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August 04, 2005

MAN CLAIMS POSSESSION BY DEMON LED TO MURDER

On May 24, Matthew Balzrina killed 23-year old Sarah Dobbs of La Crosse, Wisconsin, then allegedly dumped gasoline on her body and set it on fire. However, he claims that he was possessed at the time by the demon "Sozuto," who made him do it. A recent competency evaluation ruled that he was fit to stand trial. During the question and answer session, Balzrina asked a priest to be present in case Sozuto returned - which, apparently, he didn't. [note: I'll take a vote - should possession stories be under Religion or Magic?]

-LaCrosseTribune.com: 'Possessed' man is fit to be triedhttp://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2005/08/03/news/00lead.txt" class="sitelinks

Posted by Nick Carr at August 4, 2005 12:39 PM

COMMENTS

i think that religion and magic should be merged, but failing that, possessions should go under religion as there are several religions in which possession is central and not considered to be magic.

Posted by: c. vermeers at August 4, 2005 03:53 PM

Possession into Religion. Since you know, most of them are religious claims, not magical ones.

Posted by: Brittany at August 5, 2005 07:22 PM