Insanity Defense: Zakieya Avery & Monifa Sanford

This week we explore how Zakieya & Monifa believed that they were Demon Assassins, charged with identifying & getting rid of demons. Satan told them they had to kill to save souls, & they decided to “save” their family members first. 

 

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ZAKIEYA & MONIFA LINKS:

https://www.insideedition.com/headlines/18613-mother-pleads-guilty-in-murder-of-toddlers-she-believed-were-possessed

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/woman-pleads-guilty-in-exorcism-murders-of-2-kids/203622771

http://murderpedia.org/female.A/a/avery-zakieya.htm

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/self-described-demon-assassin-pleads-guilty-to-killing-her-two-youngest-children/2016/09/12/f5d2ddb0-78d4-11e6-beac-57a4a412e93a_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.b49ed1e4abba

http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1401/21/ddhln.01.html