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24th March 2017, 23:16
In mid-January, John D. Ziegler III killed his pregnant 25-year-old wife in their home. Lead investigator Detective Mark Baker from Northern York Regional Police testifying today that Ziegler gave a bizarre reason for killing his wife:
Ziegler told him, “The world is being controlled by hybrid humans, and I needed to destroy her to save the world.”
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Ziegler told detectives he killed his pregnant wife with a sword because she was the "queen bee" of a race of hybrid humans that was taking over the world, according to testimony from his preliminary hearing Friday morning.
"(He said) he needed to destroy her to save the world," Detective Mark Baker testified, adding that Ziegler also told him that "he thought he did the right thing."
"He said multiple times that Diana didn't deserve it," Baker said, even though the man also said he believed he'd done the right thing.
"He believed the world was being controlled by hybrid humans," and that his wife needed to be killed because she was the "queen bee" of those hybrids, Baker testified.
The alleged killer also said he believed he could change the weather by changing his emotions, then explained that he watched snowflakes start to fall, and then stop falling, as his emotions fluctuated, according to the detective.
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"His interview with me was really all over the place," Baker said, but noted the defendant had no trouble remembering what he'd done and was able to answer questions coherently.
"He thought it was a big conspiracy," the detective testified. "He said he thought everything would change with the election of Donald Trump."
He didn't appear to be angry at Diana Ziegler about anything and kept saying things like, "I can't believe what I did" and "she didn't deserve this," according to Baker.
Sources:
Man cites “hybrid humans” conspiracy fear in horrific murder (http://doubtfulnews.com/2017/03/man-cites-hybrid-humans-conspiracy-fear-in-horrific-murder/)
Police: Jackson Twp. man said he killed his wife to 'save the world' (http://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2017/03/17/police-jackson-homicide-wife-pregnant-ziegler/99301154/)
Shocking statements from detectives at hearing for York man who allegedly killed wife and unborn child with sword (http://fox43.com/2017/03/17/shocking-statements-from-detectives-at-hearing-for-york-man-who-allegedly-killed-his-wife-and-unborn-child-with-sword/)
Ziegler told him, “The world is being controlled by hybrid humans, and I needed to destroy her to save the world.”
http://6336-presscdn-26-82.pagely.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/636212148570753074-Ziegler.jpg
Ziegler told detectives he killed his pregnant wife with a sword because she was the "queen bee" of a race of hybrid humans that was taking over the world, according to testimony from his preliminary hearing Friday morning.
"(He said) he needed to destroy her to save the world," Detective Mark Baker testified, adding that Ziegler also told him that "he thought he did the right thing."
"He said multiple times that Diana didn't deserve it," Baker said, even though the man also said he believed he'd done the right thing.
"He believed the world was being controlled by hybrid humans," and that his wife needed to be killed because she was the "queen bee" of those hybrids, Baker testified.
The alleged killer also said he believed he could change the weather by changing his emotions, then explained that he watched snowflakes start to fall, and then stop falling, as his emotions fluctuated, according to the detective.
https://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/a88880bb2c7f6a1b9d733ec683e8208e5c8214ab/c=0-63-960-785&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/2017/03/17/YorkDispatch/YorkDispatch/636253484791516619-Zieglers.jpg
"His interview with me was really all over the place," Baker said, but noted the defendant had no trouble remembering what he'd done and was able to answer questions coherently.
"He thought it was a big conspiracy," the detective testified. "He said he thought everything would change with the election of Donald Trump."
He didn't appear to be angry at Diana Ziegler about anything and kept saying things like, "I can't believe what I did" and "she didn't deserve this," according to Baker.
Sources:
Man cites “hybrid humans” conspiracy fear in horrific murder (http://doubtfulnews.com/2017/03/man-cites-hybrid-humans-conspiracy-fear-in-horrific-murder/)
Police: Jackson Twp. man said he killed his wife to 'save the world' (http://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2017/03/17/police-jackson-homicide-wife-pregnant-ziegler/99301154/)
Shocking statements from detectives at hearing for York man who allegedly killed wife and unborn child with sword (http://fox43.com/2017/03/17/shocking-statements-from-detectives-at-hearing-for-york-man-who-allegedly-killed-his-wife-and-unborn-child-with-sword/)