Never before have so many of us been forcibly cooped up in our houses for this length of time. COVID-19 has shaken up our routines and our state of mind. During this quarantine, we’ve seen an increase in drug and alcohol consumption, in stress-levels, and exacerbated mental illness, loneliness, hopelessness, all of the things that breed conflict.
Convinced Pezzotta knew too much about the activities the Beasts of Satan had been involved in, the couple decided they would kill her. Shooting Pezzotta at close range, the pair were stunned to see that the young woman still clung to life. In a panic, they phoned another "Beasts of Satan" associate, Nicola Sapone. Sapone arrived on the scene with a shovel, remarking to the couple, “you can't even kill a person!”
After Liam Fee was killed, both Rachel and Nyomi Fee tried to blame his death on one of the other young children in the house. The two children in the home, through interviews with specially trained police officers, were eventually able to tell of the abuse they had suffered by the couple, which included being beaten, tied up, and locked in a makeshift cage.
Michelle Knotek is believed to have dragged Kathy Loreno around the farmhouse by her hair, forced her to ingest medication and rotting food, and subjected her to ‘waterboard’ treatment. Throughout 1991, Loreno was subjected to this abuse daily and, as a result, she lost 100 pounds in weight. Near her death, her teeth and hair had fallen out and she was no longer able to walk or talk. She died in a frail, battered, and fragile condition while her two abusers looked on.
“We always thought within 20 years we could come up with something,” retired investigator Frank Stiles told theNew York Post. “But it didn’t happen, and now those 20 years are up.”
