Wiccan: We never use ritual dagger to kill
Updated: Wednesday, 24 Mar 2010, 11:01 PM MDT
Published : Wednesday, 24 Mar 2010, 11:01 PM MDT
Reporter: Jim Winchester
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - Angela Sanford, the woman accused of killing a man with a Wiccan dagger, made her first appearance in court Wednesday.
She told authorities she was partaking in a Wiccan ritual when she killed Joel Leyva after feeling threatened.
That excuse is not sitting well with other Wiccans.
Linda Owl, a local practicing Wiccan, said Sanford is using the Wiccan religion as an excuse for her actions on Monday. Owl says a Wiccan would never use a ritual dagger as a weapon.
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