Post by arewynn on Aug 20, 2004 5:09:45 GMT -5
Great Falls, SC, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- Police in Great Falls, S.C., Tuesday investigated the killing of a Wiccan high priestess' parrot, which was beheaded and whose heart was cut out.
About a dozen pagans attended the Great Falls Town Council meeting Monday to show their support for Darla Wynne, who found her 8-year-old pet slain last week with a note attached that said, "You're next!," the Rock Hill Herald reported Tuesday.
"I was frantic looking for his little head, and later I did find his heart," Wynne told the newspaper. "They want me to leave this town. I feel so responsible for this. I shouldn't have gone out to dinner."
Great Falls Police Chief Mike Revels said an investigation was continuing.
Wynne, a Wiccan high priestess, sued Great Falls in 2001 for invoking Jesus Christ in council prayers. Federal courts agreed with her and ruled the prayers were unconstitutional. Town officials, with the support of the state attorney general, have appealed the case.
Great Falls police have responded to at least 10 calls of reported vandalism at Wynne's home since the lawsuit, but there have been no arrests, Revels said.
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