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Suffolk County Police Department arrest report for Gary Lauwers, September 15, 1983. Complaint No. 83-308168. Arrest No. 29233-83.
Suffolk County Police Department offense report for Randy Guethler, April 8, 1984. Complaint No. 84-123488. Arrest No. 11624-84.
Randy Guethler’s statement to the Suffolk County Police Department, taken by Det. Douglas J. Varley, April 8, 1984. Complaint No. 84-123488.
Ricky Kasso’s statement to the Suffolk County Police Department, taken by Det. Douglas J. Varley, April 24, 1984. Complaint No. 84-123488.
Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s report for Gary Lauwers by Stuart L. Dawson, MD, July 4, 1984. Case No. 84-2370.
Ricky Kasso’s statement to the Suffolk County Police Department, taken by Det. K. James McCready, July 5, 1984. Complaint No. 84-256461.
Jimmy Troiano’s first statement to the Suffolk County Police Department, taken by Det. K. James McCready, July 5, 1984. Complaint No. 84-256461.
Jimmy Troiano’s second statement to the Suffolk County Police Department, taken by Det. Louis Rodriguez, July 5, 1984. Complaint No. 84-256461.
Suffolk County Police Department arrest report for Ricky Kasso, July 6, 1984. Complaint No. 84-256461. Arrest No. 21450-84. Filed by Det. K. James McCready.
Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s report for Ricky Kasso by Jonathan L. Arden, MD, July 7, 1984. Case No. 84-2390.
Suffolk County Police Department death report for Gary Lauwers, July 11, 1984. Complaint No. 84-256461. Filed by Det. K. James McCready and Det. Sgt. Richard A. Jensen.
Suffolk County Police Department offense report regarding the homicide of Gary Lauwers, July 11, 1984. Complaint No. 84-256461. Filed by Det. K. James McCready and Det. Sgt. Richard A. Jensen.
Suffolk County Police Department vehicle impound report for Complaint No. 84-256461, July 12, 1984. Impound No. 84-1073. Filed by Det. K. James McCready.
Toxicological Report for Ricky Kasso by Dennis J. Crouch, B.S. of the University of Utah’s Center for Human Toxicology, August 17, 1984. Consultant Case No. CC-926-84.
Suffolk County Police Department supplementary report for the death investigation of Patrick A. Toussaint, December 1, 1984. Complaint No. 84-489124. Filed by Det. William J. Rudock and Det. Sgt. Thomas McLaughlin.
Suffolk County Police Department death report for Patrick A. Toussaint, December 9, 1984. Complaint No. 84-489124. Filed by Det. Michael Ryan and Det. Sgt. Richard A. Jensen.
People v. Troiano. County Court, Suffolk County, New York. March 13, 1985. Print.
Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s report for Patrick A. Toussaint by Charles S. Hirsch, MD, July 31, 1985. Case No. 84-4238.
New York State Commission of Correction Medical Review Board’s Final Report in the Matter of the Death of Richard Kasso at Suffolk County Correctional Facility, March 17, 1986.
James Troiano v. United States of America. United States District Court, District of Maine. September 5, 2008. Print.
Author’s Note: The Northport Village Police Department refused to provide any documents under the Freedom of Information Act or assist the author in any capacity during the research for this book. Access to the trial transcripts was also denied under New York state law. The dialogue included in this section of the book was re-created using the media coverage of the proceedings, and through interviews with Eric Naiburg and Nicole Lauwers-Law.
Documentary Films
Satan in the Suburbs. Directed by Scott Hillier. Image Group Entertainment, 2000.
Books
Anson, Jay. The Amityville Horror. Prentice Hall, 1978.
Gethard, Chris. Weird New York: Your Travel Guide to New York’s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets. Sterling, 2005.
Jarnow, Jesse. Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America. Da Capo Press, 2016.
LaVey, Anton. The Satanic Bible. Avon, 1969.
St. Clair, David. Say You Love Satan. Dell, 1987.
Television
Killer Kids. “Occult Killers.” Season one, episode one. Produced by Jean Leclerc. The Biography Channel, May 16, 2011.
20/20. “The Devil Worshippers.” Tom Jarriel. ABC, May 16, 1985.
Miscellaneous
The extensive collection of interview tapes and handwritten notes made by David Breskin during his time in Northport were graciously lent by him to the author of this book during its creation.
The staff of the John Hay Library at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, also dutifully provided research materials that David Breskin had previously donated to their collection. The author wishes to thank them for their diligent work.
McGuire, Mark J. “Murder in Northport: The Media Coverage of the ‘Satanic Cult Killing’ in July 1984” (Undergraduate Thesis for Mass Communication/Journalism at St. Bonaventure University). November 1984. The author wishes to thank Mr. McGuire for kindly locating and sending him a copy of this work.
Interviews Conducted by the Author
David Ambro
Dr. Jonathan Arden
Russell Barton
David Breskin
Brendan B. Brown
Doug Brueggemann
Larry Decker
Sue Decota
Michelle DeVeau
Peter Filardi
Wendy Kasso
Brian Kaufman
Betty Koerner
Grant Koerner
William Kreth
Nicole Lauwers-Law
Billy Leason
Dot Lennon Cutting
Valerie MacKenna
Tony Mallory
Demetri Matas
Jonathan McCuller
Mercedes McGrory
Dan McGuigan
Mark J. McGuire
Philip Morell
Eric Naiburg
Paul Papa
Tom Rætz
Gene Roemer
Ron Rosenbaum
Tony Ruggi
Grace Schinmann
Richard Schock
Rex Smith
Doug Varley
Glen Wolf
Anthony Zenkus
. . . along with several friends of Ricky Kasso and Gary Lauwers who requested and were granted anonymity. The author of this book thanks them all for their courage.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jesse P. Pollack was born and raised in New Jersey and has served as a contributing writer for Weird NJ magazine since 2001. His first book, Death on the Devil’s Teeth: The Strange Murder That Shocked Suburban New Jersey, coauthored with Mark Moran, was published in 2015 to critical acclaim and was nominated for a New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Author Award. Pollack is also an accomplished musician, and his soundtrack work has been heard on Driving Jersey, an Emmy-nominated PBS documentary series. He is married with two children, three dogs, three fish, and a couple cats.
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