They buried her under a pentagram. That’s what the Los Angeles Times said, anyway. There are many details about this fucked-up series of events that remain unclear, but this much is true: Elyse Pahler was 15 years old when three teenage boys sacrificed her to Satan. Court documents called it “one of the most brutal and horrific murders in the history of San Luis Obispo County.”

It happened like this:

It’s the summer of 1995. Three teenage shitbirds have targeted Elyse: 15-year-old Jacob Delashmutt, 14-year-old Joseph Fiorella, and 16-year-old Royce Casey. They lure her to a eucalyptus grove with the promise of weed. They get high. At some point, Delashmutt walks behind her. He takes off his belt. He strangles her with it. As Elyse struggles, Casey tries to subdue her. Fiorella whips out a hunting knife and stabs her in the neck. Repeatedly.