On Saturday 13 June 1998, the decapitated and mutilated body of 59-year-old David John O’Hearn, was found at his Albion Park home, south of Sydney. The word ‘Satan’ was written in blood on a mirror and a wall, along with a star shaped geometrical figure with five points which resembled a magical or occult symbol. 

Police said it was the most macabre crime scene they had ever witnessed and was ‘gruesome in the extreme’. A post-mortem revealed that horrific ritualistic injuries had been inflicted on David O’Hearn after his death. 

Two weeks later, the body of the former Lord Mayor of Wollongong, 68-year-old Francis Neville Arkell, was found at his Wollongong home. There was little doubt that whoever killed David O’Hearn had also killed Mr Arkell. 

On Saturday 13 June 1998, the decapitated and mutilated body of 59-year-old David John O&rsquo;Hearn, was found at his Albion Park home, south of Sydney. The word &lsquo;Satan&rsquo; was written in blood on a mirror and a wall, along with a star shaped geometrical figure with five points which resembled a magical or occult symbol.&nbsp;
Police said it was the most macabre crime scene they had ever witnessed and was &lsquo;gruesome in the extreme&rsquo;. A post-mortem revealed that horrific ritualistic injuries had been inflicted on David O&rsquo;Hearn after his death.&nbsp;
Two weeks later, the body of the former Lord Mayor of Wollongong, 68-year-old Francis Neville Arkell, was found at his Wollongong home. There was little doubt that whoever killed David O&rsquo;Hearn had also killed Mr Arkell.&nbsp;

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