By Gimpy
Jan 11, 2021
Two men, a 43 year old Brian Tolentino and his friend 39 year old Juan Lopez decided one night to do a little grave robbing. According to reports the men did this as a bit of a ritual. Before they would vandalize the graves the men would take a drink of Bacardi and spit it onto the ground, then they would smoke a cigar and exhale the smoke as a way to protect themselves from the spirits. The men vandalized 4 graves total, three of which belonged to members of the armed forces, a Korean War vet, a WWI vet, and a Marine who still had his uniform on when they opened the grave. When asked why the hero s grave, Juan said that the spirit is much stronger in a hero than it is of a normal person, and that when you have the skull of a hero, not only is it stronger, but it can also protect you from evil. Juan also referred to cemeteries as holy sites and shopping centers and said that it s hard to get human remains in this country to practice his religion. Both men w
Grave robbers stole veterans skulls from cemetery to make horror black magic shrine
Brian Tolentino, 43, and Juan Lopez, 39, are facing charges after Florida police discovered a macabre arrangement of skulls in one of the men s homes, including some that belonged to humans
Florida police discovered this gruesome black magic shrine in one of the men s homes, featuring animal and human skulls (Image: Polk County Sheriff s Office)
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Florida men stole heads of dead veterans from cemetery as part of black magic religion, sheriff says
Polk County sheriff says suspects performed ritual in which they drank rum, smoked cigars at grave sites, replaced skulls with orange peels
Polk County Sheriff s Office
Brian Tolentino, 43, of Davenport, and Juan Lopez, 39, of Lake Wales, are facing four counts each of disturbing the contents of a grave and abuse of a dead human body.
and last updated 2021-01-08 17:24:13-05
MOUNT DORA, Fla. â Two accused grave robbers have been arrested after stealing the heads of dead veterans from a Florida cemetery, authorities said Friday.