1 00:00:08,408 --> 00:00:10,075 [narrator] in the suburbs of north carolina, 2 00:00:11,311 --> 00:00:13,946 Residents talk of a house of horrors. 3 00:00:15,415 --> 00:00:19,251 They got a report of a body buried in the backyard. 4 00:00:20,587 --> 00:00:22,588 It was absolutely crazy. 5 00:00:23,890 --> 00:00:25,057 [narrator] an investigation leads to 6 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,928 A self-proclaimed satanist and his most devoted follower. 7 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:34,033 He publicly announced that he was a devil worshipper. 8 00:00:35,268 --> 00:00:37,569 [nate] they would drink one another's blood. 9 00:00:37,571 --> 00:00:40,539 She was his queen and he was her king. 10 00:00:40,541 --> 00:00:42,775 [narrator] a series of terrifying discoveries 11 00:00:42,977 --> 00:00:47,379 Proves that truth can be even stranger than fiction. 12 00:00:49,282 --> 00:00:52,885 [michael] he had started following a religion 13 00:00:53,087 --> 00:00:56,321 That required animal sacrifice. 14 00:00:56,523 --> 00:00:58,323 People had informed deputies 15 00:00:58,392 --> 00:01:00,592 That he had killed several people. 16 00:01:02,129 --> 00:01:05,597 [lee] every one of the friends I talked to, 17 00:01:05,799 --> 00:01:08,367 They all said they were scared to death. 18 00:01:10,537 --> 00:01:12,937 [narrator] in this southern gothic story, 19 00:01:12,939 --> 00:01:17,308 Demons are very, very real. 20 00:01:17,510 --> 00:01:19,444 [lee] the devil didn't go to georgia. 21 00:01:19,446 --> 00:01:21,413 He came to north carolina. 22 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:25,617 [music] 23 00:01:26,753 --> 00:01:35,494 [theme music] 24 00:01:40,333 --> 00:01:43,535 [narrator] February 15, 2010. 25 00:01:43,737 --> 00:01:47,239 It's a chilly Monday in mocksville, north carolina, 26 00:01:47,274 --> 00:01:49,074 When an anxious young woman shows up 27 00:01:49,109 --> 00:01:52,244 At the davie county sheriff's office. 28 00:01:52,246 --> 00:01:54,446 It appears her ex-fiancé, 29 00:01:54,448 --> 00:01:56,781 32-year-old joshua wetzler, 30 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:59,518 Has been missing for over six months. 31 00:02:00,454 --> 00:02:04,122 Stacey carter came to my office 32 00:02:04,191 --> 00:02:07,325 Wishing to file a missing persons report. 33 00:02:07,527 --> 00:02:10,729 She said she has totally lost contact with him. 34 00:02:13,366 --> 00:02:14,666 [stacey] when I stopped hearing from him 35 00:02:14,868 --> 00:02:16,368 And he stopped showing up, 36 00:02:16,370 --> 00:02:20,438 It was not like josh to not contact our son. 37 00:02:21,175 --> 00:02:25,077 [narrator] stacey explains that josh was always a free spirit. 38 00:02:25,079 --> 00:02:27,479 But after months of radio silence, 39 00:02:27,681 --> 00:02:31,450 A missed milestone is the final straw. 40 00:02:31,452 --> 00:02:33,752 [stacey] at first, I just made the assumption 41 00:02:33,954 --> 00:02:34,953 That josh is fine. 42 00:02:35,155 --> 00:02:36,354 He just went off the radar. 43 00:02:36,356 --> 00:02:38,490 He chose to disappear. 44 00:02:38,492 --> 00:02:41,993 It was sporadic as to when I'd hear from him, 45 00:02:42,195 --> 00:02:43,862 So there was no, like, 46 00:02:43,864 --> 00:02:47,732 You know, rhyme or reason to when he would call or come by. 47 00:02:47,934 --> 00:02:49,834 And when his mom's birthday came and went, 48 00:02:50,037 --> 00:02:51,103 And she hadn't heard from him, 49 00:02:51,105 --> 00:02:52,771 That set off some alarm bells 50 00:02:52,773 --> 00:02:54,673 Because that was not like him at all. 51 00:02:56,377 --> 00:03:00,812 And he always called, you know, for big things like that. 52 00:03:01,014 --> 00:03:02,181 And he didn't call. 53 00:03:06,553 --> 00:03:11,290 [narrator] josh wetzler was born in naples, Italy in 1977. 54 00:03:12,759 --> 00:03:15,460 His parents were both in the us military, 55 00:03:15,462 --> 00:03:18,730 So they never stayed in one place for long. 56 00:03:18,732 --> 00:03:22,734 [martha] josh was born about a year before we came back. 57 00:03:22,736 --> 00:03:25,804 My husband went to a school in california. 58 00:03:25,806 --> 00:03:27,972 And after he finished that schooling, 59 00:03:27,975 --> 00:03:30,275 We went to new orleans. 60 00:03:30,344 --> 00:03:34,412 After new orleans, we went to chesapeake, virginia. 61 00:03:34,414 --> 00:03:35,947 Josh was a good kid. 62 00:03:35,950 --> 00:03:37,616 He had a good personality. 63 00:03:38,819 --> 00:03:40,352 [narrator] in high school, 64 00:03:40,354 --> 00:03:43,888 Josh developed a passion for music. 65 00:03:43,890 --> 00:03:46,358 [jamie] josh and I went to see the grateful dead. 66 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,560 Several of us continued, for the summer of '95, 67 00:03:48,562 --> 00:03:50,495 Following the grateful dead around the country. 68 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:54,599 [narrator] josh continued to follow the band as they toured, 69 00:03:54,601 --> 00:03:59,571 And in 1999, he met his future fiancée, 70 00:03:59,773 --> 00:04:02,140 Stacey carter. 71 00:04:02,175 --> 00:04:05,343 Josh ended up out in washington state. 72 00:04:05,345 --> 00:04:07,179 I was traveling cross country, 73 00:04:07,181 --> 00:04:09,414 And I met some folks who told me about 74 00:04:09,416 --> 00:04:12,383 This great party that was happening. 75 00:04:12,452 --> 00:04:15,087 And that was where josh was living at the time. 76 00:04:15,289 --> 00:04:18,323 And we hit it off. 77 00:04:18,392 --> 00:04:21,226 It was, you know, love at first sight. 78 00:04:23,597 --> 00:04:25,430 [stacey] we definitely had chemistry. 79 00:04:27,067 --> 00:04:29,133 We also had so much in common. 80 00:04:29,135 --> 00:04:30,668 He loved horses, 81 00:04:30,671 --> 00:04:34,439 And we both loved music and going to concerts. 82 00:04:38,411 --> 00:04:40,011 [narrator] two years into dating, 83 00:04:40,014 --> 00:04:42,814 Stacey and josh began a new adventure together 84 00:04:43,016 --> 00:04:45,216 In north carolina. 85 00:04:45,218 --> 00:04:49,587 [stacey] josh and I bought 11 acres of land in davie county. 86 00:04:49,790 --> 00:04:52,624 Shortly after that, he started horseshoeing school. 87 00:04:52,626 --> 00:04:56,961 So we had visions of operating a business 88 00:04:56,963 --> 00:04:58,797 Out on our property. 89 00:04:58,999 --> 00:05:00,632 [narrator] the couple got engaged, 90 00:05:00,634 --> 00:05:06,237 And in 2004, the family grew with the birth of their son. 91 00:05:06,239 --> 00:05:10,375 But a year later, with a new business and a new baby, 92 00:05:10,577 --> 00:05:13,912 Financial troubles began to take a toll. 93 00:05:15,382 --> 00:05:17,282 [stacey] josh wasn't making as much money. 94 00:05:17,317 --> 00:05:18,350 I wasn't making a lot of money. 95 00:05:19,653 --> 00:05:23,689 So it was really hard to try to get our, our bills paid. 96 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:28,927 Josh and I were fighting a lot, 97 00:05:29,129 --> 00:05:33,265 And I think that's ultimately what caused me to leave. 98 00:05:34,467 --> 00:05:36,401 [martha] stacey called and told me 99 00:05:36,603 --> 00:05:38,670 That her and josh had separated 100 00:05:38,872 --> 00:05:40,906 I think I was more upset than she was. 101 00:05:42,342 --> 00:05:47,612 [narrator] despite the breakup, josh remained a devoted father. 102 00:05:47,814 --> 00:05:49,814 [stacey] we had shared custody of our son. 103 00:05:50,016 --> 00:05:51,616 And we had a schedule. 104 00:05:51,818 --> 00:05:54,553 And he would go back and forth and stay with us. 105 00:05:54,621 --> 00:05:56,888 Josh was an amazing dad. 106 00:05:56,890 --> 00:06:00,859 He loved his son more than anything. 107 00:06:01,061 --> 00:06:04,496 Josh chose to stay, um, on our property. 108 00:06:04,698 --> 00:06:06,564 And I told him, okay, well, that's fine. 109 00:06:06,766 --> 00:06:09,768 You know, you can stay there as long as you pay the mortgage 110 00:06:09,970 --> 00:06:12,070 Then I found out that he had stopped making 111 00:06:12,272 --> 00:06:13,572 The mortgage payments, 112 00:06:13,774 --> 00:06:17,676 And that our property was going into foreclosure. 113 00:06:17,678 --> 00:06:20,011 I think that's when his mental health, you know, 114 00:06:20,214 --> 00:06:23,448 Was really starting to decline, or had been declining, 115 00:06:23,650 --> 00:06:25,750 For, for some time. 116 00:06:26,486 --> 00:06:29,488 [narrator] but in may 2008, a brush with the law 117 00:06:29,490 --> 00:06:32,290 Would cost josh everything. 118 00:06:34,294 --> 00:06:35,960 [police radio chatter] 119 00:06:35,962 --> 00:06:40,264 He was arrested for having mushrooms delivered to his home 120 00:06:40,466 --> 00:06:42,767 Through the mail. 121 00:06:42,769 --> 00:06:46,338 [martha] it was probably found by a dog at the post office. 122 00:06:46,340 --> 00:06:49,107 And so they arrested him. 123 00:06:49,309 --> 00:06:53,077 When the police came to his house, 124 00:06:53,079 --> 00:06:54,746 He had his son with him. 125 00:06:54,948 --> 00:06:57,649 And so then he was also charged with 126 00:06:57,851 --> 00:06:59,951 Endangering the welfare of a child. 127 00:07:01,621 --> 00:07:03,354 [stacey] so at that point, he was a felon. 128 00:07:03,356 --> 00:07:06,825 And he lost all custody of our son. 129 00:07:06,827 --> 00:07:09,794 He would come to my house and spend time with him there, 130 00:07:09,796 --> 00:07:13,799 But that was really the downward spiral for him. 131 00:07:15,768 --> 00:07:18,736 [martha] he didn't work very much, you know? 132 00:07:18,738 --> 00:07:20,972 He didn't either show up for a job 133 00:07:21,174 --> 00:07:26,044 Or sometimes he would miss going to work for somebody and... 134 00:07:26,246 --> 00:07:28,346 Things like that. 135 00:07:30,284 --> 00:07:33,684 Eventually he kind of drifted away-- 136 00:07:33,886 --> 00:07:37,389 Not just from me, but from our circle of friends. 137 00:07:37,391 --> 00:07:40,792 He started hanging out with other people that I didn't know 138 00:07:44,897 --> 00:07:47,031 The last time we saw him was in July. 139 00:07:47,067 --> 00:07:50,635 We were cooking out, and josh, he made pizzas. 140 00:07:52,606 --> 00:07:55,006 [narrator] his sporadic visits dropped off. 141 00:07:55,008 --> 00:07:56,941 And by early 2010, 142 00:07:56,943 --> 00:07:59,010 Josh hadn't spoken to his family 143 00:07:59,212 --> 00:08:01,679 In several months. 144 00:08:01,681 --> 00:08:04,549 Finally I said, there is something wrong 145 00:08:04,751 --> 00:08:06,551 Because he would have called me 146 00:08:10,824 --> 00:08:13,724 [stacey] I just made the assumption that josh is fine. 147 00:08:13,726 --> 00:08:16,627 He just went off the radar. He chose to disappear. 148 00:08:16,829 --> 00:08:18,963 It wasn't until I heard otherwise 149 00:08:19,165 --> 00:08:23,068 That it occurred to me that something could've happened. 150 00:08:24,838 --> 00:08:26,638 [narrator] stacey explains to authorities 151 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,908 That what she heard is frightening. 152 00:08:30,844 --> 00:08:32,777 [stacey] the first person to tell me 153 00:08:32,979 --> 00:08:35,746 What had happened to josh was our friend, 154 00:08:35,948 --> 00:08:37,949 Who called me and just blurted out, 155 00:08:37,951 --> 00:08:40,285 "josh is buried in pazuzu's backyard." 156 00:08:40,487 --> 00:08:42,587 And I was like, "what?" 157 00:08:44,791 --> 00:08:46,258 I had never heard of pazuzu. 158 00:08:46,460 --> 00:08:49,227 I had no idea who he was. 159 00:08:49,429 --> 00:08:54,733 So I went to the police and reported him missing. 160 00:08:54,801 --> 00:08:56,368 Those were my words-- "you're gonna think I'm crazy, 161 00:08:56,570 --> 00:08:58,603 "but my son's father is buried in, 162 00:08:58,672 --> 00:09:00,539 You know, this guy's backyard." 163 00:09:02,542 --> 00:09:04,576 [lee] when stacey mentioned pazuzu to me, 164 00:09:04,778 --> 00:09:08,680 I was like, "who and what's pazuzu?" 165 00:09:08,882 --> 00:09:10,916 And she said, "that's his name." 166 00:09:13,153 --> 00:09:15,787 [narrator] investigators search social media sites 167 00:09:15,989 --> 00:09:20,792 And find a profile for someone who goes by pazuzu algarad. 168 00:09:22,629 --> 00:09:25,996 [lee] when I saw pazuzu's myspace account, 169 00:09:25,999 --> 00:09:28,432 The first thing that jolted, jolted in my mind 170 00:09:28,434 --> 00:09:29,935 Was the manson family. 171 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:36,074 In the photos, this guy was trying to live that lifestyle. 172 00:09:36,076 --> 00:09:40,344 You could tell by the graffiti on the walls... 173 00:09:40,546 --> 00:09:42,013 The filth... 174 00:09:42,215 --> 00:09:46,952 Claiming to do animal sacrifices and the dark moon. 175 00:09:50,890 --> 00:09:53,257 He had tattoos on his face, 176 00:09:53,459 --> 00:09:55,460 And his teeth were sharpened. 177 00:09:55,662 --> 00:09:57,128 His hair was in dreads. 178 00:09:58,965 --> 00:10:01,065 [lee] in the photos, pazuzu 179 00:10:01,067 --> 00:10:03,635 Was doing satanic worshipping. 180 00:10:03,837 --> 00:10:06,270 And he believed in bloodletting 181 00:10:06,472 --> 00:10:07,605 He made general statements. 182 00:10:07,807 --> 00:10:09,207 He wanted to be a demon, 183 00:10:09,209 --> 00:10:12,077 So therefore, everybody should bow down to him 184 00:10:12,145 --> 00:10:15,980 And respect him and be fearful of him. 185 00:10:15,982 --> 00:10:18,850 I'd never seen anything exactly like this. 186 00:10:19,886 --> 00:10:23,154 Pazuzu sort of reminded me of.. 187 00:10:23,356 --> 00:10:27,592 Something you'd watch on tv, a horror flick. 188 00:10:28,929 --> 00:10:33,231 But here it was in north carolina. 189 00:10:33,699 --> 00:10:38,470 [music] 190 00:10:38,672 --> 00:10:40,037 [narrator] coming up, 191 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:41,906 The search for josh wetzler 192 00:10:41,908 --> 00:10:46,111 Leads to the door of a suburban devil worshipper. 193 00:10:46,146 --> 00:10:47,846 [nate] when you roll up, pull in the driveway, 194 00:10:48,048 --> 00:10:51,482 It looks like a normal, cookie-cutter clemmons house. 195 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:55,987 [narrator] and investigators descend into a den of evil. 196 00:10:56,189 --> 00:10:58,723 Unless you've been into a death house, 197 00:10:58,792 --> 00:11:01,493 There's no way to mentally prepare yourself 198 00:11:01,695 --> 00:11:03,628 For something like this. 199 00:11:03,663 --> 00:11:05,096 Jesus christ! Look at that. 200 00:11:05,799 --> 00:11:09,868 [theme music] 201 00:11:19,980 --> 00:11:20,211 [narrator] after receiving a tip 202 00:11:21,247 --> 00:11:24,115 About 31-year-old pazuzu algarad, 203 00:11:24,117 --> 00:11:26,884 Davie county investigators learn everything they can 204 00:11:27,086 --> 00:11:28,486 From social media 205 00:11:28,688 --> 00:11:31,623 Before talking to friends of their missing person, 206 00:11:31,625 --> 00:11:33,425 Josh wetzler. 207 00:11:33,725 --> 00:11:38,263 I have no idea what josh's relationship to pazuzu was. 208 00:11:39,766 --> 00:11:42,300 But I feel like it was a time where josh was feeling like 209 00:11:42,302 --> 00:11:44,068 An, an outcast. 210 00:11:44,270 --> 00:11:47,438 I think it kind of pushed him to the edges of society 211 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,608 And, you know, he was drawn to other people 212 00:11:50,610 --> 00:11:53,044 Who were also on that edge. 213 00:11:57,784 --> 00:12:00,118 [lee] every one of the friends I talked to, 214 00:12:01,053 --> 00:12:04,522 They all said they were scared to death of pazuzu. 215 00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:09,393 He publicly announced that he was a devil worshipper, 216 00:12:09,595 --> 00:12:12,596 And the rumor's out that he killed 217 00:12:12,798 --> 00:12:14,966 Somebody in his basement, 218 00:12:15,168 --> 00:12:17,468 Presumably joshua wetzler. 219 00:12:18,071 --> 00:12:22,940 The biggest hurdle for me and my agency was... 220 00:12:23,142 --> 00:12:25,343 He was supposedly killed and buried 221 00:12:25,545 --> 00:12:27,345 In another jurisdiction. 222 00:12:27,347 --> 00:12:32,583 Joshua is a resident of davie county, north carolina 223 00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:36,221 But pazuzu's in forsyth county. 224 00:12:37,557 --> 00:12:41,225 I contacted forsyth county sheriff's office 225 00:12:41,227 --> 00:12:43,761 And advised him of a missing persons report 226 00:12:43,963 --> 00:12:45,797 That I was initiating. 227 00:12:49,269 --> 00:12:51,169 [narrator] the forsyth county sheriff's office 228 00:12:51,171 --> 00:12:54,839 Is quite familiar with the name pazuzu. 229 00:12:56,376 --> 00:12:59,777 [michael] either anonymously or by name, 230 00:12:59,979 --> 00:13:02,380 Multiple people had informed him that 231 00:13:02,382 --> 00:13:05,383 He had killed several people and buried them in the backyard. 232 00:13:08,188 --> 00:13:10,187 [narrator] due to those allegations, 233 00:13:10,190 --> 00:13:12,456 Forsyth county already has a profile 234 00:13:12,658 --> 00:13:16,226 On the alleged murderer from previous interviews with him 235 00:13:16,229 --> 00:13:18,529 And those who know him. 236 00:13:18,731 --> 00:13:20,198 [nate] when I first met him, 237 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,833 He actually didn't seem that messed up. 238 00:13:22,902 --> 00:13:24,202 I mean, no more than the rest of us, 239 00:13:24,204 --> 00:13:26,804 Just drinking, partying, having a good time. 240 00:13:27,006 --> 00:13:29,807 He presented himself as this nontheistic, 241 00:13:30,009 --> 00:13:32,710 Maybe atheist satanist. 242 00:13:32,712 --> 00:13:36,147 He had, you know, a weird kind of macabre charm. 243 00:13:36,349 --> 00:13:39,683 He was very good at drawing people 244 00:13:39,685 --> 00:13:41,252 Going against the grain-- 245 00:13:41,454 --> 00:13:43,788 The black sheep, the rejects, the outcasts. 246 00:13:45,992 --> 00:13:48,960 [dj] pazuzu algarad lived with his mother. 247 00:13:49,162 --> 00:13:51,663 It's a residential neighborhood. 248 00:13:51,665 --> 00:13:57,168 Uh, he lived in a single-story brick ranch-type house. 249 00:13:58,371 --> 00:14:02,840 [nate] pazuzu's house was the land of do what thou wilt. 250 00:14:03,042 --> 00:14:05,709 It was like never-neverland. 251 00:14:05,745 --> 00:14:10,515 The place to go to be whoever, whatever you wanted to be. 252 00:14:11,884 --> 00:14:14,652 It was his kingdom, 253 00:14:14,654 --> 00:14:18,556 But I think it was also an opportunity to control 254 00:14:18,758 --> 00:14:20,458 And manipulate people. 255 00:14:20,493 --> 00:14:24,963 [music] 256 00:14:26,599 --> 00:14:29,066 [dj] pazuzu had a girlfriend, amber. 257 00:14:29,068 --> 00:14:31,635 Apparently the girlfriend was a willing participant 258 00:14:31,637 --> 00:14:32,570 In the whole thing. 259 00:14:34,607 --> 00:14:38,075 Amber burch grew up in rock hill, south carolina. 260 00:14:38,277 --> 00:14:41,813 Um, her friends describe her as a normal girl growing up. 261 00:14:41,815 --> 00:14:44,081 At some point, she met pazuzu. 262 00:14:44,283 --> 00:14:47,018 And her friends describe a change in her. 263 00:14:49,622 --> 00:14:53,090 [nate] as she got more and more involved with pazuzu, 264 00:14:53,092 --> 00:14:56,527 She became almost just a... 265 00:14:56,529 --> 00:14:58,763 Female extension of pazuzu himself. 266 00:14:59,699 --> 00:15:05,403 She got very heavily involved in the rituals that he did. 267 00:15:07,807 --> 00:15:09,908 They would drink one another's blood. 268 00:15:12,178 --> 00:15:14,779 Everything paz did, amber did. 269 00:15:14,981 --> 00:15:16,114 She was his queen 270 00:15:16,316 --> 00:15:18,449 And he was her king kind of thing, you know? 271 00:15:22,388 --> 00:15:23,488 [narrator] from the description of 272 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:27,391 Josh wetzler's emotional state before he disappeared, 273 00:15:27,393 --> 00:15:31,095 It seems possible he'd been pulled into pazuzu's orbit. 274 00:15:33,132 --> 00:15:36,100 Still, an alternative lifestyle isn't proof 275 00:15:36,302 --> 00:15:38,702 A crime has been committed. 276 00:15:38,704 --> 00:15:41,605 I might not agree with it, but you've got a right to practice 277 00:15:41,607 --> 00:15:43,107 Your own religion. 278 00:15:48,314 --> 00:15:50,047 [narrator] davie county detectives learn 279 00:15:50,049 --> 00:15:53,517 That forsyth county deputies received ominous allegations 280 00:15:53,553 --> 00:15:57,655 About pazuzu six months before josh was reported missing. 281 00:15:59,725 --> 00:16:04,028 [michael] terina billings, on August 3, 2009, 282 00:16:04,230 --> 00:16:06,597 Went to the forsyth county sheriff's office. 283 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:11,502 And she told them that a couple weeks before, 284 00:16:11,704 --> 00:16:15,640 Her father had gone to pazuzu's house. 285 00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:22,112 And then after her father, allen billings, came back, 286 00:16:22,114 --> 00:16:25,416 He told her this fantastical tale 287 00:16:25,618 --> 00:16:27,618 That when he went over the house, 288 00:16:27,620 --> 00:16:31,556 He saw a dead body covered in a tarp. 289 00:16:33,859 --> 00:16:35,927 Pazuzu had told him 290 00:16:35,929 --> 00:16:40,564 That he had shot this person 10 times 291 00:16:40,766 --> 00:16:42,467 For being a snitch. 292 00:16:43,402 --> 00:16:45,736 And allen had helped pazuzu 293 00:16:45,739 --> 00:16:49,340 Chop up the body and bury it in the backyard. 294 00:16:50,977 --> 00:16:52,844 [lee] mr. Billings told his daughter 295 00:16:53,046 --> 00:16:58,416 He was afraid that because now he's an accessory to the crime 296 00:16:58,618 --> 00:17:00,851 That he would be facing life imprisonment. 297 00:17:01,887 --> 00:17:04,155 [narrator] but when deputies questioned billings, 298 00:17:04,157 --> 00:17:06,958 He told a different tale. 299 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:09,894 Allen billings denies ever seeing a dead body. 300 00:17:10,096 --> 00:17:13,364 So there's some discrepancy there. 301 00:17:13,366 --> 00:17:16,333 [lee] but what he did tell them was that 302 00:17:16,368 --> 00:17:19,070 Pazuzu had told him 303 00:17:19,272 --> 00:17:22,473 That he did shoot someone 10 times, 304 00:17:22,675 --> 00:17:24,409 And they was buried in the backyard. 305 00:17:25,945 --> 00:17:28,646 The statement that mr. Billings gave 306 00:17:28,648 --> 00:17:32,150 More or less gave suspicion, but not probable cause. 307 00:17:32,785 --> 00:17:35,653 Nothing that detectives could get a search warrant for. 308 00:17:38,257 --> 00:17:40,658 [narrator] when questioned, pazuzu told deputies 309 00:17:40,860 --> 00:17:44,228 Allen billing's story was made up. 310 00:17:44,430 --> 00:17:46,964 Ultimately, authorities dropped the investigation 311 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:50,168 Due to lack of evidence. 312 00:17:50,370 --> 00:17:52,136 But now the new allegations 313 00:17:52,338 --> 00:17:55,339 About josh wetzler's connection to pazuzu 314 00:17:55,541 --> 00:17:58,943 Inspire forsyth county to check the home. 315 00:17:59,145 --> 00:18:04,047 On February 23, 2010, they return with a search warrant 316 00:18:04,049 --> 00:18:07,417 And cadaver dogs. 317 00:18:07,419 --> 00:18:09,420 When you roll up, pull in the driveway, 318 00:18:09,622 --> 00:18:12,290 It looks like a normal, cookie-cutter clemmons house. 319 00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:16,827 [michael] immediately going into the house, 320 00:18:16,830 --> 00:18:20,531 The inspectors are overwhelmed by the smell. 321 00:18:23,369 --> 00:18:25,036 They said it stinks. 322 00:18:25,038 --> 00:18:26,137 [investigator] jesus christ... 323 00:18:27,573 --> 00:18:30,041 [michael] it's almost hard for them to continue. 324 00:18:30,043 --> 00:18:31,208 [investigator 1] watch your step. 325 00:18:31,243 --> 00:18:32,243 There's a lot of broken glass. 326 00:18:32,445 --> 00:18:33,478 [investigator 2] okay. 327 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:37,248 [michael] there is a lot of graffiti on the walls. 328 00:18:37,450 --> 00:18:39,951 Weird posters. 329 00:18:40,153 --> 00:18:41,853 Weird signs. 330 00:18:43,323 --> 00:18:44,589 [investigator] look at that. 331 00:18:44,624 --> 00:18:46,557 The kitchen was probably the cleanest, 332 00:18:46,759 --> 00:18:48,692 Most normal-looking room in the house... 333 00:18:48,694 --> 00:18:50,294 [investigator] no drainage. 334 00:18:50,496 --> 00:18:52,496 [nate] ...And his mother cynthia's room. 335 00:18:52,698 --> 00:18:54,832 She only ever came out of her room 336 00:18:54,867 --> 00:18:56,967 To grab something from the kitchen real quick 337 00:18:57,169 --> 00:19:00,538 Or to leave for work. 338 00:19:00,740 --> 00:19:03,441 The rest of the house was just...Crazy. 339 00:19:06,612 --> 00:19:11,148 [lee] filthy, nasty, unkept, spider webs everywhere, 340 00:19:11,350 --> 00:19:13,384 Dirt all over the floors. 341 00:19:13,386 --> 00:19:17,855 Uh, supposedly animal carcasses laying around. 342 00:19:17,857 --> 00:19:26,630 [music] 343 00:19:26,632 --> 00:19:29,533 Unless you've been into a death house, 344 00:19:29,735 --> 00:19:32,303 There's no way to mentally prepare yourself 345 00:19:32,305 --> 00:19:33,838 For something like this. 346 00:19:36,242 --> 00:19:40,778 It was like an air of evil resonating from 347 00:19:40,980 --> 00:19:45,183 The basement area where all thi was supposedly taking place. 348 00:19:46,552 --> 00:19:50,654 [narrator] despite the horrific state of the house, 349 00:19:50,856 --> 00:19:53,658 They find no evidence of foul play. 350 00:19:55,661 --> 00:19:58,862 [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. 354 00:20:09,675 --> 00:20:13,044 Officers weren't able to visually cue in on 355 00:20:13,046 --> 00:20:16,247 Any locations in the backyard 356 00:20:16,449 --> 00:20:20,884 Where a recent burial was made or anything. 357 00:20:21,086 --> 00:20:25,623 [music] 358 00:20:25,825 --> 00:20:28,125 So I'm just waiting in anticipation, 359 00:20:28,127 --> 00:20:32,663 You know, for them to tell me that he had found josh. 360 00:20:32,865 --> 00:20:34,165 When I heard back from the police 361 00:20:34,167 --> 00:20:35,966 That they didn't find anything, 362 00:20:36,002 --> 00:20:38,902 That was really devastating because now, you know, 363 00:20:39,105 --> 00:20:40,571 We had no answers. 364 00:20:45,044 --> 00:20:48,946 [theme music] 365 00:20:58,524 --> 00:20:59,289 [narrator] after the unproductive search 366 00:20:59,291 --> 00:21:01,725 Of pazuzu algarad's home, 367 00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:06,630 Forsyth county deputies find themselves at a dead end. 368 00:21:06,832 --> 00:21:10,101 As the weeks pass, it seems increasingly unlikely 369 00:21:10,303 --> 00:21:13,204 They will ever find josh wetzler. 370 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:16,440 But four months into the investigation, 371 00:21:16,442 --> 00:21:18,776 Detectives get a new lead. 372 00:21:20,479 --> 00:21:25,983 [birds chirping] [music] 373 00:21:25,985 --> 00:21:29,386 On June 7, 2010, 374 00:21:29,588 --> 00:21:32,756 Yadkin county sheriff's office got a 911 phone call 375 00:21:32,958 --> 00:21:37,428 Of a body found at the yadkin river park area. 376 00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:39,863 It was a male subject 377 00:21:39,899 --> 00:21:42,667 Who had been apparently shot in the head. 378 00:21:45,270 --> 00:21:48,638 [dj] as you go down towards the water, 379 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:51,709 That's where we found the victim--lying on his back. 380 00:21:52,945 --> 00:21:55,346 He had $148 dollars in his pocket. 381 00:21:55,548 --> 00:21:57,915 He still had his wallet. 382 00:21:58,117 --> 00:22:00,751 There didn't seem to be any type of defensive wounds 383 00:22:00,953 --> 00:22:03,321 Or any evidence of a struggle at the scene. 384 00:22:05,925 --> 00:22:07,524 [narrator] the victim is identified 385 00:22:07,526 --> 00:22:10,828 As 30-year-old joseph chandler. 386 00:22:11,030 --> 00:22:14,865 His mother reported him missing earlier that morning. 387 00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:18,035 She advised us that he was legally blind. 388 00:22:18,237 --> 00:22:23,674 However, he can still see enough to walk to places that he knew, 389 00:22:23,876 --> 00:22:26,877 As long as he didn't have to cross too much traffic. 390 00:22:27,079 --> 00:22:29,012 It would've been very difficult, if not impossible, 391 00:22:29,214 --> 00:22:32,416 For him to get there on his own. 392 00:22:32,418 --> 00:22:34,618 So we thought he probably met with somebody 393 00:22:34,620 --> 00:22:36,454 And got a ride up there. 394 00:22:37,923 --> 00:22:41,392 Joseph would go to a convenience store 395 00:22:41,594 --> 00:22:44,094 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 397 00:22:46,499 --> 00:22:47,832 That he would travel. 398 00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:53,570 [music] 399 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. 403 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 410 00:23:25,571 --> 00:23:27,537 At his house that night, 411 00:23:27,606 --> 00:23:32,009 That he met joseph chandler at the convenience store 412 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, 414 00:23:39,385 --> 00:23:44,021 And then left with an unknown hispanic male named pete. 415 00:23:46,692 --> 00:23:49,960 At that point, our first goal was to identify 416 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 420 00:24:03,542 --> 00:24:06,377 Was 20-year-old nicholas rizzi. 421 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. 426 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 454 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 464 00:26:21,914 --> 00:26:24,949 To undergo a psychiatric evaluation. 465 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] 470 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]