UPDATE: Witchcraft Blamed in Murder of Sioux City Girls:
Reason to Blow Up the World...
A mother mourns the loss of her two daughters. Their step-father is behind bars tonight accused of their murder.
The sisters were found dead in a second floor room of their Nebraska Street home. Fire crews discovered the bodies while responding to a fire call at the home Sunday afternoon. It was initially ruled suspicious.
But police are now telling KMEG 14 that they believe the girls died before the fire. Their stepfather, Larry Harris, is now charged with two counts of first degree murder.
Police say the girls were found strangled and stabbed in their home. Larry Harris told investigators at the scene that the girls were dead in their room, the victims of witchcraft gone badly.
Police Chief Joe Frisbee said, "The defendant said he was casting a spell that had gone bad and it could have had severe consequences."
Harris was at home with the girls and his three year old son on Sunday afternoon. Their mother Marla was at work.
The girls' mother Marla tells KMEG 14 that her husband told her he was doing a spell for death and destruction to help Marla's third child stay out of trouble. She says she respected her husband's beliefs, but just asked that he not practice them in the house.
I really don't think this has anything to do with witchcraft. It sounds more like to me that this was a more a case of dead kids tell no tales.
Nods of Doom to my wife Jade and to BelchSpeak.
