Cadell Jeanson Raja has been accused of multiple murders in the Nanthankode area of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala in South India.
He was charged of the murders of C. Jean Padma, his own dad A. Raja Thangam, his sister Carolyn and a relative named Lalitha.
Between a Wednesday and a Friday, Cadell Jeanson Raja murdered them with a machete one at a time, cleaning up and waiting for the next one to come home—to the two-story house—finally burning the bodies.
In what is being termed a case of “occultism and satanic worship” he stated that he was attempting “astral projection” and spoke of devil worship.
Police reported that Cadell Jeanson Raja “said that the concept and practise of astral projection caught his attention and interested while studying artificial intelligence.”
Lead investigator KE Baiju noted, “Cadell had an obsession with these kinds of parapsycholvogical beliefs, including astral projection. Cadell told us he had experimented with the ‘separation of the spirits’ from the body. In fact, he was living in a virtual world without even going out from his residence for quite some time.”
Kerala police have “rejected the defence of the accused that he committed the heinous crime as part of an experiment to ‘detach human souls from their bodies’, but warned people against clandestine groups promoting such bizarre practices.” This is, in part, due to the fact that “Raja changed his version when he was questioned further with the help of a psychologist” and claimed that the murders stemmed from “animosity against his father for his ‘immoral activities.’” However, a senior police official noted that the investigators “do not fully subscribe to the fresh claim of the accused.”
Initially, Raja “readily confessed to the crime” and “he appeared proud in claiming that he has ‘freed’ his family members.” Also, he “reportedly told the investigators that he was researching the subject [of occult practices] for decades without the knowledge of his family.”
The Kerala police also noted that in 2016 AD they arrested 11 members of a Satanic cult, for sexually for abusing a Class 11 (11th grade) student for years.”
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