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Convicted of murder: teenager obsessed by occult
Posted on Monday, January 24 @ 09:30:36 EST by SweenyTod
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A teenage boy obsessed by the occult and the music of the singer Marilyn Manson was convicted yesterday of the murder and mutilation of his 14-year-old girlfriend.
Luke Mitchell, 16, faces life imprisonment for the "the most gruesome killing of recent years" after he was found guilty of murdering Jodi Jones in June 2003.
Her naked and mutilated body was discovered by her family in circumstances which prosecutors said resembled the notorious "Black Dahlia" murder of a Hollywood starlet in the 1940s - celebrated in song by the musician Marilyn Manson. Just as the teenagers responsible for the Columbine High School massacre in the USA regularly listened to Manson's music, Mitchell - a self-proclaimed Goth with a fascination with horror films and Satanism - was also said to be under the spell of the pop star, and the wounds left on Jodi's naked body were similar to Manson's paintings of the 1947 murder.
Despite there being no scientific evidence linking Mitchell to the murder or even a clear motive, the circumstantial case presented by the prosecution was enough for the jury to reject Mitchell's special defence of alibi - claiming that he was in or around his home at the time of the killing.
Sentencing was deferred for background reports to help determine the minimum period Mitchell will have to serve before being considered for release.
Jodi's family welcomed the outcome. Her uncle Kevin Walker said the verdict brought justice. "The family has had to bare its soul to ensure that justice could prevail," he said. "Whatever sentence is passed will not be enough to reform the evil that spawned this case." Jodi's mother paid tribute to her "little mentor" but said her daughter would not have liked the "notoriety" death brought.
Mrs Jones said that Jodi had been happy in her relationship with Mitchell, her first boyfriend, after having to deal with the suicide of her father, Jimmy, in 1998. "She had come to a point in her life of getting through her low self-esteem ," Mrs Jones said.
On the day she died, Jodi went to visit Mitchell, the product of a broken home who was obsessed with evil and once carved the number 666 on his arm for a bet.
His school books were daubed with Satanic symbols and slogans such as "Satan lives" and "Evil is the way". He once wrote in a school essay: "People like you need Satanic people like me to keep the balance" and "Once you shake hands with the Devil you then have truly experienced life".
The self-proclaimed Goth, who claimed to smoke up to 80 cannabis joints a day and once boasted to friends that he could imagine himself "getting stoned" and killing someone, was a keen collector of knives.
A search of Mitchell's bedroom by police uncovered a number of sinister items, including an empty knife sheath bearing the numbers 666 and Jodi's initials along with her dates of birth and death.
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Re: Convicted of murder: teenager obsessed by occult (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Friday, March 18 @ 00:23:15 EST | what a dope.
i mean i don't belive jesus and love Marilyn Manson but kill my girlfriend? never. |
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Re: Convicted of murder: teenager obsessed by occult (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 03 @ 16:12:23 EDT | | luke mitchelle is so hott and i love him same with marilyn manson luke should not be jailed he is so beautiful and doesnt diserve this leave him alone and i love him lots and what him to be free and so what if he killed his ex girlfriend i love him lots bye bye xoxooox i love u luke always |
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media has distorted the music industry (Score: 0)
by Anonymous on Thursday, August 31 @ 18:07:14 EDT | | My name is Emma Scott. i am 16 years of age and am a fan of Marylin Manson. i am currently doing a speech on an issue i am passionate about, i have chosen music. i rember this articl and the emotions i felt towards the acusations. so i decided to base my speech around it and the issues involved. in the newspaper i found the artical in it showed that Luke Mitchell smoked cannabis 99% of the time, now, why is that not mentioned in your atrical? why because that is sufficant evidence to prove LUke was not in the right state of mind. im not saying he isnt guilty, im saying Manson is not responsible for his actions. i love Mansons musci, esspecially his lyrics, does that mean im goin to go and mutilate a body for no reason, that i believe in satanic acts of any kind, no. there are soo many people that listen to Manson's music that dont do anything unhumane. My mother listens to Manson, does that make her a bad mother, it most certanly does not. so before you go and accuse artists for murders and mutliations, think why you are, because you dont agree with the issues the sing about? i dont know why, but it is wrong and unjust towards the artists. Nirvana, Manson, artists like these have been attacked for their expressions by people like you, people who believe lyrics can controll you. i am a catholic and i belive in god, but listeing to this music is not going to distort my mind, drugs and an unstable emotional and mental health will do that, and that is what happened with luke Mitchell. i feel for the family of Jodi, but dont blame music for a distorted mind. |
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