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Wife Says She Would Still Die for Him
Rosa Solorio, one of the wives of accused mass murderer Marcus Wesson, told a jury that
she still loves him — he allegedly killed two of their children — and that she is still willing to
die for him. In a taped police interview, Solorio allegedly reported that Wesson, using his
fingers to simulate a gun, taught his children to shoot themselves in the temple or heart as
part of a suicide pact to be carried out if authorities came to split up the family. But in
court, she denied this, saying, ―They [police] put words in my mouth.‖ She said her life has
been difficult since the deaths, that she sleeps in a car or in the park, and often goes to the
scene of the crimes to make sure the yard is clean. (Pablo Lopez, Fresno Bee, Internet,
3/25/05)
His Attitudes Glimpsed
Marcus Wesson, on trial accused of murdering nine members of his family, told one of his
wives, Rosa Solorio, during a jailhouse visit, that the end of the world, the second coming of
Christ, was imminent, and that God took responsibility for the killings. Wesson says God
told him, according to a court transcript, that the children had to die because [Wesson
apparently quoting God]: ―They weren‘t ready. They would have been in darkness. That‘s
why I removed your family.‖ ―To hear some crap like that scared me,‖ Wesson told Solorio,
adding that he didn‘t die because the Lord said he wasn‘t ready. ―He wants me to do some
serious work for him.‖
Solorio, who believes Wesson is innocent, says she thinks God speaks through him, and
sometimes to her. She said Wesson had ―visions‖ and could predict the future. Wesson also
told Solorio that he feels electricity in his head, and that the Lord told him: ―I‘ve never seen
that, except at the beginning of time, when angels were mixing with men.‖ The transcripts
indicate he thinks God gave him an ―angelic brain.‖
Vintage Press in 2002 rejected Wesson‘s manuscript, ―In the Night, of the Light, for the
Dark.‖ Solorio says he recently wrote another book, ―The Metaphysical Aspects of Spiritual
Vampirism.‖ (Pablo Lopez, Fresno Bee, Internet, 3/29, 31/05)
Witchcraft
Witchcraft Treatment Alleged
Two women have sued a Geneva, IL, hospital for allowing a psychologist to use witchcraft to
treat them. One of the women says she was taught spells and told to divorce her husband.
She then moved in with the psychologist, a woman, who forced her to do the housework
and take nude pictures of her [the psychologist]. (UPI in Washington Times, Internet,
3/28/05)
Batch 2
Apostolic Faith Church Body of Jesus Christ of the Newborn Assembly
Critic of Group Murdered
Carolyn Clark, a member of the Apostolic Faith Church, in Ashatabula County, OH, was
beaten to death with a gun six weeks after accusing the church, in an affidavit, of numerous
incidents of abuse and cult-like behavior, such as mind control and physical and sexual abuse.
Police say that five of Clark‘s 13 children were in the apartment when she was killed. They
arrested her estranged husband Ralph on a charge of aggravated murder only a day after
awarding her custody of their minor children.
Church leader Charles Keyes says that his congregation of about 275 meets four times a
week and that many of the members work at church businesses in order to finance a new
church building. (NewsChannel5, Internet, 5/11/05)
Wife Says She Would Still Die for Him
Rosa Solorio, one of the wives of accused mass murderer Marcus Wesson, told a jury that
she still loves him — he allegedly killed two of their children — and that she is still willing to
die for him. In a taped police interview, Solorio allegedly reported that Wesson, using his
fingers to simulate a gun, taught his children to shoot themselves in the temple or heart as
part of a suicide pact to be carried out if authorities came to split up the family. But in
court, she denied this, saying, ―They [police] put words in my mouth.‖ She said her life has
been difficult since the deaths, that she sleeps in a car or in the park, and often goes to the
scene of the crimes to make sure the yard is clean. (Pablo Lopez, Fresno Bee, Internet,
3/25/05)
His Attitudes Glimpsed
Marcus Wesson, on trial accused of murdering nine members of his family, told one of his
wives, Rosa Solorio, during a jailhouse visit, that the end of the world, the second coming of
Christ, was imminent, and that God took responsibility for the killings. Wesson says God
told him, according to a court transcript, that the children had to die because [Wesson
apparently quoting God]: ―They weren‘t ready. They would have been in darkness. That‘s
why I removed your family.‖ ―To hear some crap like that scared me,‖ Wesson told Solorio,
adding that he didn‘t die because the Lord said he wasn‘t ready. ―He wants me to do some
serious work for him.‖
Solorio, who believes Wesson is innocent, says she thinks God speaks through him, and
sometimes to her. She said Wesson had ―visions‖ and could predict the future. Wesson also
told Solorio that he feels electricity in his head, and that the Lord told him: ―I‘ve never seen
that, except at the beginning of time, when angels were mixing with men.‖ The transcripts
indicate he thinks God gave him an ―angelic brain.‖
Vintage Press in 2002 rejected Wesson‘s manuscript, ―In the Night, of the Light, for the
Dark.‖ Solorio says he recently wrote another book, ―The Metaphysical Aspects of Spiritual
Vampirism.‖ (Pablo Lopez, Fresno Bee, Internet, 3/29, 31/05)
Witchcraft
Witchcraft Treatment Alleged
Two women have sued a Geneva, IL, hospital for allowing a psychologist to use witchcraft to
treat them. One of the women says she was taught spells and told to divorce her husband.
She then moved in with the psychologist, a woman, who forced her to do the housework
and take nude pictures of her [the psychologist]. (UPI in Washington Times, Internet,
3/28/05)
Batch 2
Apostolic Faith Church Body of Jesus Christ of the Newborn Assembly
Critic of Group Murdered
Carolyn Clark, a member of the Apostolic Faith Church, in Ashatabula County, OH, was
beaten to death with a gun six weeks after accusing the church, in an affidavit, of numerous
incidents of abuse and cult-like behavior, such as mind control and physical and sexual abuse.
Police say that five of Clark‘s 13 children were in the apartment when she was killed. They
arrested her estranged husband Ralph on a charge of aggravated murder only a day after
awarding her custody of their minor children.
Church leader Charles Keyes says that his congregation of about 275 meets four times a
week and that many of the members work at church businesses in order to finance a new
church building. (NewsChannel5, Internet, 5/11/05)
