PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (August 22, 2007) — Vandals broke into a vacation home and left a pentagram, often associated with witchcraft, on the floor and scrawled “Helter Skelter” and other graffiti around the house.
A cleaning crew hired by homeowner Chris Fisher of Costa Mesa discovered the vandalism last week and notified police. The intruders apparently pried open a glass door to get inside.
There were no arrests.
Fisher told detectives the home was in good shape when he left Aug. 14. The break-in was discovered Friday, Sgt. Mitch Spike said.
Besides the five-pointed star laid out with sticks on the floor, the word “Blood” was written in soap on a television screen and the word “pigz” or “pigs” was scribbled on a glass door. The intruders scrawled “Helter Skelter” on the fireplace.
The burglars turned chairs upside down and hung many pictures backward. The toilet was filled with straw-like sticks, authorities said.
The vandalism was reminiscent of the 1969 Charles Manson family slayings of eight people at two homes. Victims included pregnant actress Sharon Tate.
The sergeant said it wasn’t known if the Palm Springs vandalism was the work of witchcraft practitioners, devil-worshippers or simply bored young vandals with too much time on their hands.
“I’m sure this kind of stuff takes place all over the place, but it’s unusual to see it in a burglary, where somebody would take the time to do it,” he said.
Police were trying to determine whether any items were missing from the home.
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