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Night Of The Fire And Gruesome Discovery
- Thomas Sullivan discovered the fire and could not find his family, then found his wife Betty's mutilated body in the basement.
- Investigators also found satanic and occult books burned in the living room, which fueled local panic.
Tommy Found In Snow With Severe Wounds
- The next morning neighbor found Tommy sitting in the snow with savage neck and wrist wounds, and only one set of human footprints leading from the woods.
- A three-inch Boy Scouts knife was the only blade found and the same knife had been used on Betty.
Demon Contract And Panic Escalation
- A note in the crashed car described a contract between Tommy and "the greatest demon of hell" promising murder and suicide.
- Police ruled the deaths a murder-suicide, and the case intensified the national satanic panic.