Arms of Evil, The Possession of Steve Kazmierczak

The tears of Kazmierczak's girlfriend seem to be real, but we wonder...are her eyeballs working properly? In a recent interview she expressed her shock and disbelief that the boy she new so well had committed the college campus murder spree in Illinois. This carnage is perhaps the most puzzling of all America's recent massacres because the killer's motive remains a mystery. Unlike most young people, Kazmierczak apparently hadn't left his life story pasted all over the Web on ego gratification sites and even the laptop computer found in the hotel room had had the hard drive removed from it. It almost appears that our murderer intentionally wanted to create a mystery wrapped in an enigma. In this case there seem to be no clues; or are there?

Immediately upon seeing these images of tattoos on the killer's arms we were reminded of the recent push by the Vatican to bump up it's global drive to exorcise demons. Perhaps they know something we don't. Our killer may have intentionally dialed up the powers of evil by engraving his body with these obviously frightening and, more perniciously, evil symbols. In this case where the murderer seemed to transfigure himself in a matter of days, we may be looking at a case of demonic possession.

Many believe the pentagram to be a powerful, satanic symbol. It's origins are ancient, however, and once symbolized the five wounds of Christ suffered during His crucifixion. Over time, the pentagram has become associated with evil. In the case of this particular tattoo, the pentagram is inverted which is commonly associated with satanism: the three downward points of the star symbolizing a rejection of the Holy Trinity.

Everyone involved with the young man from teachers to girlfriend appeared genuinely shocked upon hearing their onetime friend had somehow turned into a monster right before their eyes. Yes he had a reputation for being “erratic” and a “worrier” but who isn't a little worried and erratic these days? He was purportedly on withdrawals from anti-psychotic drugs, but their prevalence and over-use make this conjecture of a murder-trigger little more worthy than any of the rest. Had someone just looked at his arms they may have had some insight into what was happening.

The power of symbols doesn't make sense to the post-Enlightenment mind. Yet for centuries, man has faithfully used them for intentions both good and evil. With the heightened energy flowing through every facet of creation in these times, one might expect the poles of good and evil to become farther apart and more intense. During the Apocalypse Times choose your tattoos carefully.