Amber Burch

Summary

Snapped: Women Who Murder – “Amber Burch”

Original Air Date: November 9, 2025
Host: Oxygen

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Episode Overview

This chilling episode of "Snapped: Women Who Murder" examines the disturbing crimes of Amber Burch, the girlfriend of self-proclaimed Satanist Pazuzu Algarad, in North Carolina. The episode details the mysterious disappearance of Joshua Wetzler and Tommy Welch, the investigation that unfolds over years, and the horrifying discoveries in what locals dubbed a “house of horrors.” Through interviews with family, law enforcement, and community members, the episode explores how Amber Burch, once described as a normal young woman, transformed under Pazuzu's influence and participated in unspeakable acts.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Disappearance of Joshua Wetzler

[02:45–09:35]

• Stacy Carter, Joshua's ex-fiancé, reports him missing after months of silence, noting how unusual it is that he missed contacting his son and mother.
  • Key Quote, Stacy Carter [03:36]:
    “When his mom's birthday came and went and she hadn't heard from him, that set off some alarm bells, because that was not like him at all.”
• Family and friends describe Josh as a kind, music-loving "free spirit," but mention his struggles with mental health, financial problems, and brushes with the law.
• Josh’s 2008 drug arrest (psilocybin mushrooms) leads to loss of custody of his son, deepening his downward spiral.
• Stacy receives a tip that Josh was buried in "Pazuzu's backyard”—a name unfamiliar to her.

2. Who Is Pazuzu Algarad?

[10:27–16:20]

• Investigators discover “Pazuzu Algarad” on social media, featuring disturbing images, satanic graffiti, and boasts of animal sacrifices.
  • Key Quote, Community Member [11:03]:
    “He believed in bloodletting...he wanted to be a demon. So therefore everybody should bow down to him…”
• Locals describe Pazuzu as charismatic but terrifying, attracting outcasts to his home and cultivating a persona for shock value.
• Pazuzu lives with his mother in a suburban house that outwardly appears normal but inside is filthy, adorned with dark symbols, and the site of ritualistic behavior.
• Amber Burch is described as his "queen," fully immersed in his rituals and personality.
  • Key Quote, Friend [15:48]:
    “She became almost just a female extension of Pazuzu himself. Everything Paz did, Amber did.”

3. Failed Investigation and New Crimes

[16:58–21:24]

• A report in August 2009 alleges Pazuzu showed off a body in his basement, saying he’d shot a “snitch.” Insufficient evidence and conflicting stories prevent police from obtaining a warrant.
• In 2010, investigators search Pazuzu’s home for Josh with cadaver dogs. They are appalled by the filth—animal carcasses, extreme neglect—but find no physical evidence of bodies.
  • Key Quote, Witness [20:05]:
    “Unless you've been into a death house, there's no way to mentally prepare yourself for something like this.”

4. Joseph Chandler's Death

[23:18–28:19]

• In June 2010, another body is found—Joseph Chandler, a legally blind local, last seen with Pazuzu at a convenience store.
• Nicholas Rizzi, present at the supposed accidental shooting, confesses: drunken mishandling of a gun leads to Chandler’s death. Rizzi pleads guilty to manslaughter and Pazuzu is put on probation as an accessory.
• Pazuzu is evaluated for mental health but found fit to stand trial (real name: John Lawson).

5. The Mystery Deepens: Tommy Welch Disappears

[31:05–35:57]

• In late 2009, Tommy Welch is reported missing. Later, Pazuzu’s mother Cynthia claims she witnessed Amber Burch shoot Tommy in their basement while Pazuzu urged her to leave.
• Surveillance footage confirms Tommy’s last public sighting near the house.
• Despite mounting suspicions, police lack direct evidence to search the house again.

6. Break in the Case: Whistleblower Comes Forward

[36:13–39:26]

• In 2014, Matthew Flowers, an army veteran and former friend, reports that his ex-girlfriend Dixie witnessed Amber and Pazuzu burying bodies, specifically Tommy Welch, in the backyard. Dixie had photographic evidence.
  • Key Quote, Witness [37:05]:
    “Amber said, I got my first, just like Paz does. Amber and Pazuzu told Dixie, we need your help to bury… and if you say anything, you’ll join him.”
• The evidence is sufficient for a new search warrant.

7. Grim Discovery and Aftermath

[39:39–44:06]

• In October 2014, law enforcement uncovers skeletal remains of Joshua Wetzler and Tommy Welch in the backyard.

• Families experience a mix of devastation and relief at receiving answers after so many years.

  • Key Quote, Stacy Carter [40:41]:
    “But the truth was, I was euphoric. Like, I was just so happy. We finally had some closure and we, you know, were able to have a funeral for him.”

• Pazuzu and Amber Burch are arrested. Pazuzu is charged with Josh’s murder; Amber with Tommy’s.

  • Key Quote, Friend [41:53]:
    “I didn’t realize the monstrous things he was capable of. I believe Amber Burch was brought into the influence... and she was willing to engage in whatever behaviors he encouraged her to do.”

• Pazuzu kills himself in jail before trial.

  • Key Quote, Family [43:05]:
    “He took the coward’s way out and killed himself. Let’s hope he burned in hell.”

• Amber Burch pleads guilty and receives 30–40 years.

  • Relative [43:33]:
    “She wanted to be part of it. Let me do it this time. That’s cold blooded.”

• The “house of horrors” is demolished, symbolizing the end of its terror.

  • Key Quote, Witness [44:06]:
    “Neighbors set up lawn chairs to personally watch this nightmare finally come to an end.”

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Notable Quotes and Memorable Moments

• “Devil didn’t go to Georgia. He came to North Carolina.” – Community Member, [02:22], [42:30]
• “The kitchen was probably the cleanest, most normal looking room in the house.” – Friend, [19:42]
• “Josh was an amazing dad. He loved his son more than anything.” – Stacy Carter, [06:52]
• “It was like an air of evil resonating from… the basement area where all this was supposedly taking place.” – Witness, [20:05]
• “You don’t give up. You never give up.” – Community Member, [30:44]
• “Just the evil of the place, I mean, could never be washed out of it.” – Stacy Carter, [44:24]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Josh Wetzler’s disappearance and background: [02:45–09:35]
• Introduction to Pazuzu and Amber Burch: [10:27–16:20]
• Police fail to find evidence at Pazuzu's house: [19:06–21:24]
• Investigation into Joseph Chandler’s death: [23:18–28:19]
• Tommy Welch vanishes; Cynthia Algarad’s account: [31:05–32:49]
• Break in the case—witness comes forward: [36:13–39:26]
• Discovery and aftermath: [39:39–44:06]
• Final reflections and consequences for Amber Burch: [43:18–45:19]

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Conclusion

This episode exposes not only the depths of Amber Burch’s involvement in two brutal murders but also presents a haunting portrait of manipulation, cult-like devotion, and small-town horror. Through the voices of those who survived and those who sought justice, it becomes clear how evil festers when left unchecked—and how a community can finally shut the door on a house of horrors.

Transcript

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[Law Enforcement Officer]

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[Narrator/Documentary Host]

In the suburbs of North Carolina, residents talk of a house of horrors.

[Witness/Community Member]

They got a report of body buried in the backyard.

[Stacy Carter]

It was absolutely crazy.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

An investigation leads to a self proclaimed Satanist and his most devoted follower.

[Witness/Community Member]

He publicly announced that he was a devil worshiper.

[Friend/Neighbor/Observer]

They would drink one another's blood. She was his queen. He was her king.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

A series of terrifying discoveries proves the truth can be even stranger than fiction.

[Investigator/Reporter]

He had started following a religion that required animal sacrifice. People had informed deputies that he had killed several people.

[Witness/Community Member]

Every one of the friends I talked to, they all said they were scared to death.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

In this southern gothic story, demons are very, very real.

[Witness/Community Member]

Devil didn't go to Georgia. He came to North Carolina.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

February 15, 2010. It's a chilly Monday in Moxville, North Carolina when an anxious young woman shows up at the Davie County Sheriff's office. It appears her ex fiance, 32 year old Joshua Wetzler has been missing for over six months.

[Witness/Community Member]

Stacy Carter came to my office wishing to file a missing persons report. She said she has totally lost contact with him.

[Stacy Carter]

When I stopped hearing from him and he stopped showing up, it was not like Josh to not contact our son.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Stacy explains that Josh was always a free spirit. But after months of radio silence, a missed milestone is the final straw.

[Stacy Carter]

At first I just made the assumption that Josh is fine. He just went off the radar. He chose to disappear it was sporadic as to when I'd hear from him, so there was no, like, you know, rhyme or reason to when he would call or come by. And when his mom's birthday came and went and she hadn't heard from him, that set off some alarm bells, because that was not like him at all.

[Family Member]

And he always called, you know, for big things like that, and he didn't call.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Josh Wetzler was born in Naples, Italy, in 1977. His parents were both in the US military, so they never stayed in one place for long.

[Family Member]

Josh was born about a year before we came back. My husband went to a school in California, and after he finished that schooling, we went to New Orleans. After New Orleans, we went to Chesapeake, Virginia. Josh was a good kid, had a good personality.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

In high school, Josh developed a passion for music.

[Friend/Neighbor/Observer]

Josh and I went to see the Grateful Dead. Several of us continued for the summer in 95, following the Grateful Dead around the country.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Josh continued to follow the band as they toured, and in 1999, he met his future fiance, Stacey Carter.

[Stacy Carter]

Josh ended up out in Washington State. I was traveling cross country, and I met some folks who told me about this great party that was happening, and that was where Josh was living at the time. And we hit it off.

[Friend/Neighbor/Observer]

It was, you know, love at first sight.

[Stacy Carter]

We definitely had chemistry. We also had so much in common. He loved horses, and we both loved music and going to concerts.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Two years into dating, Stacy and Josh began a new adventure together in North.

[Stacy Carter]

Carolina, Josh and I bought 11 acres of land in Davie County. Shortly after that, he started horseshoeing school, so we had visions of operating a business on our property.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

The couple got engaged, and in 2004, the family grew with the birth of their son. But a year later, with a new business and a new baby, financial troubles began to take a toll.

[Stacy Carter]

Josh wasn't making as much money, I wasn't making a lot of money, so it was really hard to try to get our bills paid. Josh and I were fighting a lot, and I think that's ultimately what caused me to leave.

[Family Member]

Stacy called and told me that her and Josh had separated. I think I was more upset than she was.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Despite the breakup, Josh remained a devoted father.

[Stacy Carter]

We had shared custody of our son, and we had a schedule, and he would go back and forth and stay with us. Josh was an amazing dad. He loved his son more than anything. Josh chose to stay on our property, and I told him, okay, well, that's fine. You know, you can stay there as long as you pay the mortgage. Then I Found out that he had stopped making the mortgage payments and that our property was going into foreclosure. I think that's when his mental health, you know, was really starting to decline or had been declining for some time.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

But in May 2008, a brush with the law would cost Josh everything.

[Stacy Carter]

He was arrested for having mushrooms delivered to his home through the mail.

[Family Member]

It was probably found by a dog at the post office, and so they arrested him. When the police came to his house, he had his son with him. And so then he was also charged with endangering the welfare of a child.

[Stacy Carter]

So at that point, he was a felon, and he lost all custody of our son. He would come to my house and spend time with him there, but that was really the downward spiral for him.

[Family Member]

He didn't work very much. You know, he didn't either show up for a job, or sometimes he would miss going to work for somebody and things like that.

[Stacy Carter]

Eventually, he kind of drifted away, not just from me, but from our circle of friends. He started hanging out with other people that I didn't know. The last time we saw him was in July. We were cooking out, and Josh, he made pizzas.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

His sporadic visits dropped off, and by early 2010, Josh hadn't spoken to his family in several months.

[Family Member]

Finally, I said, there's something wrong, because he would have called me.

[Stacy Carter]

I just made the assumption that josh is fine. He just went off the radar. He chose to disappear. It wasn't until I heard otherwise that it occurred to me that something could have happened.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Stacy explains to authorities that what she heard is frightening.

[Stacy Carter]

The first person to tell me what had happened to Josh was our friend who called me and just blurted out, josh was buried in pazuzu's backyard. And I was like, what? I had never heard of pazuzu. I had no idea who he was. So I went to the police and reported him missing. Those were my words. You're going to think I'm crazy, but my son's father is buried in, you know, this guy's backyard.

[Witness/Community Member]

When Stacy mentioned pazuzu to me, I was like, who? And what's Pazuzu? And she said, that's his name.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Investigators search social media sites and find a profile for someone who goes by Pazuzu algorad.

[Witness/Community Member]

When I saw Pazuzu's MySpace account, the first thing is all the drawed in my mind was the manson family in the photos. This guy was trying to live that lifestyle. You could tell by the graffiti on the walls, the filth claiming to do animal sacrifices and the dark moon.

[Investigator/Reporter]

Yeah. Tattoos on his face and his teeth were sharpened. His hair was in dreads.

[Witness/Community Member]

In the photos, Pazuzu was doing satanic worshiping. He believed in bloodletting. He made general statements. He wanted to be a demon. So therefore everybody should bow down to him and respect him and be fearful of him. I'd never seen anything exactly like this. For zhu, Zhu sort of reminded me of something you'd watch on tv, a horror flick. But here it was in North Carolina.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Coming up, the search for Josh Wetzler leads to the door of a suburban devil worshiper.

[Friend/Neighbor/Observer]

When you roll up, pull in the driveway, it looks like a normal cookie cutter clemens house.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

And investigators descend into a den of evil.

[Witness/Community Member]

Unless you've been into a death house, there's no way to mentally prepare yourself for something like this.

[Friend/Neighbor/Observer]

Jesus Christ.

[Law Enforcement Officer]

Look at that.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

After receiving a tip, about 31 year old Pazuzu algorod, Davie county investigators learn everything they can from social media before talking to friends of their missing person, Josh Wetzler.

[Stacy Carter]

I have no idea what Josh's relationship to Pazuzu was, but I feel like that it was the time where Josh was feeling like an outcast. I think it kind of pushed him to the edges of society and, you know, he was drawn to other people who were also on that edge.

[Witness/Community Member]

Every one of the friends I talked to, they all said they were scared to death of Pazuzu. He publicly announced that he was a devil worshipper, and rumors out that he killed somebody in his basement. Presumably Joshua Wetzler. The biggest hurdle for me and my agency was he was supposedly killed and buried in another jurisdiction. Joshua is a resident of davie county, north carolina, but Pazuzu's in Forsyth county. I contacted forsyth county sheriff's office and advised him of missing persons report that I was initiating.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

The Forsyth county sheriff's office is quite familiar with the name Pazuzu.

[Investigator/Reporter]

Either anonymously or by name. Multiple people had informed him that he had killed several people and buried them in the backyard.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Due to those allegations, Forsyth county already has a profile on the alleged murderer from previous interviews with him and those who know him.

[Friend/Neighbor/Observer]

When I first met him, he actually didn't seem that messed up. I mean, no more than the rest of us just drinking, partying, having a good time. He presented himself as this non theistic, maybe atheist satanist. He had, you know, a weird kind of macabre charm. He was very good at drawing people, going against the grain. The black sheep, the rejects, the outcast.

[Law Enforcement Officer]

Pazuzu Algrad lived with his Mother. It's a residential neighborhood. He lived in a single story, brick ranch type house.

[Friend/Neighbor/Observer]

Pazuzu's house was the land of do what thou wilt. It was like never never land. The place to go to be whoever, whatever you wanted to be. It was his kingdom. But I think it was also an opportunity to control and manipulate people.

[Law Enforcement Officer]

Pazuzu had a girlfriend, Amber. Apparently, the girlfriend was a willing participant in the whole thing.

[Investigator/Reporter]

Amber burch grew up in rock hill, south carolina. Her friends describe her as a normal girl growing up. At some point, she met Pazuzu, and her friends describe a change in her.

[Friend/Neighbor/Observer]

As she got more and more involved with Pazuzu. She became almost just a female extension of Pazuzu himself. She got very heavily involved in the rituals that he did. They would drink one another's blood. Everything paz did, Amber did. She was his queen, he was her king kind of thing, you know.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

From the description of Josh Wetzler's emotional state before he disappeared, it seems possible he'd been pulled into Pazuzu's orbit. Still, an alternative lifestyle isn't proof a crime has been committed.

[Witness/Community Member]

I might not agree with it, but you got a right to practice your own religion.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Davie county detectives learn that forsyth county deputies received ominous allegations about Pazuzu six months before Josh was reported missing.

[Investigator/Reporter]

Tarina Billings, on August 3, 2009, went to the forsyth county sheriff's office, and she told them that a couple weeks before, her father had gone to pazuzu's house. And then after her father, Alan billings, came back, he told her this fantastical tale that when he went over to the house, he saw a dead body covered in a tarp. Pazuzu had told him that he had shot this person 10 times for being a snitch. And alam had helped Pazuzu chop up the body and bury it in the backyard.

[Witness/Community Member]

Mr. Billings told his daughter he was afraid that because now he was an accessory to the crime that he would be facing life in prison.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

But when deputies questioned Billings, he told a different tale.

[Investigator/Reporter]

Alan billings denies ever seeing a dead body. So there's some discrepancy there.

[Witness/Community Member]

But what he did tell them was that Pazuzu had told him that he did shoot someone 10 times and they was buried in the backyard. The statement that Mr. Billings gave more or less gave suspicion but not probable cause. Nothing that detectives could get a search warrant for.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

When questioned, Pazuzu told deputies Allen billings story was made up. Ultimately, authorities dropped the investigation due to lack of evidence. But now the new allegations about Josh Wetzler's connection to Pazuzu inspire Forsyth county to check the home. On February 23, 2010, they return with a search warrant and cadaver dogs.

[Friend/Neighbor/Observer]

When you roll up, pull in the driveway, it looks like a normal cookie cutter Clemens house.

[Investigator/Reporter]

Immediately going into the house, the inspectors are overwhelmed by the smell. They said stinks.

[Friend/Neighbor/Observer]

Jesus Christ.

[Investigator/Reporter]

It's almost hard for them to continue.

[Law Enforcement Officer]

Watch your stick.

[Friend/Neighbor/Observer]

There's a lot of broken blanks.

[Law Enforcement Officer]

Okay.

[Investigator/Reporter]

There is a lot of graffiti on the walls, Weird posters, weird signs.

[Law Enforcement Officer]

Look at that.

[Friend/Neighbor/Observer]

The kitchen was probably the cleanest, most normal looking room in the house.

[Witness/Community Member]

No drainage.

[Friend/Neighbor/Observer]

And his mother Cynthia's room, she only ever came out of her room to grab something from the kitchen real quick or to leave for work. The rest of the house is just.

[Law Enforcement Officer]

Crazy.

[Witness/Community Member]

Filthy, nasty, unkempt spider webs everywhere, dirt all over the floors. Supposedly animal carcasses laying around. Unless you've been into a death house, there's no way to mentally prepare yourself for something like this. It was like an air of evil resonating from. From the basement area where all this was supposedly taking place.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Despite the horrific state of the house, they find no evidence of foul play.

[Witness/Community Member]

There were four canine cadaver dogs used, but unfortunately, none of them hit. There's always factors that can play in. It's not always 100%. Officers weren't able to visually cue in on any locations in the backyard where a recent burial was made or anything.

[Stacy Carter]

So I'm just waiting in anticipation, you know, for them to tell me that they had found Josh. When I heard back from. From the police that they didn't find anything, it was really devastating because now, you know, we had no answers. Do I have time for men?

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

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[Witness/Community Member]

I know she ain't bring TJ around just to get back with her men.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Oh, God.

[Law Enforcement Officer]

My.

[Witness/Community Member]

My God.

[Stacy Carter]

Lied for a year.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Stacy, are we still talking about your situation?

[Witness/Community Member]

Don't let this accent fool you.

[Stacy Carter]

I never touch around my husband. You don't have one.

[Family Member]

I'm so. I'm so confused.

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[Friend/Neighbor/Observer]

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[Law Enforcement Officer]

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[Narrator/Documentary Host]

After the unproductive search of Pazuzu Algorod's home, Forsyth county deputies find themselves at a dead end. As the weeks pass, it seems increasingly unlikely they will ever find Josh Wetzler. But four months into the investigation, detectives get a new lead.

[Witness/Community Member]

On June 7, 2010, Yadin County Sheriff's Office got a 911 phone call of a body found at the Yadkin river park area. There's a male subject who had been apparently shot in the head.

[Law Enforcement Officer]

As you go down towards the water, that's where we found the victim lying on his back. He had $148 in his pocket. He still had his wallet. There didn't seem to be any type of defensive wounds or any evidence of a struggle at the scene.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

The victim is identified as 30 year old Joseph Chandler. His mother reported him missing earlier that morning.

[Law Enforcement Officer]

She advised us that he was legally blind. However, he can still see enough to walk to places that he knew. As long as he didn't have to cross too much traffic, it would have been very difficult, if not impossible for him to get there on his own. So we thought he probably met with somebody and got a ride up there. Joseph would go to a convenience store on Lewisville Clemens Road to purchase beer. Other than that, there wasn't very many places that he would travel. We interviewed the clerk who did recognize him as coming in the night before and leaving with a local person known as Pazuzu Allgrad.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

With another potential victim linked to Pazuzu, detectives question him again.

[Law Enforcement Officer]

When he came to the door, we told him, you know who we were and you know why we were there. And we were able to go inside and speak to him. He said that there was a get together at his house that night, that he met Joseph Chandler at the convenience store and invited him back to drink some beer with them. Joseph was there for a short period of time and then left with an unknown Hispanic male named Pete. At that point, our first goal was to identify as many people as we could that were in the house the night that Joseph Chandler was there so we could conduct interviews.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

One of the partygoers was 20 year old Nicholas Rizzi.

[Witness/Community Member]

They got Mr. Reese's cell phone number, and while doing an investigation on his cell phone number, they found that it had in fact pinged at the Yadkin river that night near the location where the body was found.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Authorities confront Rizzi about the phone records.

[Law Enforcement Officer]

At that point he admitted that he and Pazuzu were there that night.

[Witness/Community Member]

He wrote down and confessed.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

According to Rizzi, Joseph's death was an accident.

[Law Enforcement Officer]

They had been drinking all day and at the end of the night Pazuzu wanted to go shooting. They got to the park. Nicholas had a.22 caliber pistol that he had described as in poor state of repair. Rizzi pulled the slide back, a round ejected from the pistol and when the slide went forward, the pistol discharged and Joseph fell to the ground. At that point they panick, they didn't know what to do. Joseph wasn't breathing. They got in the car, they left the park. He threw the pistol out of the window of the vehicle and they returned back to Pazuzu's house.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Rizzi's statement is enough to place both men under arrest. On October 4, 2010, Rizzi is charged with involuntary manslaughter.

[Law Enforcement Officer]

I think the charges were correct at the time. With the evidence that we had, there just wasn't enough evidence to support a murder charge at that time.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Rizzi pleads guilty and is sentenced to 13 months in prison. Pazuzu claims he was too drunk to remember what happened. But he is charged as an accessory and the court orders the 31 year old to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

[Investigator/Reporter]

Pazuzu Algorad was evaluated because of concerns of whether or not he was mentally incompetent to stand trial. Pazuzu's real name was John Lawson. He grew up in California. His parents moved to North Carolina. At some point they split up. His father left the family. His mother was left to raise him by herself.

[Friend/Neighbor/Observer]

Mr. Algorod had a history of significant anxiety, agoraphobia and other types of mental health concerns from relatively early age.

[Investigator/Reporter]

He only finished ninth grade and eventually dropped out. He had started following a Sumerian kind of religion that required animal sacrifice. At some point he changed his name. Pazuzu was the name of the demon in the movie the Exorcist.

[Friend/Neighbor/Observer]

I think that the beliefs in Satanism and these other religions were more a means of him gaining power over others. Pazuzu's Persona, it was about shock and awe. You know, just taking pleasure in people's averse reaction to seeing or hearing or experiencing something different and uncomfortable.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

After a thorough assessment, Pazuzu is deemed fit to stand trial. However, the case never makes it to court. Instead, Pazuzu enters into a plea agreement.

[Law Enforcement Officer]

Pazuzu allgred received, I believe it was five years of probation. So at the time, the facts, the statements, the confession from Nicholas Rizzi, all the evidence that the scene, you know, wouldn't support a second degree murder charge.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

But as one case closes, another remains unsolved.

[Witness/Community Member]

I felt in my gut that josh was buried in physician's backyard. And every day I hope, maybe this will be the day I'll get that information that'll break this case. You don't give up. You never give up.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Coming up, another local man goes missing.

[Relative of Victim]

The door was unlocked. We could hear the music from a stereo. But tommy wasn't there.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

And a member of pazuzu's inner circle finally breaks his silence.

[Witness/Community Member]

He never thought his friend would go that far.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Satanist pazuzu algorad has been put on probation for his role in one man's death. But detectives still suspect he's also responsible for the disappearance of josh wetzler. So far, forsyth county sheriffs have been unable to prove it. But nearly two years into the investigation, they get a support phone call.

[Witness/Community Member]

In November 2011, Pazuzu's mom, Cynthia, reported in 2009 that a boy named tommy was over at their house and she heard a gunshot. She went down to the basement and which time she witnessed a male subject slumped over and appeared to have been shot.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

But according to cynthia James, the killer was not her son. It was amber burch, Pazuzu's girlfriend of three years.

[Investigator/Reporter]

She said that she saw amber with a rifle in her hand pointed at tommy.

[Witness/Community Member]

Pazuzu told his mama to get upstairs, back to her room, which she did.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Investigators search police records and discover that around the same time, A local man named tommy welch had been reported missing by his sister in law, Kerry welch.

[Relative of Victim]

Tommy lived in clemens, north carolina. I was engaged to his brother Rusty Welch, on October 3, 2009. I had a shift at work and didn't have nobody to watch my children. So I asked tommy and his mother if they would mind watching them. They were going to do a movie night.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

When he walked hand to door, right, I was so excited. Me and leah woods was like, I'll go to heaven.

[Stacy Carter]

He got me to watching scarab movies.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

He always was a big fan of halloween.

[Relative of Victim]

When I came home, his mom was there with the children, and she was frantic. I didn't understand what was going on. She said she had sent tommy to their apartment in clemens, but he'd been gone longer than he should have. Tommy could leave our apartment and be at his apartment walking. Probably take him about 15, 20 minutes, and she just felt something was wrong.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Not wanting to alarm her children, Carrie took them to tommy's apartment to look for him.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

She just basically made up stuff because.

[Relative of Victim]

We were just so little.

[Stacy Carter]

She told us that he's possibly playing.

[Narrator/Advertiser]

Hide and seek with us, like keeping.

[Stacy Carter]

The positivity for us.

[Relative of Victim]

When we arrived at Tommy and his mother's apartment, we knew he had been there. The door was unlocked. We could hear the music from hysteria. But Tommy wasn't there.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

The next day, Tommy's family filed a missing persons report, and police obtained a haunting clue.

[Investigator/Reporter]

Surveillance cameras catch him at a nearby gas station, walking toward it. And at some point, he goes behind the gas station, out of the camera's view. And that is the last time anyone publicly sees Tommy alive.

[Witness/Community Member]

It's like he walked off the face.

[Law Enforcement Officer]

Sheriff.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Without any direct evidence, sheriff's deputies can't obtain another search warrant for Pazuzu's home.

[Witness/Community Member]

With all the information that's coming in, you're still stuck. It's like banging your head up against a wall. Nobody will go on record. Nobody wants to be involved. Your hands are tied.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Three more years pass, and Annie leads in. The murders of Josh wetzler and Tommy Welch hit a dead end. But in 2014, one of Pazuzu's inner circle finally stands up to him.

[Witness/Community Member]

September 26, 2014. Matthew fires, comes in, did a bit. Matthew was a army veteran stationed at fort Lewis, Washington, and had returned home from Iraq.

[Investigator/Reporter]

Matt flowers had known Pazuzu for about eight years, had partied with him.

[Witness/Community Member]

He had kept in contact with pazuzu over the years, and Pazuzu would tell Matthew that he'd kill people. Matthew thought he was just boasting. He never thought his friend would go that far.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

But when he returned to the states after his deployment, Matthew found out the truth when his ex girlfriend, Dixie, told him a harrowing story.

[Witness/Community Member]

Dixie told Matt that she was contacted by Amber, that she needed help at Pazuzu's house, where Amber resided. Dixie said she went to the residence and she saw Tommy welch deceased on the ground. He'd been shot. And Amber said, I got my first, just like paz does. Paz being pazuzu. Amber and pazuzu told Dixie, we need your help to Barry, and if you say anything, you'll join him. And Dixie, rightfully so, at that point, believed the threat. Dixie told Matthew that her and Amber spent quite a long time digging grave outside. And when they try to put Tommy's body in the ground, well, the hole was too small, so they used the shovels to break Tommy's legs because his legs were sticking up out of the hole.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Matthew tells investigators he reported the incident anonymously back in 2009. But nothing came of it this time. He decided to go on the record, and Dixie agreed to back him up.

[Witness/Community Member]

Matthew was worried about her getting in trouble and also didn't want Pazuzu going after her.

[Investigator/Reporter]

Dixie gives a 13 page statement detailing where the body was located.

[Witness/Community Member]

And luckily, Dixie had evidence to show corroboration to her statement. She had pictures. She took pictures of the body.

[Investigator/Reporter]

And this provides enough information for the sheriff's office to again apply for a search warrant. And this time they have actual locations for where the bodies might be buried.

[Stacy Carter]

You know, I was ready for these answers.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

On October 5, 2014, four years after the first disturbing search, Forsyth county sheriffs have enough for a warrant to search the home of Pazuzu Algorod again.

[Investigator/Reporter]

When they executed the search warrant in 2014, they found the remains of two bodies.

[Witness/Community Member]

Because the bodies were interred in the ground so long, it was just skeletal remains that were left. The bodies were collected and transported to Wake forest medical facility for identification purposes. Using DNA and also dental records, the bodies were positively identified as Tommy Welch and Joshua Wetzler.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

For the families of the victims, the news comes as a strange relief.

[Stacy Carter]

It was really difficult to try to explain to my son why his dad wasn't around. He was not even three years old when Josh disappeared. But the truth was, I was euphoric. Like, I was just so happy. We finally had some closure and we, you know, were able to have a funeral for him.

[Relative of Victim]

I had a lot of emotions going through because I was angry, for one, that they took a really good person out of the world. It was sad because then I had to tell the kids. How do I explain to them that bad people got ahold of their uncle Tommy and they just killed him? How do you tell that to your kids?

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Pazuzu Algorad and Amber Burch are immediately arrested. Pazuzu is charged with Josh's murder, Amber is charged with Tommy's murder, and both are charged with one count of accessory after the fact.

[Friend/Neighbor/Observer]

It's not something I can really wrap my head around. I didn't realize the monstrous things he was capable of. I think this is an individual who became increasingly antisocial, psychopathic in nature. Those traits were reinforced over time. I believe Amber Burch was brought into the influence, or circle orb of Mr. Algorod, and she was willing to engage in whatever behaviors he encouraged her to do.

[Witness/Community Member]

Devil didn't go to Georgia. He came to North Carolina.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

A date is set for Pazuzu's trial, but he never makes it to court.

[Investigator/Reporter]

Pazuzu Algorad Was found in his cell early the morning of October 28, 2015. He had committed suicide. According to the autopsy report, he used some kind of object to cut into his wrist and he bled out.

[Family Member]

He took the coward's way out and killed himself. Let's hope he burned in hell.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

When amber's day in court finally arrives, she pleads guilty to multiple charges, including second degree murder for the death of tommy welch. She receives a sentence of 30 to 40 years.

[Relative of Victim]

Amber took the pond herself on the night that they took him. To shoot him and kill him. Because pazuzu already took care of josh. She wanted to be part of it. Let me do it this time. That's cold blooded.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Today, nothing remains of the den of evil pazuzu created with amber burch. But the memories of their victims live on.

[Witness/Community Member]

The house was ordered to be demolished, Razed to the ground. Neighbors set up lawn chairs to personally watch this nightmare finally come to an end. This whole incident was nothing more than a nightmare to them.

[Stacy Carter]

Just the evil of the place, I mean, could never be washed out of it. Josh and I went through some really hard times and our lives kind of diverged. But I can't help but wonder, Would they have come back together again? I'll never know. And that hurts. You know, it's hard to have to live with that.

[Relative of Victim]

We cry about it, but we don't constantly grieve about it. We gotta keep the good stuff going, not the evil. The good times is what's gonna make tommy stay alright.

[Narrator/Documentary Host]

Pazuzu's mother, cynthia was never charged.

[Stacy Carter]

Amber burch is scheduled to be released April 29, 2048.

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