Man Tries to Perform Exorcism, Instead Allegedly Murders His Mother – Futurism

Image by David Wall / Getty ImagesWhen it comes to battling demons trapped inside your loved ones, maybe it’s best to leave it to the professionals.Take that from Alexander Valdez, a 23-year-old man accused of murdering his mother in a botched DIY exorcism in Fort Worth, Texas last week.Police rolled up to Valdez’ house a little after midnight last Friday, tipped off about a “satanic ritual” which he allegedly recorded and sent to his friends on Snapchat. When officers knocked on his front door, a nonchalant Valdez emerged, coated in blood and clutching a bible.”It was an exorcism,” he told police calmly, before allegedly adding — contradictively? — that “I was doing witchcraft to kill my mom.”Asked if there was anybody else in the house, Valdez apparently admitted “there is a dead body in there. It’s my mom.”The cops then searched the house, where they indeed found the body of the man’s mother, 58-year-old Teresita Sayson, as well as that of the family’s dog.”Thank goodness for the people that were on Snapchat that said that he wanted to do this satanic ritual,” Tracy Carter of the Fort Worth Police Department said, referring to the anonymous tipsters who passed the alleged
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