Judge orders Dos Palos 'satanic' murder defendant to stand trial

-  Judge orders Dos Palos 'satanic' murder defendant to stand trial

-  Affidavit: Demons, mental issues could have played role in Duncan murder "he bought a satanic Bible off of Amazon before performing satanic rituals in his backyard"

-   Warren double-murder suspect to seek insanity ruling

"Religious and Satanic items also were found in the Warren trailer where Borowiak had been living."

Judge orders Dos Palos 'satanic' murder defendant to stand trial
By Vikaas Shanker March 01, 2018

The 37-year-old Dos Palos woman who is accused of killing her mother in an alleged “Satanic” sacrifice was held to answer for murder....

Responding officers found Bal covered in blood, according to investigators’ reports obtained by the Merced Sun-Star. Bal reportedly stabbed her mother during a struggle at least 20 times with an 8-inch kitchen knife.

During the 9-1-1 call played in court Thursday, a female voice identifying herself as Bal calmly tells the operator that she killed her mother by stabbing her and cutting her throat, and that she has a history of mental illness....

But in investigators’ reports, Bal told authorities “It was a calling to kill her” mother as part of a “satanic practice.” She also told them she has used a variety of illegal drugs, and she consumed five beers the night before the murder.

Family members and others told investigators Bal had mental issues and was making troubling statements of a sexual nature the night before, and that she would occasionally make statements referring to satanic practice.

Bal was declared mentally competent to face charges on Feb. 15 after several medical examinations....
http://www.losbanosenterprise.com/news/local/crime/article202882944.html 

Affidavit: Demons, mental issues could have played role in Duncan murder
Monday, April 9th 2018 By Jarred Burk

DUNCAN, Ok (RNN Texoma) -

The man accused of killing a 19-year-old woman on Saturday morning told police he was seeing faces and hearing voices before the murder, according to court documents. Duncan police interviewed 18-year-old Kevin Miller just hours after he allegedly shot Caitlin Harmon at his home....

Miller told police that Harmon had found the gun in his bathroom earlier in the evening. He said he had then taken the gun to his dad's apartment and left it there but went back and got it about 15 minutes later. He reportedly said he then walked into the bedroom where Harmon was watching TV before shooting and killing her. Miller reportedly told police that he had killed her because she did not want to be with him and he was jealous of what she had....

Police say he told them he had spent his free time that day watching videos on YouTube and he bought a satanic Bible off of Amazon before performing satanic rituals in his backyard....

http://www.kswo.com/story/37914211/affidavit-demons-mental-issues-could-have-played-role-in-duncan-murder 

Warren double-murder suspect to seek insanity ruling
By Jameson Cook, The Macomb Daily 03/22/18

The defense attorney for a man accused of brutally beating to death his aunt and uncle in their Warren home will pursue an insanity defense.

Attorney Stephen Freers formally notified a judge Thursday he will seek a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity for Joseph Borowiak, 38, charged with two counts of first-degree murder for the slayings of Steven and Cynthia Collins late last summer....

The suspect’s Facebook page contained haunting and bizarre posts including a ‘hit list’ that named the Collins’ and their two adult children, terming the deceased couple “exterminians” with arrows next to their names, police said. The same list was found in Borowiak’s backpack, which also contained a map to his aunt and uncle’s home and religious “artifacts” such as crosses, Bibles, charms and jewelry, police said. Religious and Satanic items also were found in the Warren trailer where Borowiak had been living.

Borowiak’s Facebook page also included references to God, the Bible, Satan and the Grim Reaper....
http://www.macombdaily.com/article/MD/20180322/NEWS/180329847