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Boy, 6, in 12/12/12 pentagram horror
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December 14, 2012, Friday
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A MAN in Texas told police he carved a pentagram into the back of his six-year-old son "because it is a holy day," a reference to the date 12/12/12.
Brent Troy Bartel, 39, of the Fort Worth suburb of Richland Hills, is being held in custody charged with the aggravated assault of a family member with a deadly weapon.
Police officers responded to an emergency call shortly after midnight from a man saying: "I shed some innocent blood," according to a recording of the emergency 911 call, released by police.
When questioned by the dispatcher, the man says: "I inscribed a pentagram on my son."
When the dispatcher asks why, the man responds: "Because it is a holy day." He then hung up.
Moments later, police received a call from the boy's mother at a neighbor's house, said Sheena Parsons, a police spokeswoman. The mother was crying and asking for help.
Police arrived at the Bartel home and found the boy shirtless and shivering, with a large pentagram carved on his back. Officers also found a box cutter believed to have been used in the attack.
The boy was taken to hospital for treatment. His injuries were "not life threatening," Parsons said. Police and Child Protective Services are investigating.
Wednesday was 12/12/12 - a date some consider significant because such a match of day, month and year will not occur again this century.
The pentagram is a five-pointed star sometimes associated with Satanism.
Brent Troy Bartel, 39, of the Fort Worth suburb of Richland Hills, is being held in custody charged with the aggravated assault of a family member with a deadly weapon.
Police officers responded to an emergency call shortly after midnight from a man saying: "I shed some innocent blood," according to a recording of the emergency 911 call, released by police.
When questioned by the dispatcher, the man says: "I inscribed a pentagram on my son."
When the dispatcher asks why, the man responds: "Because it is a holy day." He then hung up.
Moments later, police received a call from the boy's mother at a neighbor's house, said Sheena Parsons, a police spokeswoman. The mother was crying and asking for help.
Police arrived at the Bartel home and found the boy shirtless and shivering, with a large pentagram carved on his back. Officers also found a box cutter believed to have been used in the attack.
The boy was taken to hospital for treatment. His injuries were "not life threatening," Parsons said. Police and Child Protective Services are investigating.
Wednesday was 12/12/12 - a date some consider significant because such a match of day, month and year will not occur again this century.
The pentagram is a five-pointed star sometimes associated with Satanism.
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