Officials: Murder of Mother And Two Sons Is ‘Ritualistic’ Wiccan Killing Linked To Blue Moon

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According to police in Florida’s Escambia County, an elderly woman and two adult sons who were murdered on July 28 may have even the victims of a “ritualistic killing” linked to the blue moon that occurred three days later.

County Sheriff David Morgan said yesterday that a person of interest — a white male, surprise surprise — has been identified in the case, but the individual has not yet been apprehended.

As far as how, exactly, the murders of Voncile Smith, 77 and her sons, 49-year-old Richard Smith and 47-year-old John Smith, were “ritualistic,” Sheriff Morgan explained that “it’s witchcraft, I’ll say that right now.”

He also noted that “the method of the murder — blunt force trauma … positioning of the bodies — and our person of interest has some ties to a faith or religion that is indicative of that. The time of death on Tuesday also coincides with what’s referred to as a blue moon, which occurs every three years.”

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According to the Associated Press, the murders happened at Voncile Smith’s home. All the victims were reportedly attacked multiple times with a claw hammer. Their throats were slit, and one of the men had a gunshot to his right ear. There were no reported signs of forced entry at the house, and nothing was stolen from the safe. The family was described by officers as “very reclusive.” Their bodies were discovered during a welfare check after one of the son’s employers complained that he hadn’t shown up for work.

Not everyone is happy about the sheriff’s claims that the murders were “Wiccan” in nature. Wicca is typically considered a peaceful religion based on ancient traditions. Wiccan practitioners generally use rituals and forms of practical magic, but ritual killings or sacrifices are not part of the deal.

Read more: NBC News

  • Penny

    Islam is purported to be a peaceful religion, too. ALL religions have their extremists.

    • Meri Justus

      Wiccans DO NOT kill, there are NO EXTREMEST in WICCA

      • Jc Wilkinson

        Where do you think the Satanist come from? They use Wiccan majik for evil so yes even us Wiccans have extremist. Not one religion can so they don’t except maybe those who practice Santa Rosa (not sure if spelled right) or Voodoo

        • Tim Schwartz

          Who is your God? The trees the grass, the moon? LOL. Mine is the creator of all you think is GOD. LMFAO

          • Dawn-Marie

            @disqus_5RQEn3tt7C:disqus My GODDESS is Inanna. Goddess of love, fertility, warfare, and lust. She is also known as the Queen of Heaven. If your God is the Creator of all of who we think are our Gods/Goddesses, then your God isn’t a God. Your God is a Chthonian. Don’t bash religions unless you have the full facts . And I don’t mean a book that was written 3,500 years ago by a fellow man.

            ANYWAY… The person who did may have started out as a Wiccan. But THE MOMENT he decided to kill and/or do harm, he stepped away from Wicca. We live by the “Do no harm.” and it cannot be broken.

          • MeanieHead

            No, they have Goddess.

        • gypsyredheart

          JC we Wiccans don’t believe in Satan. So, you need to study a little bit more about Paganism. Vodoo, Hodoo and la Santa Muerte are not all about sacrifices. Go back to school and learn grammar first before you post something.

        • fuckyouabcnews

          Voodoo is NOT Wiccanism the same way that Santeria is NOT Satanism.

        • Kathryn Sliwinski Brandys

          Before you go running your mouths Wiccans don’t even believe in Satan. So it’s kinda hard to worship something you don’t even believe exists. It’s because of crack pots like these cops that have no other reasoning for a gruesome murder they blame a peaceful religion that they know nothing about.

        • Bella Donna Nightshade

          I hate to bust your bubble, but the Satanists I know don’t use “Wiccan majik” (as you put it) for evil. They’re actually quite nice people. I’m sure you won’t believe me, and that’s your right, but at least do some research before you start putting things out there.

        • Patricia Tiernan

          I take it you meant Santeria? Santeria dont sacrifice humans, they use the blood of animals. There are some voodoo sects that do kill humans for sacrifice and some old Indian sects do too.

      • Kristin Marie Kennedy

        so true sister

      • Penny

        Actually, there ARE extremists in Wicca, just as there are in every other religion on this planet. Your denial is extremism. No one said all extremists were evil.

  • JMac65

    What a bunch of “Morons!” A ritualistic Wiccan killing. This moron obviously doesn’t have enough brains to be a cop. And for him to discriminate against Wiccans in this way is the same thing the morons of 1792 did and started the hysteria in Salem. Escambia County seriously needs to commit this guy for a psych evaluation. “Who do you think you are accusing the Wiccan community of practicing ritualistic killings! You need to get your facts straight before accusing people of things. “If this was any kind of “so called ritualistic killing it would more likely be someone who is worshiping the devil and has absolutely no right to call themselves a Wiccan.”

    • hexefrau

      And if you knew anything about Satanists, you’d realize you just pigeonholed them as egregiously as this idiot cop pigeonholed Wiccans. Likely, the killings were the act of a mentally ill person that believed he or she was performing a ritual rather than someone actually performing some kind of religious rites. By trying to be so forceful in defense of one, you lambast another to protect your skin? For shame.

      • Sharlee

        Actually, the initial post said nothing about Satanism. She commented on devil worship, which can come in many forms, least of all Satanism. Satanism is most often worship of self, not the devil.

    • Nicky Spreckles

      I am curious why you wrote “morons” instead of morons?

      • lucie2cute

        Not all of us blessed enough by whatever higher power to be totally smart or English writing perfect or history .Some of us have Learning disability’s or so on but we have a right to be on a computer as much as you and not be put down or knocked down as a lot I have seen do I the past till I get to them .I don’t agree or disagree with the man I appreciate our police men and Ladies .

      • gypsyredheart

        Thanks for your perfect Englhlish

    • Nicky Spreckles

      Annndd the salem witch trials were in 1692

    • blackpoppiess

      I agree with everything you said up until the last part. Human sacrifice is generally frowned upon even in Satanism.

      • fuckyouabcnews

        Satanism and Satan-worshipping are different religions.

        • Bella Donna Nightshade

          Well, let’s see. There’s LaVeyan Satanism, Theistic Satanism, Theistic Luciferianism, Traditional Satanism, Daemonolatry …. and yes, they are all quite different depending on whom you speak to really. LaVeyans tend to be more atheistic, more about the development of self and the Godhood of said self, whereas the others tend to look at Satan and the other daemons as actual entities meant to learn from or be mentored by. But to my knowledge, and I’ve been on the LHP for 31 years now, none of them advocate human or animal sacrifice. Just throwing that out there.

      • Bella Donna Nightshade

        Thank you.

    • GumiVenusDeMilo

      I don’t think you understand how to use quotation marks…

  • Pat

    Get your heads out of your asses…wiccans do not kill or perform rituals like this. Do some research ….witchcraft perhaps,…Wiccan no, psychopath, definitely

  • Kelley Taylor

    Fucking idiots! guess its witch hunt time in Florida huh? wth??? he should be ousted for even saying this bullshit!!

  • Stefanie Marie

    First off, Wiccans don’t kill or perform rituals with killing anything. Saying a Wiccan killed someone in a ritual is literally an oxymoron. I have practiced Wicca for 10 years, and we don’t believe in harming anyone, because it comes back to us 7x. Wiccans live by the Wiccan reds, like Christians 10 commandments and the first is “do what ye will, but harm ye none”. So this person who murdered was NOT A WICCAN. They were a psycho, narcissist maybe, sociopath but not a Wiccan. I hope this statement gets fixed or deleted fast.

    • Stefanie Marie

      Rede**

  • Austin

    um why say he was “white, surprise surprise”… what a joke site

  • Jc Wilkinson

    This is not Witchcraft it is Satanist type of crap if it is ritualistic. It could also be one of these deranged psychopaths who don’t get life & possibly wants to make a name for themselves. Witchcraft Wiccan style is no harm to any one or any thing. Also, Wicca is a protected religion as of the middle to late 1980’s so if Wicca is so bad and has to deal with killing people then why did the United States of America 20 yrs or more say it is protected just as Baptist, Catholics and any other non-violent religion.

    • Bella Donna Nightshade

      Back up, please. Just because you’ve seen the Hollywood (read: wrong portrayal) version of Satanists doesn’t make you an expert on them. The only “Satanists” (and I’m putting that in quotes because I don’t consider them true to the path) that go around doing stuff like this are poseurs. They’re sad little people who need help, not a true Left Hand Path walker. As I said earlier, the ones that I know – and I know a large number of them, in fact you might count me as one and I’ve been on this path for 31 years now – are nice, and don’t kill things. They don’t destroy. But again, I’m sure you won’t believe me because your mind is obviously made up on how evil we are. *shrugs* Keep living in that precious bubble of yours then. And by the way, we’re protected under that same little law as your “non-violent” religions. Look it up. Freedom of religion does mean any religion.

      Whomever did this, I highly doubt had any affiliations with *any* religious or spiritual group. The media likes to sensationalize things, and some people are just backwards in their thinking.

  • Aaron Kennedy

    awww shit….. who let the dogs out…and who left the gate open..and who in da hell put da spook story out in da papaz…all i know is i suggest peepz say dere prayaz..n git day azzes in da house… only onez dat can help this cap is dem what i heard called da ghost bustaz..

    • MeanieHead

      Oh stfu, you dingaling.

    • Bonnie Miller

      My daughter & I can NOT stop laughing!! Thank you! You’re awesome!! 😂😂😂

  • Amy

    Oops, I thought this was a legitimate news source until I saw the
    ‘surprise, surprise, white male’ editorializing. I’ll just assume if
    there’s a link to a ‘news’ story on Facebook it’s BS. The silly
    comments are a tip off as well.

  • Aaron Kennedy

    i just figured ” if a person aint had it comin, in most cases i hear, he or she be just a bystander or lamb”. but dayum.. like this.. dem peeps out dere hopes they aint got satan on their back is all im sayin…now i dont know 2 much , but when sumethin looks peculiar…nuff said..

  • http://explorejustice.wordpress.com Reagen Dandridge Desilets

    OMG Dude is probably going to hire Dale Griffis as his “expert” witness. There are so many things wrong with what was revealed in this I could rip this apart in court easily, esp once I have all the information! What a moron…

  • Katrina Goetz

    Bull. Wiccans don’t do this type of ritual. It even says in the rede, “An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will”

    This was obviously someone ill.

  • Kristin Marie Kennedy

    to say this is a wiccan killing is wrong wiccans are a peaceful religion. we DONT condone violence we to live in harmony with nature and killing is prohibited by many religious orders. so as a community i beg you dont look at witches wiccans pagans and druids as cold blood thiristy killers we are not we try to live in the old ways which is peace and love. High Priestess Lady Raven and ordained minister

  • Seola

    “County Sheriff David Morgan said yesterday that a person of interest — a white male, surprise surprise — has been identified in the case, but the individual has not yet been apprehended.”

    Surprise? Considering there was just more than 2 dozen crimes in the last few days which involved multiple victims in ghettos (by geography), it IS a surprise. Here’s just a sampling over the last TWO days.

    –“ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV.com) – A late-night shooting Tuesday resulted in
    multiple victims, one suffering fatal injuries, in north St. Louis.

    Tuesday night’s shooting occurred in the same block where a man in his 20’s sustained multiple fatal gunshot wounds Sunday.”

    –“In a span of less than two hours late Tuesday night, four men were shot, one fatally, across Indianapolis.”

    –“Two men were busted and a third was still being sought late Tuesday in a
    gang-related drive-by shooting that left five people wounded, including
    a pregnant woman whose unborn baby was killed. Expectant mom, Special-Caijae Houston, 19, was hit by five bullets when the shots rang out on Dwight St., across from the Red Hook Houses.”

    –“The series of shootings Tuesday come amid a spike in some categories
    of violent crime, including homicide, which is up in the District about 20 percent. Police chiefs from around the country, including the District’s, held an urgent summit on Monday and said common themes include more multiple-victim shootings, more shots being fired and more repeat offenders on the streets.”

    –“BALTIMORE (AP) – On the heels of the most deadly month in 43 years,
    Baltimore saw 11 people shot, two of them fatally, in the first two days of August, including an incident in which seven people were shot.”

    –“Police say three people shot while sitting in a car outside of an apartment building in Boston on Monday were targeted. Academy Terrace off Columbus Avenue in Roxbury was roped off Monday afternoon after two women and a man were hit by gunfire.”

    • Rene Sasse

      I’m wondering now the race of the victims, are they black ? If so that would explain the comment of ” County Sheriff David Morgan said yesterday that a person of interest — a white male, surprise surprise “, a way to incite more racial tension and if all involved are white what difference does the perp’s race make ?

  • gypsyredheart

    Witchcraft? What are we back to Salem? Maybe they were Christians and got fed up with the bull they have been exposed to.

    • MeanieHead

      You could be right. Either way the killer is disturbed.

  • George Paz

    …Its the 21st century and were having a discussion about which practitioners of magic are more or less likely to be extremists. We havent come very far have we?

  • Lisa

    Being wiccan I can say I have NEVER killed ANYTHING for any ritual, nor would I EVER bring harm to another living thing. And I am certain that goes for all wiccans.

  • Samantha Semidey

    Wiccans aren’t the only people who practice witchcraft, and the rede states that you should harm none. So it’s most likely someone who doesn’t follow wiccan beliefs but uses the craft for manipulation and personal. I find it so offensive that an officer would just write it off as a wiccan ritualistic sacrifice. So sad and insulting to our religion.

  • Ashley

    Im sorry, I see it only saying it was witchcraft. I see the article saying Wiccan, not the cops. There is nothing here quoted but witchcraft and ritualistic. I read it 3 times and I don’t see the cops accusing anyone of being Wiccans.

  • DrWawee

    THis call for a witch hunter

  • booplady

    Don’t people know that to be a Wiccan means you first do no harm. IDIOTS!

    • Slappy McNugget

      I don’t know what it takes or means to be a Wiccan. I do know being called an IDIOT hurts my feelings, you just caused me harm.
      BOOM! you’re out of the band.

  • MeanieHead

    If he’s going to link it to the occult, I would say it would be more likely “satanic” than Wiccan. Wiccan people aren’t normally killers, more like love-bead-flower-power hippies.

  • Jonathan Hartman

    “A white male, surprise, surprise”, sounds like the author is a racist piece of shit

  • jan robison

    Good Gawd, Gertie! So now it’s okay to pigeonhole religious groups (gulp!) This crime may actually have been committed by a nut job who either heard “voices” telling him to do.this or wanted to make it look ritualistic. OH and.by the way,.on the 28th, the moon wasn’t even in full storm yet, so lose the Blue Moon tie in. Any Wiccan could tell them that! AND ANOTHER THING: while we are busy stereotyping religious groups, perhaps it’s time.for this guy to leave “Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show” and try, just TRY to be.professional.

  • AproSingh

    As a Wiccan I am seriously insulted by this jack ass cops statement. We do not sacrifice or kill for ritual. The guy is probably your typical garden variety nut job.

  • kelly

    Wicca is a peaceful religion that does not promote harm.in any way. In fact, it is completely AGAINST Wiccan creed to cause harm others. It’s scary to know that a man of such profound ignorance is in charge of the investigation. I doubt he’s even capable of finding out the truth, at this point.