The State - News from July 9, 1987

An arrest in a murder tied to a homosexual satanic cult in the San Francisco area has led investigators to search for possible links to other unsolved murders, San Francisco police said. “We haven’t established this as a serial murder,” homicide Inspector Earl Sanders said, “but we are looking at all the open homicides around.” 1382376293booked for investigation of murder in the slaying of an unidentified man two years ago. The victim had been bled to death, butchered, and left with a pentagram carved into his chest. Although there has been only one arrest, Sanders said police have information that an “association of individuals” tied to a satanic cult is involved.