European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                War. And the Only thing you Rcck Oul. There s this element Lood. A Lormer member of the it traditional asian Isle. Sion of the marinas Are you i you have what in lakes " Ich has been in the Lor tront of be satanic activity cautions h into Youthful fascination with ions 1o the occult As heavy Inos like dungeons f. Dragons i of the kids Ever involved Lences win get Extrema i percent will become obsessed  Gallant said Tun and games to come dabblers adopting pings Black clothing. Inverted Grams goal Heads of Tho iry or drawn on notebooks i when Tho dabbling is turning is keep a both of shadows spiral notebook where they it song lyrics satanic symbols ring to Del Clive Jerry Simandl spar Trent s gang crimes task air own Coda possibly Soma i and give themselves Salanie up a kind of altar in their ritual knives skulls and aids to get what they need la especially amphetamines such As Psilocybin. Satanism. J for the purple knights a gang is. Some As Young As 12. Pic Ido attempts Auto theft and rituals where they drank Hood id cuts and burned dogs with Icoria More and More isolated Rasli Cally Gallant said. They y angry. They May conduct with Small Covan groups in Ems elves with razor Blades is to mutilate  ice. Holic school had alerted his d a note detailing satanic ing. Boy stabbed his Mother body Lay scout kilo. Set fire to his in room o their Northern now or and younger brother slept h s Yard to slash his own Throat Sullivan s deals his lather has id hat satan appeared to him in a. And urged him to kit his list he became obsessed with avy Mela music Awn for aggressive images and common thread in self styled l Black Metal is blatantly Rio tent lyrics that glorify torture. Some songs Are a kind of email specific rituals Tho battered body of 19-year-old found in a Cistern in in dec. 8. He d Boon beaten to i blows to the head four id nearby his body had been id dumped into 10 feel of water i Reed Roland and Ronald a were charged wish first Houghl they somehow would be lid . Al hordes Clements lose boys were deep into this by Melon song were the last i s journal on Jan. 6. The Thomore killed herself m a a Friend who survived. Her  hired Tho Devil and knew her filand. Said Vermont slate in Colorado teen Ager who died ironing in the family Gaia go said on a haired Tot this world and a thirst Tor blood. And he could t handle  Wickersham sad. Suicides and suicide pacts Are common among troubled Leen agers who become involved in the occult. Authorities say. Unfortunately untrained police often Overlook signs of occult involvement and. Even in evidence exists downplay its importance. The ultimate thing you can do in satanic worship is kill yourself. It s the highest Iri Hule to Salan said Karen ferny director of student services at Homewood Flossmoor High school near Chicago which banned occult symbols from school grounds last fall. The idea is that you la come Back As a More powerful being because of your  Patricia Pul tag founded a group called add. Tor bothered about dungeons & dragons in Richmond va., when her 16-year-old son committed suicide after playing do Al school. The majority of teen agers involved people say they re just dabblers i say my Gott the dabblers Aro the ones commuting the crimes. They re kids and they re killing people " Sean Sellers intense intelligent and lonely went from a 1 year old fascinated with dungeons & dragons to a 17-year-old convicted murderer Tho youngest deals Row inmate at the Oklahoma slate Penitentiary Sean was ripping himself up  said Bob Ravizz Public defender of Oklahoma county and Sellers attorney at his 1986 rial Lor the fatal shootings of his parents and a convenience store clerk. You be got diametrically opposed forces Al work. Here s a decent kid working in a pizza place going to school and making b thought of highly by his teachers. Then you be got the kid who brings the satanic Bible to class who wears Black who drives up and Down highways in Oklahoma Wking lot satanic groups who drinks  Sellers family had Lold Ravitz of his intense involvement with Devil worship but Sellers himself did t mention it. Did Sellers find a satanic cult in his drives along Oklahoma highways Ravitz is convinced Sellers has never told the whole Story. Secrecy on the kids part and denial by their parents Means teen agers who need help too rarely receive in even if Mother Linds the satanic signs or books on satan or rituals the kids can trivialize ii said the Rev. James Lebar of lha now York archdiocese office of cull awareness. Instead of pursuing it looking for counselling parents teachers and clergy just Sorl of let in  parents who do seek help have difficulty finding Counselor who take the problem seriously. Organizations such As Tho cult awareness network which has offices in 35 Stales add and the parents music resource Center keep names of some psychologists and psychiatrists experienced with the phenomenon but they Are frustrated by the limited number of informed professionals. A year before her murder Sean Sellers Mother took him id a Clergyman to discuss his fascination with satanism Ronald Clements Mother had him see a psychologist several limes about six months Belore the Newberry killing. We hear this All Tho time pulling said. A Mother even had her child in a psychiatric institution and the therapist kept saying Don t worry about it it s just a fad this kid was doing rituals on her dining room table parents Are in a real Caleh-22," she said they go out and seek help and therapists Are making Light of it. They re overlooking the deadly ramifications Youfu whale com  we Saytol satanism often there a obsessionv/llhlmbvyimatlrocliimaleolper1om  of Tio ume belief in the Devil Rock Truitt Ota making thu Titan Getham. Associated press if the teen Ager with Iho lace fan Angel was fascinated with the Devil Wesley and Jennie Kirn Balldion t suspect it when she was alive and Don t believe it now that she s dead. She was just so bubbly so Lull of we said Kimball. Who slops pacing now and then to gaze Al photos of his curly haired daughter that line a set of shelves and cover an entire table near the front window i just can l Ligure Oul whal was going on. I Don t believe she was into the Devil. She loved everything and  Michele. A 15-year-old High school Sophomore with Luminous Brown eyes had a Gilt Lor bringing Light into others lives her parents say. Bul police believe Sho had a dark Side a secret Sido. On Jan. 6. Michele put a Rifle to her head and committed suicide in a pact Wilh her Boyfriend Randy steady 16, Al his Home. Michele died instantly. Steady suffered Only a bruised head Minnele s suicide nolo said she believed in the Devil and worshipped the Devil and that was something her parents would t understand bul she wanted them to try to  said it. Dean George of the Vermont stale police. The note made reference to steady now in a psychiatric Hospital bul no evidence indicates to was dabbling in the occult George said. His obsession was Michelo. Apparently they were not allowed to be together As much As they wanted to George said. Tha Kimball Sof new Haven. Vl., who have an older son said steady was a troubled High school dropout who Michele pitied and was trying to help but he was possessive and phoned her at All hours threatening to commit suicide if she saw other boys her parents did t want her to sea steady but he often showed up at school to see her the said. Although not allowed to Date her lather Wanold her to Wail until she was 16 Michele attracted her share of male alte lion. She was Small like her Mother with delicate features and an open giving nature her parents said. The daughter of a Dairy Farmer she loved animals oven though severe allergic and asthma kept her away from them. She bought bags of bread at the local bakery to feed Birds and carried a Slu fled Penguin Wilh her when Sho travelled. Other Slu Llod animals duller the Pink canopy bed in her Small cheery bedroom in Iho big while House with Black shutters. Ii is just As she led in photos of friends Lino her Mirror and posters of Rock groups Are scattered on the Walls. Slacked on the floor Aro the contents of her locker algebra and history books a volume of Roberl Frost s poems. Iwo journals where she recorded her thoughts. A Box Laken from the locker holds a Lom tattered Book of psalms a Smalt Glass. Dish of Potpourri some razor Blades a dip pen and a wooden Crucifix. A horse s Skull a prop from a halloween party rests on the floor. A Small knife Wilh an intricately carved Shaath lies near her stereo a Irskel she picked up in Florida her father said. Lureo component in a Glass stand dominate one Corner and Tho tapes in tront the ones easiest to reach Are Alt heavy Metal music . Acc Metal Church while Snake Black Sabbath and Dio. On the Wall is a picture of Oil Over in the words dream evil the Lille track irom one of Pineir albums. Dream evil the song goes to i dark thai you Lind in Tow Back of you. Mind she was a troubled  George said. But no Malter what you say her parents will never believe it and Ihal s  she played music constantly although her parents never paid much attention to it. They talked though Michele and her father took Requeni walks together. On one recent one. Sho asked him what he thought about god. She said you know in school Hoy almost Leach you there in t any god,1" Kimball said. And i said that s whal in was like Lor me when i was in school Loo. They Toach you thai things lorm in a whole different Way than in the Bublo and science has showed ,.,t things did form in a different Way. It there s a god Shell to up  to said a catch in his voice. But it makes you wonder sometimes in Here is when something Liko this happens to someone like her Lisa Levitt Ryckman uary 21,1938 the stars and stripes pagans