“He had absolutely no involvement in anything that would ever involve human sacrifice. She told detectives about the religion’s focus on nature, its peaceful rituals, and spiritual traditions. The detectives set out to learn all they could about Wicca and tracked down one of Baker’s friends in Mystic Circle. Rick Jackson told Dateline correspondent Keith Morrison of the theory that Baker’s death may have been linked to the occult. RELATED: Woman Vanishes From California Ranch as the Men in Her Life Point Fingers at Each Otherīaker’s death came at a time when satanic panic was still running rampant throughout the United States, sparking urban legends and drumming up fear in suburban communities everywhere. “There were rumors going around at times that this could have been a sacrifice due to the multiple stab wounds and the fact that Baker’s throat was slit,” Garcia said. Investigators were also unnerved by the day the college student disappeared.īaker vanished on June 21, 1990, also known as the summer solstice, a day considered to be a holiday within the Wicca religion. 'I Was Doing Something To Appease The Devil': The 'Son Of Sam' Killings And The Satanic Panic At his apartment, they found an altar, complete with candles and a pentagram, and large knives “that were supposedly used in their ritual,” Garcia said. “It was a pretty horrible place to die,” said best-selling crime novelist Michael Connelly, who was covering the case at the time as a reporter for The Los Angeles Times.ĭetectives learned that before his death Baker had become increasingly interested in the pagan religion Wicca and was a member of a college group known as the Mystic Circle. What Happened to Ron Baker?īaker, an astrophysics major from UCLA, was found dead with multiple stab wounds. RELATED: Who Killed a Successful Businessman on the Streets of Puerto Rico?įamed cult leader Charles Manson had also once lived near the tunnel, only adding to the folklore. There was pentagrams all indicating some kind of occult activity that was taking place in the tunnel.”
“There was writing on the inside of the tunnel. “We were told that they would do animal sacrifices there,” Los Angeles Police Detective Frank Garcia, now retired, told Dateline: Secrets Uncovered. The tunnel, marked with satanic symbols and references to drugs, was known to locals as the “Manson Tunnel” because of its dark and ominous past. Watch Dateline: Secrets Uncovered Peacock and the Oxygen App.
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