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06-17-2004, 04:33 PM
Justin Helzer, left, and brother Glenn Helzer are led into court in this 2001 file photo. Justin Helzer was convicted of five murders on Wednesday.
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a lapsed Mormon accused of [COLOR=Red]bludgeoning and dismembering five people in an elaborate extortion racket intended to hasten the second coming of Jesus Christ[/COLOR] :D .
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=531658
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/17/HELZER.TMP&nl=top
[COLOR=Red][SIZE=3]The three went to war with Satan in a modest Concord home, savagely slaying and dismembering victims while extorting money for a self-help group they believed would hasten Christ's return to Earth. :p [/SIZE] [/COLOR]
Nancy Hall and Judy Nemec, daughters of victims Ivan and Annette Stineman, cried quietly as the verdicts were read and dabbed their eyes.
Godman testified that Glenn Helzer had a long list of ideas to make money that included a high-end prostitution ring and manipulating the stock prices of fast-food companies through vandalism.
He planned to open an orphanage in Brazil , where he was once a Mormon missionary, and train kids to be assassins who would slaughter the leaders of the Mormon church in Utah. Glenn Helzer planned to be named the church's prophet.
The brothers moved with Godman into a house in Concord for the express purpose of planning and carrying out "Children of Thunder," buying weapons and bringing home dogs that they thought could eat their victims.
The trio on July 30, 2000, declared war on Satan before kidnapping Annette Stineman, 78, and Ivan Stineman, 85 -- a Concord couple who once employed Glenn Helzer as their stockbroker -- to extort $100,000 from them. Justin Helzer beat Ivan Stineman to death while his brother cut Annette Stineman's throat, Godman said.
The third victim, Selina Bishop, the 22-year-old daughter of blues guitarist Elvin Bishop, was befriended by Glenn Helzer to do one simple act -- cash the Stinemans' checks. Justin Helzer bludgeoned her with a hammer, though she may have died after his brother hit her with the hammer and cut her throat, Godman said.
The three victims were eviscerated and dismembered with a saw, then stuffed into gym bags and dumped into the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=531658
She also described Helzer's younger brother Justin as a gentle soul who ate organic food and refused to kill insects buzzing around the house. Justin's fate will be the main topic of discussion by the jury, who must decide whether his brother's influence in effect rendered him insane or whether he was responsible for helping to commit the murders and subsequent dismemberments.
Godman has already pleaded guilty to her role in the killings and is expected to receive a sentence of 38 years to life. She was spared capital charges in exchange for her testimony, which left the court so sickened that the judge at one point called for a collective "deep breath".
She described how Helzer called her into the bathroom, where Selina Bishop had already been bludgeoned and may already have been dead, telling her he wanted to see the gruesome details of his plan in action. [SIZE=3] [COLOR=Red]"Spirit says you get to know. This isn't a dream," [/COLOR] [/SIZE] she quoted him saying. She then described him picking up a knife and slitting the victim's throat.
It was Godman and Justin Helzer who cleaned up after the murders. She explained: "Taylor said he had more important things to do, like sit and meditate and listen to the spirit."
Murdered Selina Bishop, Elvin Bishop's daughter. Like Joey Bishop, I believe (but am not 100%) that I have also read before that Elvin Bishop is a Jew.
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http://sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2004/06/10/dd_bishop03.jpg
a lapsed Mormon accused of [COLOR=Red]bludgeoning and dismembering five people in an elaborate extortion racket intended to hasten the second coming of Jesus Christ[/COLOR] :D .
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=531658
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/06/17/HELZER.TMP&nl=top
[COLOR=Red][SIZE=3]The three went to war with Satan in a modest Concord home, savagely slaying and dismembering victims while extorting money for a self-help group they believed would hasten Christ's return to Earth. :p [/SIZE] [/COLOR]
Nancy Hall and Judy Nemec, daughters of victims Ivan and Annette Stineman, cried quietly as the verdicts were read and dabbed their eyes.
Godman testified that Glenn Helzer had a long list of ideas to make money that included a high-end prostitution ring and manipulating the stock prices of fast-food companies through vandalism.
He planned to open an orphanage in Brazil , where he was once a Mormon missionary, and train kids to be assassins who would slaughter the leaders of the Mormon church in Utah. Glenn Helzer planned to be named the church's prophet.
The brothers moved with Godman into a house in Concord for the express purpose of planning and carrying out "Children of Thunder," buying weapons and bringing home dogs that they thought could eat their victims.
The trio on July 30, 2000, declared war on Satan before kidnapping Annette Stineman, 78, and Ivan Stineman, 85 -- a Concord couple who once employed Glenn Helzer as their stockbroker -- to extort $100,000 from them. Justin Helzer beat Ivan Stineman to death while his brother cut Annette Stineman's throat, Godman said.
The third victim, Selina Bishop, the 22-year-old daughter of blues guitarist Elvin Bishop, was befriended by Glenn Helzer to do one simple act -- cash the Stinemans' checks. Justin Helzer bludgeoned her with a hammer, though she may have died after his brother hit her with the hammer and cut her throat, Godman said.
The three victims were eviscerated and dismembered with a saw, then stuffed into gym bags and dumped into the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=531658
She also described Helzer's younger brother Justin as a gentle soul who ate organic food and refused to kill insects buzzing around the house. Justin's fate will be the main topic of discussion by the jury, who must decide whether his brother's influence in effect rendered him insane or whether he was responsible for helping to commit the murders and subsequent dismemberments.
Godman has already pleaded guilty to her role in the killings and is expected to receive a sentence of 38 years to life. She was spared capital charges in exchange for her testimony, which left the court so sickened that the judge at one point called for a collective "deep breath".
She described how Helzer called her into the bathroom, where Selina Bishop had already been bludgeoned and may already have been dead, telling her he wanted to see the gruesome details of his plan in action. [SIZE=3] [COLOR=Red]"Spirit says you get to know. This isn't a dream," [/COLOR] [/SIZE] she quoted him saying. She then described him picking up a knife and slitting the victim's throat.
It was Godman and Justin Helzer who cleaned up after the murders. She explained: "Taylor said he had more important things to do, like sit and meditate and listen to the spirit."
Murdered Selina Bishop, Elvin Bishop's daughter. Like Joey Bishop, I believe (but am not 100%) that I have also read before that Elvin Bishop is a Jew.
http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/pictures/2004/03/10/ba_bishop01.jpg
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object.cgi?object=/chronicle/pictures/2004/03/10/ba_bishop01.jpg&paper=news&file=state1715EDT0321.DTL&directory=/news/archive/2004/06/15&type=news