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A Matter of Murder

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to the Son of Sam were not fully fleshed out until we traveled

to Minot, making the journey no New York officials made

before then.

And then there was Reeve Rockman, the other subject of

the trip. His photo was identified by Taylor, Christiansen and

Leslie Shago, who pointed out: "When he was here he was

about twenty pounds lighter than in the picture." Shago also

said Rockman "had something wrong with one of his hands,"

as did Taylor and Falcon. These observations were accurate.

Rockman, a mystery figure and stranger to Carr's friends in

North Dakota, was observed at the Falcon's Nest and at a

party in Minot in mid-October 1976—shortly after Carr left

the Air Force and was hospitalized with a drug overdose after

telling Gietzen and Knoop about his urine drinking at a sa-

tanic ritual.

The Minot residents said Rockman was introduced as

"Reeve, John's friend from New York." They said they under-

stood that Rockman was involved in drug dealings with Carr

in New York.

Taylor and Christiansen said Carr carried a photo of

Rockman, apparently a newspaper clipping, in his wallet and

told them: "This is the guy who wants to kill me." That state-

ment was essentially the same as one made earlier by Craig

O'Connor. "John burned the picture right there in the sink,"

Taylor said.

"J.C. [Carr] also told me that if he stayed in New York the

state would have fried him in the electric chair," Christiansen

added.

In late 1988, a friend of Carr's, who was himself a former

member of the Yonkers cult would come forward and state

that Carr had been involved in devil worship as far back as the

early 1960s, when he was in high school. The ex-member also

joined the group during this period and remained a participant

until 1972. His statement would corroborate the message Ber-

kowitz left in his apartment, when he wrote that the cult had

been operating "for quite some time."

The former member, who is now in a religious order in the

Midwest, said that meetings were held at several locations in

Untermyer Park; that acts of ritualistic rape occurred during

some of them; and that a leader of the group introduced him to

drugs and later forced him and others into male prostitution in

New York City.

In 1972, the ex-member said, he escaped and subsequently

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joined the religious order he now serves. He said that Carr

"possessed pictures of cadavers" while in high school. He also

revealed that Carr told him the Yonkers group had from time

to time abducted and murdered youngsters from a nearby

home for troubled youths. Carr said that authorities had as-

sumed the missing teens were merely runaways.

An investigation of the former member's allegations began

in late 1988.

The Minot interviews were conducted at the Sheriff's De-

partment, with the exception of that with Leslie Shago, who

was visited at her home. Carr's friends were given the option

of cooperating or not. The work was exhausting, as some were

initially reluctant to talk about their knowledge of Carr.

It wasn't until Monday morning, our third day in Minot,

that Cinotti got around to asking a question he and I discussed

privately during the weekend.

"What makes you so sure Carr committed suicide?" he

asked Gardner. "He was afraid for his life; afraid of Rockman

and who knows who else.

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