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The Work of The Devil - Texas Monthly The graves containing the mutilated remains of 15 people. "Kilroy Was Here"-A Story from World War II The victims had been sacrificed in a form of Santeria and their blood consumed by the drug smugglers who abducted them. [28], Two months after Kilroy was confirmed dead, his parents founded the Mark Kilroy Foundation which promotes drug awareness, education, and prevention through the "Just Say No" campaign. Their confusion turned to genuine concern by dawn, and Kilroys disappearance officially became a missing persons case. [75][91], At the scene, the police took Aldrete, De Len, Orea Ochoa, Juan Carlos Fragoso, and Jorge Montes into custody. [12][13] His reputation for predicting the future and offering ritual cleansing became popular with some drug dealers, musicians, and police officers. His stepfather taught him a philosophy that Constanzo carried for the rest of his life: he told him that he should let nonbelievers "kill themselves with drugs" while he could profit from their foolishness. He said that he had never dug up the bodies and had been taken to the ranch after the bodies were already exhumed. He went on to the Mexican side, And sort of disappeared (his friends never saw him again) but he was kidnapped, tortured, and his body stuffed in a barrel. [65][46] Kilroy's legs were chopped off above his knees to facilitate his burial. Fenley looks over pages of flyers, articles, photographs, and news articles recounting the final moments of Mark Kilroys life. Students that were reported missing in Matamoros in the past would often turn up in the following days with a hangover and blurry memory of what had happened to them. As his friends stepped out of London Pub, they saw Kilroy leaning against a car and talking to a woman from Miss Tanline. The first option seemed the most likely because his abductors had not called for a payment. [3][4] The marks were given to selected cult members with the authority to perform human sacrifice. They discovered piles of homosexual pornography and a hidden ritual chamber with an altar. [5] He also was introduced to Santera when he was younger. They met with Attorney General Jim Mattox, Texas Governor William Clements, and U.S. [5][6] She introduced him to Palo Mayombe, an Afro-Caribbean religion that involves animal sacrifice. The Murder of Mark Kilroy | Bizarre and Grotesque Nearly a month later, his body and those of 14 others were found buried on the Santa Elena. [1] They moved to Texas from the Midwest after their son was born. [94][95] The police stated that they did not see Aldrete with the group when they arrived in Mexico City. [3][46], On 11 April, the police took Hernndez Garca and the four other suspects to Santa Elena ranch, and forced them at gunpoint to spend several hours digging up the graves. When they kidnapped him they took him to a ranch it was considered unlucky to go beyond the 12th hour and they pretty much destroyed him with a machete, said Fenley. A few days later, Kilroy's parents returned to Santa Fe. [131][130], According to Kilroy's father, the purpose of these summer activities is to keep the youth occupied when they are not in school so they do not get bored and think about consuming drugs. Friends remember murder of Mark Kilroy in 1989 - ABC13 Houston Garcia confessed that it was our religion and that the gang had lured Kilroy from the strip and raped him. 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Mark Kilroy's rape and Palo Mayombe inspired ritual murder spotlighted [137], When media coverage and allegations of Constanzo's affinity towards Satanism died down, several Afro-Cuban scholars stated that Constanzo's actions were fueled by his personal conviction and psychopathic involvement with Palo Mayombe. They were searching for a missing child and Constanzo shot at them from his apartment. Flickr/Lisandro SanchezThe streets of Matamoros, Mexico at dusk. [75], On 13 April, a religious ceremony initially intended to revive hope for Kilroy's safe return turned into a memorial service a day after his body was discovered. Sources disagree on the reasons why Constanzo ordered his sacrifice. One of Mark Kilroys friends spoke with ValleyCentral and is still shaken about what happened to his friend. The full-time and part-time counselors visit school campuses during the academic year in Santa Fe and Hitchcock to hold programs for approximately 800 students regularly. [91][104] Fearing that Constanzo might have purposely faked his own death, investigators conducted fingerprint analysis. Bettmann/Getty ImagesThe graves containing the mutilated remains of 15 people. The service was held at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Santa Fe. Another contact told the police that there was an address of interest in the Vernica Anzures neighborhood, next to Cuauhtmoc. When the police climbed up the stairs and made it to Constanzo's smoke-filled apartment, Aldrete ran from the door screaming that Constanzo was dead. [28], Martnez Salinas, on the other hand, stated that he was forced to confess because he was a neighbor at Santa Elena and driver of the Hernndez family. [5] This prompted the police to question people in Mexico City's homosexual community to see if they had any leads on Constanzo's whereabouts. [q][92] Cameron County officials also issued arrest warrants for the other cult members who were at large. Kilroy's murder generated countless stories across the country, including books. [41] Texan officials contacted the U.S. consulate in Matamoros and asked investigators to carry out a search with Kilroy's description in Matamoros jails and hospitals. He said he had been beaten and taken to the ranch where he was told to pose with the exhumed bodies. However, his case drew more attention in the U.S. because his uncle, Ken Kilroy, worked at the United States Customs Service in Los Angeles. At a supermarket, they interrogated a shoemaker who claimed to have seen a woman who matched Aldrete's description. Mark Kilroy's Ritual Murder And The Torture Cult Behind It [12] Under hypnosis, Moore stated that he saw a young Hispanic man wearing a blue plaid shirt and with a visible scar across his face talking to Kilroy before he disappeared. His skull had been cut open and his brain removed. Copyright 2023 KTRK-TV. [12] Other Afro-Cuban scholars, on the other hand, alleged that Constanzo murdered Kilroy because he truly believed it was a requirement in his distorted view of Palo Mayombe. He also said that Elio and Ovidio never invited him to the cult or talked to him about it. Aldrete also stated that the police hid the names of famous people involved with Constanzo for their own convenience. 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[80][81] He escaped with Sara Aldrete, Martn Quintana Rodrguez, Omar Francisco Orea Ochoa, and lvaro de Len Valds ("El Duby"). [21] His brain was then boiled in a nganga, an African metal pot that Constanzo used to stew human and animal remains. However, as their second night rolled on, Mark Kilroy vanished without a trace. [21], The key break in the case came on 1 April 1989. After parking in the border town of Brownsville, Texas, the group crossed into Matamoros on foot. Only two suspects remain at large. (AP) Mark Kilroy was a nice, normal kid who, in March 1989,. Nobody thought much of it until the three friends finished their business and realized Kilroy was gone. [90] Both were also indicted by a state jury in McAllen, along with 11 other cult members from Contanzo's organization, for importing marijuana, conspiracy to import marijuana, conspiracy to possess with the intent of distributing, and possession with the intent of distributing.