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Authorities Probe Ritualistic SlayingWICHITA FALLS, Tex lt;AP) — Relatives of a man charged with killing his wife by thrusting an arrow through her heart in Brighton, Colo, say he was involved in Satanic worshipRay Crelia, 25, has been charged with murder in the death of his wife, Julia. 22 Her body was found Tuesday by two tourists along Interstate 70 a mile east of Seibert Crelia was arrested about four hours later.Authorities described it as a “cultist or ritual-type slaying.Crelia’s stepmother, Mrs. N.J. Crelia, said here Wed nesday her son and daughter-in-law “got started on drugs and he thought he was God. He said he worshipped the devil. It is all a nightmare ”She said Crelia had reallybeen preoccupied withSatanism the past few weeks following a trip to Austin.The chief investigator for the Adams County Sheriff’s in Brighton, Gene Hodges, said an investigation revealed thatMrs. Crelia had been struck on the head with a bolo-type knifeThis probably occurred in their apartment in Brighton, where the couple moved twoweeks ago Hodges said She was then taken to Kit Carson county and stabbed, he said The tip of the arrow was found embedded in her heart and the arrow was found beside her bodyThose who knew Julia Crelia said she was a very nice and conscientious person who was very involved in the Christ United Methodist Church Her employers at Midwestern State University’s Moffett Library, where she was a secretary receptionist, said they thought highly of herThe managment of a drapery firm where Crelia worked “on and off for about five years, confirmed Wednesday that hewas fired recently.Mrs. Crelia said the couple left for Colorado two weeks ago after he announced to his family that he was God and that he worshipped the devil.“Ray and Julia Crelia worshipped each other when they were not on anything, Mrs. Crelia said. “She would do anything for him, go anywhere, try anything. They got into some type of drug, LSD or something, that neither one of them could handl e”
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Port Lavaca Wave and Calhoun Citizen
Port Lavaca, Texas, US
Thu, Sep 02, 1976
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