December 31, 2009Soshanguve, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa10-year-old Masego Kgomo is kidnapped, mutilated, and killed Kgomo was last seen on New Year’s Eve after informing her mother she was going to play with friends nearby. When she did not return home, a search was launched by family, friends, and members of the community. One of those…
Mutilated body of 14-year-old found, killed in an apparent ritualistic murder
November 6, 1994Mochudi, Botswana14-year-old Segametsi Mogomotsi is found murdered and mutilated Mogomotsi was last seen by her brother on November 5, as she was going through their village of Mochudi in attempts to raise money for a charity project. Her half-nude, mutilated body was found the following day. Some of Mogomotsi’s body parts had been…
Teen killed, skull used to make love potion
October 13, 1956Vineland, New Jersey13-year-old Roger Carletto disappears; his killer will later claim to have murdered him to turn his skull into a love potion Carletto’s parents reported him missing on October 13, and while police initially suspected foul play they also considered the possibility he had run away. Over the following months, the police…
Man receives exorcism, kills wife directly afterward
October 5, 1974Gawber, Barnsley, EnglandMichael Taylor (30) begins an exorcism and kills his wife hours after its completion Michael, according to his friends, had had very little interest in religion until he met 22-year-old Marie Robinson in July 1974. Robinson and a handful of others were part of a “splinter movement” of a larger Christian…
A headless body of a man, suspected to be killed during a ritual, is found
February 8, 1981 San Francisco, California The headless body of Leroy Carter Jr. is found in a sleeping bag Carter’s body did not initially stir concern as passersby believed he was simply sleeping. Upon closer inspection it was found he had been beheaded, with two kernels of corn and a chicken’s wing pushed into his…
