:28,586 --> 00:36:30,687
'cause his legs were
sticking up out of the hole.
636
00:36:34,459 --> 00:36:35,758
[narrator] matthew
tells investigators
637
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,261
He reported the
incident anonymously
638
00:36:38,263 --> 00:36:41,398
Back in 2009,
but nothing came of it.
639
00:36:42,801 --> 00:36:45,335
This time, he decided
to go on the record
640
00:36:45,537 --> 00:36:49,972
And dixie agreed to back him up
641
00:36:49,975 --> 00:36:54,477
[lee] matthew was worried
about her getting in trouble
642
00:36:54,479 --> 00:36:58,615
And also didn't want
pazuzu going after her.
643
00:37:00,385 --> 00:37:03,886
[michael] dixie gives
a 13-page statement
644
00:37:03,888 --> 00:37:06,856
Detailing where
the body was located.
645
00:37:08,893 --> 00:37:12,829
[lee] and luckily,
dixie had evidence
646
00:37:12,831 --> 00:37:16,065
To show corroboration
to her statement.
647
00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:19,035
She had pictures.
648
00:37:19,037 --> 00:37:20,503
She took pictures of the body.
649
00:37:24,709 --> 00:37:27,510
[michael] and this provides
enough information
650
00:37:27,712 --> 00:37:30,212
For the sheriff's
office to, again,
651
00:37:30,249 --> 00:37:32,849
Apply for a search warrant,
652
00:37:32,851 --> 00:37:35,752
And this time they
have actual locations
653
00:37:35,754 --> 00:37:37,687
For where the bodies
might be buried.
654
00:37:39,057 --> 00:37:41,324
[stacey] you know, I was
ready for those answers.
655
00:37:45,197 --> 00:37:49,299
[theme music]
656
00:37:58,977 --> 00:38:00,810
[narrator] on October 5, 2014,
657
00:38:00,812 --> 00:38:04,414
Four years after the
first disturbing search,
658
00:38:04,616 --> 00:38:06,982
Forsyth county sheriffs
have enough for a warrant
659
00:38:07,019 --> 00:38:10,587
To search the home of
pazuzu algarad again.
660
00:38:11,756 --> 00:38:17,026
When they executed the
search warrant in 2014...
661
00:38:17,029 --> 00:38:19,195
They found the
remains of two bodies.
662
00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:26,703
Because the bodies were
interred in the ground so long,
663
00:38:26,905 --> 00:38:31,741
It was just skeletal
remains that were left.
664
00:38:31,743 --> 00:38:34,310
The bodies were
collected and transported
665
00:38:34,512 --> 00:38:37,279
To wake forest medical facility
666
00:38:37,281 --> 00:38:40,650
For identification
purposes using dna
667
00:38:40,852 --> 00:38:42,852
And also dental records.
668
00:38:43,054 --> 00:38:47,323
And the bodies were positively
identified as tommy welch
669
00:38:47,325 --> 00:38:49,426
And joshua wetzler.
670
00:38:53,432 --> 00:38:55,365
[narrator] for the
families of the victims,
671
00:38:55,367 --> 00:38:58,635
The news comes as
a strange relief.
672
00:39:00,138 --> 00:39:03,072
[stacey] it was really difficult
to try to explain to my son
673
00:39:03,075 --> 00:39:04,874
Why his dad wasn't around.
674
00:39:05,677 --> 00:39:10,079
He was not even three
years old when josh disappeared.
675
00:39:10,548 --> 00:39:13,616
But the truth was,
I was euphoric.
676
00:39:13,618 --> 00:39:16,486
Like, I was just so happy.
677
00:39:16,688 --> 00:39:19,088
We finally had some
closure and we, you know,
678
00:39:19,091 --> 00:39:21,624
Were able to have
a funeral for him.
679
00:39:22,861 --> 00:39:26,129
[carrie] I had a lot of
emotions going through
680
00:39:26,164 --> 00:39:32,101
Because I was angry,
for one, that...
681
00:39:32,104 --> 00:39:36,372
They took a really good
person out of the world.
682
00:39:36,574 --> 00:39:39,575
It was sad because then
I had to tell the kids.
683
00:39:39,577 --> 00:39:42,111
How do I explain to
them that bad people
684
00:39:42,114 --> 00:39:44,380
Got ahold of their uncle tommy
685
00:39:44,582 --> 00:39:46,449
And they just killed him?
686
00:39:46,651 --> 00:39:48,218
How do you tell
that to your kids?
687
00:39:53,492 --> 00:39:55,925
[narrator] pazuzu
algarad and amber burch
688
00:39:56,127 --> 00:39:58,361
Are immediately arrested.
689
00:39:58,430 --> 00:40:01,331
Pazuzu is charged
with josh's murder.
690
00:40:01,533 --> 00:40:03,799
Amber is charged
with tommy's murder.
691
00:40:03,802 --> 00:40:06,135
And both are charged
with one count of
692
00:40:06,138 --> 00:40:08,071
Accessory after the fact.
693
00:40:11,809 --> 00:40:15,745
It's not something I can
really wrap my head around.
694
00:40:15,747 --> 00:40:18,147
I didn't realize
695
00:40:18,150 --> 00:40:20,483
The monstrous things
he was capable of.
696
00:40:21,786 --> 00:40:24,287
[dr. Gray] I think this
is an individual who became
697
00:40:24,489 --> 00:40:28,491
Increasingly antisocial,
psychopathic in nature.
698
00:40:28,693 --> 00:40:33,930
Those traits were
reinforced over time.
699
00:40:33,932 --> 00:40:37,367
I believe amber burch was
brought into the influence
700
00:40:37,569 --> 00:40:41,437
Or circle, orb, of mr. Algarad,
701
00:40:41,439 --> 00:40:45,241
And she was willing to
engage in whatever behaviors
702
00:40:45,443 --> 00:40:47,377
He encouraged her to do.
703
00:40:49,113 --> 00:40:51,781
The devil didn't go to georgia.
He came to north carolina.
704
00:40:55,820 --> 00:40:58,955
[narrator] a date is
set for pazuzu's trial,
705
00:40:59,157 --> 00:41:02,358
But he never makes it to court.
706
00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:04,727
Pazuzu algarad was
found in his cell
707
00:41:04,929 --> 00:41:09,498
Early the morning
of October 28, 2015.
708
00:41:09,700 --> 00:41:11,434
He had committed suicide.
709
00:41:13,404 --> 00:41:15,538
According to the autopsy report,
710
00:41:15,740 --> 00:41:21,143
He used some kind of object
to cut into his wrist,
711
00:41:21,345 --> 00:41:22,512
And he bled out.
712
00:41:23,347 --> 00:41:26,215
He took the coward's way out
713
00:41:26,218 --> 00:41:28,585
And killed himself.
714
00:41:28,653 --> 00:41:30,320
Let's hope he burned in hell.
715
00:41:36,761 --> 00:41:39,495
[narrator] when amber's
day in court finally arrives,
716
00:41:39,497 --> 00:41:42,164
She pleads guilty
to multiple charges,
717
00:41:42,366 --> 00:41:46,202
Including second-degree murder
for the death of tommy welch.
718
00:41:47,238 --> 00:41:50,640
She receives a sentence
of 30 to 40 years.
719
00:41:52,110 --> 00:41:56,312
Amber took it upon herself on
the night that they took him
720
00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:59,582
To shoot him and
kill him because
721
00:41:59,784 --> 00:42:02,985
Pazuzu already
took care of josh.
722
00:42:02,987 --> 00:42:04,987
She wanted to be part of it.
723
00:42:05,189 --> 00:42:06,689
"let me do it this time."
724
00:42:08,927 --> 00:42:10,293
That's cold-blooded.
725
00:42:14,699 --> 00:42:17,934
[narrator] today, nothing
remains of the den of evil
726
00:42:18,136 --> 00:42:20,870
Pazuzu created with amber burch
727
00:42:20,872 --> 00:42:24,541
But the memories of
their victims live on.
728
00:42:24,743 --> 00:42:28,044
[lee] the house was
ordered to be demolished,
729
00:42:28,246 --> 00:42:30,546
Razed to the ground.
730
00:42:30,748 --> 00:42:33,683
Neighbors set up armchairs
to personally watch
731
00:42:33,885 --> 00:42:37,220
This nightmare finally
come to an end.
732
00:42:38,623 --> 00:42:42,758
This whole incident was nothing
more than a nightmare to them.
733
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:45,761
Just the evil of
the place, I mean,
734
00:42:45,963 --> 00:42:47,964
It could never be
washed out of it.
735
00:42:51,369 --> 00:42:57,573
[music]
736
00:42:57,775 --> 00:43:00,442
[stacey] josh and I went through
some really hard times
737
00:43:00,644 --> 00:43:02,478
And our lives kind of diverged.
738
00:43:02,681 --> 00:43:04,046
But I can't help but wonder
739
00:43:04,048 --> 00:43:06,048
Would they have come
back together again.
740
00:43:06,250 --> 00:43:08,584
I'll never know, and,
and that hurts, you know?
741
00:43:08,786 --> 00:43:11,988
It's hard to,
to have to live with that.
742
00:43:14,425 --> 00:43:15,691
[carrie] we cry about it.
743
00:43:15,893 --> 00:43:18,761
But we don't constantly
grieve about it.
744
00:43:20,631 --> 00:43:23,632
We gotta keep the good
stuff going, not the evil.
745
00:43:23,834 --> 00:43:27,203
The good times is what's
gonna make tommy stay alive.
746
00:43:27,405 --> 00:43:33,276
[music]
747
00:43:34,679 --> 00:43:43,620
[music]