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Come on Don, surely you jest. No, read on. California has lost its soul.
The 1995 murder of Elyse Pahler garnered national and international attention, renewing fears of devil worship and violent death metal music.
ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. — Eight months after 15-year-old Elyse Pahler mysteriously vanished from her Arroyo Grande home, another teenager, overwhelmed with guilt, told a pastor about the horrible things he and his two buddies had done.
After Royce Casey subsequently confessed to law enforcement and led detectives to Pahler’s decomposed body, news accounts of the crime would shock the community with details of barbaric violence, death metal music and alleged Satan worship.
“It’s perpetually described as one of the most notorious cases in the county,” said Charles Carbone, a prison rights attorney.
On Friday, 30 years after the gruesome murder, Casey walked out of the Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, set free by a parole board. A month earlier, a co-defendant, Jacob Delashmutt, was also quietly released from custody.
Newsom had previously rejected Casey’s parole on two occasions.
While David Pahler did not oppose Casey’s release, citing his confession as a factor, Elyse’s survivors were forever changed by Casey’s actions. Both parents have struggled with mental health issues for three decades. And in a 2017 court filing for restitution, David Pahler, a once-successful contractor, described how the couple lost their home and had to rely on food stamps when he could no longer work in the three years after the murder."
www.courthousenews.com
"Two killers from shocking 'satanic' teen murder case paroled
The 1995 murder of Elyse Pahler garnered national and international attention, renewing fears of devil worship and violent death metal music.
ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. — Eight months after 15-year-old Elyse Pahler mysteriously vanished from her Arroyo Grande home, another teenager, overwhelmed with guilt, told a pastor about the horrible things he and his two buddies had done.
After Royce Casey subsequently confessed to law enforcement and led detectives to Pahler’s decomposed body, news accounts of the crime would shock the community with details of barbaric violence, death metal music and alleged Satan worship.
“It’s perpetually described as one of the most notorious cases in the county,” said Charles Carbone, a prison rights attorney.
On Friday, 30 years after the gruesome murder, Casey walked out of the Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, set free by a parole board. A month earlier, a co-defendant, Jacob Delashmutt, was also quietly released from custody.
Newsom had previously rejected Casey’s parole on two occasions.
While David Pahler did not oppose Casey’s release, citing his confession as a factor, Elyse’s survivors were forever changed by Casey’s actions. Both parents have struggled with mental health issues for three decades. And in a 2017 court filing for restitution, David Pahler, a once-successful contractor, described how the couple lost their home and had to rely on food stamps when he could no longer work in the three years after the murder."
Two killers from shocking 'satanic' teen murder case paroled
The 1995 murder of Elyse Pahler garnered national and international attention, renewing fears of devil worship and violent death metal music.
www.courthousenews.com
