Officials said at the time there was no evidence support rumors Algarad bit his own arm to cause the wound. ONeill declined to comment on that search, and that search warrant and the search warrants executed in October 2014 are sealed by court order. She was struck by Chad Nances coverage of the Pazuzu case in the now-defunct Winston-based online news daily Camel City Dispatch, particularly his Oct. 16, 2014, article John Pazuzu Lawson The Boogey Man Cometh. Shed never met Nance before, but reading that and other articles by him, she was drawn to his approach, and when she called him, to the man himself. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, Burchs guilty pleas Thursday marked part of an ending to one of the most bizarre murder cases in Forsyth Countys history. In court documents, law enforcement officers. . Both suspects are accused of helping each other bury the bodies of the two men.Algared and Burch have both been charged with first-degree murder and accessory after of the fact of first-degree murder.The rooms and hallways inside Algarad's home are blanketed in trash and animal carcasses. He had very serious mental health issues that presented from a young age, and his family didnt have the money necessary to take care of those problems. Friends say that Burch, who graduated in 2008 from Rock Hill High School in Rock Hill, S.C., changed when she started dating Algarad. * The other websites referenced on this site are owned and operated by their respective companies, and the associated trademarks and logos are the property of those companies. 19-year-old charged with murder. It was never clear what instrument was used. They soon found skeletal remains later identified as belonging to Wetzler and Welch. How Well Do You Know Her? Friends, Neighbors, or Classmates. Pazuzu Algarad (born August 12, 1978), a name itself is enough to give you goosebumps, is a self-proclaimed Satanist. Krystal Nicole Matlock, then 30, pleaded guilty in Forsyth Superior Court to accessory after the fact of first-degree murder. The case of a third person charged in connection, Krystal Matlock, facing a charge of accessory after the fact to murder, is still pending. The Pazuzu Algarad house at 2947 Knob Hill Drive in Clemmons was demolished in under two hours Friday, April 24, 2015. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. It just doesn't just end there; human remains were found in the backyard of his house. The way I think about it now, if I ever get a chance to talk to Amber this is going to be my turning point on how I see her: If it is really Amber, or if she is really crazy as well. A psychiatric evaluation on Pazuzu revealed that he suffered from . Some of it may be hard to watch, although there are no grisly images of the murders that Algarad was involved in. Algarad and Burch picked up Welch from a different gas station later that night and took him to their house, where they hung out and drank alcohol. When she went to leave, Algarad was still standing over Wetzler, and made the statement that he needed to make sure Wetzler was dead, and shot Wetzler again, Detective C.E. He was fit to undergo trial as Psychiatrists after doing thorough consultation concluded that he was suffering from schizophrenia, agoraphobia, and alcoholism. Meadows said that the last time anyone saw Welch alive was around 7:30 p.m. one day in early October at a gas station. She didnt report him missing until six months later after he failed to make contact with his family during the Christmas holidays. Pazuzu Illah Algarad was accused of putting his mother, Cynthia Lawson, in a chokehold at the home they shared at 2749 Knob Hill Drive in Clemmons. Taking into account various assets, Cynthia's net worth is greater than $100,000 - $249,999; and makes between $70 - 79,999 a year. On June 5, 2017, Matlock pleaded guilty to conspiracy to accessory after the fact to first-degree murder and was sentenced to three years and two months to four years and 10 months in prison. Both men were buried in the backyard of the house at 2749 Knob Hill Drive in Clemmons. According to the authorities, the felon died of severe blood loss caused by a deep wound on a major vessel in his left arm and said it was a suicide. On Thursday, Burch pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, armed robbery and accessory after the fact to murder. 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Cynthia left the house in her son's care, who was born as John Lawson and later legally changed his name to Pazuzu Algarad. See Wetzlers body stayed in the house for several weeks before Algarad called Burch, who was in South Carolina, to ask her to come back and help bury Wetzler. They also reported had intentionally filed down his teeth and had poor hygiene and body odor, the report said. The earliest is examined in the final episode, which includes a very moving scene Ive agreed not to describe until the series is over. According to myths, Pazuzu is the name of the king of demons in ancient Mesopotamia. I was looking for cases that felt like what I had experienced, and this one checked a lot of the boxes. The most powerful sequences in The Devil You Know depict Stacey Carters five-year quest to find out what happened to her former boyfriend Josh Wetzler, who disappeared in July of 2009. When she went to leave, Algarad was. They have a lot of questions, chief (among them) is why.. October 2010 (The urban legend that he opened an artery with his own filed-sharp teeth has never been officially verified.). Psychiatrists wanted to see if Algarad was competent to stand trial. 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You cant throw them away, Carter said about people who suffer from mental illness. below. Amber Burch, girlfriend of the late Pazuzu Algarad, is led into the courtroom in shackles to plead guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Tommy Dean Welch, one of two men found buried in the backyard of Algarads house in Clemmons. Algarad was born John Alexander Lawson in San Francisco in 1978. Algarad and Burch were arrested immediately following the Oct. 5, 2014, discovery of their victims. Amber Nicole Burch, girlfriend of the avowed Satanist Pazuzu Algarad, was convicted Thursday morning of fatally shooting one man and helping A. You can cancel at any time. He'd been scheduled to appear in court the next day. Im not of that world; Im not a front of the camera person. But I had been working with Chad and was comfortable with him, and the guy just speaks beautifully, so he became the voice and face of the series.. A journalist races to learn the truth when human remains are found in the home of self-proclaimed Satanist Pazuzu. On October 28, 2015, prison guards reportedly discovered self-proclaimed "Satanist" and accused murderer Pazuzu Illah Algarad dead in his cell. She said she wasnt surprised. It was the second time he had been transferred for safekeeping since his arrest on Oct. 5, 2014. But I think its really important and compelling and relatable to anybody who has a family.. {{start_at_rate}} {{format_dollars}} {{start_price}} {{format_cents}} {{term}}, {{promotional_format_dollars}}{{promotional_price}}{{promotional_format_cents}} {{term}}. The two are accused of murdering Joshua Fredrick Wetzler and Tommy Dean Welch in 2009, then burying their bodies behind the home at 2749 Knob Hill Drive. Photos also showed the front door bore markings such as a picture of a skull and cross bones and the words, Evil will triumph. A phrase that appeared to be written in another language might have been a clumsy attempt at the house of devil worship or the house of devil worshippers, according to an Arabic language professor. At this point, detectives say Burch was living in South Carolina. With most of the people who witnessed the murders either dead or in jail, FOX8 speaks with Algarad's mother,. He said he asked her to provide by Feb. 13 bids from licensed contractors detailing the scope of the repairs. When I was 19, my best friends big brother was murdered by a couple of local kids, and I was shocked by the communitys and medias response, which was about how those were kids from the other side of the tracks, those kids drank, those kids did drugs, those kids had dads in jail, those kids were not our kids, instead of looking at the real issues leading to the actual horrific crime.. In early October 2014 human remains were found in the backyard. The excrement on the floor might have been both animal and human, the friend said.He was on all kinds of drugs and would drink when I got there, she said. The series, which will be featured on Netflix as well tries to get to the bottom of Pazuzu Algarad's story. Forsyth County prosecutors also didnt mention during the hearing that Forsyth County Sheriffs deputies executed a search warrant at 2749 Knob Hill Drive in February 2010. David Rolfe/Journal This is not out of the ordinary. Pazuzu Illah Algarad was accused of putting his mother, Cynthia Lawson, in a chokehold at the home they shared at 2749 Knob Hill Drive in Clemmons. As we all know, Pazuzu Algarad was mentally unstable, and hardcore devil worshipper, the reports of him being arrested should not be surprising for you; however, it's scary. Kornelis said the tax value of the house is $102,592. Meadows said James saw Burch and another woman carry Welchs body to the backyard and saw Burch with a rifle in her hand shortly after Burch shot Welch. Ask SAM: Did Tim McCarver sell cars in Winston-Salem after retiring from baseball? Edit. A wall inside Pazuzu Algarad's house at 2749Knob Hill Drive in Clemmons. Krystal Nicole Matlock, 29, is charged with accessory after the fact to first-degree murder and is accused of helping bury Wetzler. Crews uncovered the skeletal remains of two people buried in shallow graves in the backyard. Algarad, Burch and Welch began consuming alcohol. Months later, in October of 2009, detectives say Algarad, Burch and another person picked up Tommy Dean Welch from a gas station in Clemmons. Over the next two years, the Forsyth Sheriffs Office received multiple tips of the crime. Man died Wednesday. Kasper said Johnny James moved out in January 2002 and has not lived there since, and that he does not have an ownership interest in the property. The Oscars will air on ABC and can be streamed on ABC.com and the ABC app as well as Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, AT&T TV or FuboTV. (Video tour of the home at2749 Knob Hill Drive). CYNTHIA JAMES OBITUARY Cynthia Diane James HOLLY HILL -- Mrs. Cynthia Diane James, 67 of Holly Hill, passed away. He legally changed his name in 2002, taking "Pazuzu" from the Assyrian king of demons mentioned in The Exorcist. The ex-girlfriend of one of the men whose remains were found buried in a Clemmons yard spoke to a Charlotte TV station about how the loss has , Three people facing charges in connection with the deaths of two men found buried in the backyard of a Clemmons home will have their court app, CLEMMONS Forsyth County Sheriffs deputies, CSI units and the State Bureau of Investigation were back Friday morning at the Knob Hill Drive , CLEMMONS -- Crews from the Clemmons Public Works Department were at 2749 Knob Hill Drive in Clemmons Thursday morning removing debris from the, CLEMMONS In the Knob Hill neighborhood of Clemmons last week, a woman put mulch on her flower beds.