Fans Blame Murder on Music
Killers will use any way they can to avoid facing the consequences of their actions, and on some occasions, they blame their actions on music. “The music inspired me,” or “I heard instructions in the music.”
In July, 1995, Arroyo Grande, California. 15-year-old Elyse Pahler goes missing from her home. It was uncertain at the time what had ultimately happened to Elyse, but she was considered a missing person.
It wasn't till 8 months later, that a man named Royce Casey turned himself into the police, telling a shocking story about missing Elyse. He said that she was dead, and was killed by 3 people, and he was one of them.
His conscience drove Royce to confess his part in her murder, and he lead police to a eucalyptus grove where the body of Elyse was found.
With Royce’s help, the police were able to finally determine what had happened to Elyse.
She was lured to a Nipomo Mesa eucalyptus grove by three of her teenage classmates, Jacob Delashmutt, Joseph Fiorella, and Royce Casey, aged 14, 15, and 16, performing a “satanic ritual.”
With the promise of drugs, Elyse entered the grove with the boys.