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The double suicide of two Wyoming Valley West (PA) High School students described as "good boys" had "satanic overtones. Shaun Marc Zarcufsky (16) and Stanley J. Szcuzupski (16) were found dead in Larksville, Pennsylvania's West Side Landfill. Both had died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head, as a result of a "satanic worship pact." The weapons used in the death rite were a 9mm automatic and a .380 caliber belonging to Szcuzupski's father, a Wilkes-Barre, PA police sergeant. Both teens were reported missing by their parents on Friday, September 20, along with the stolen guns, and their bodies were found at the landfill on Sunday afternoon.
The teens' apparent interest in Satanism was only 3 to 4 weeks old. In that short time, it was evident to parents, teachers and friends that the personalities of both Shaun and Stanley had changed ever-so dramatically in the weeks prior to their deaths. The 130 pieces of evidence found at the scene, including a marijuana pipe, alcohol and music cassettes, one tape whose lyrics "radiated anger and frustration", "Origin of Feces", recorded by a popular heavy metal rock group called "Type-O-Negative" and whose discography, as listed on the Internet's World Wide Web, described as "makes of a barbaric music style with depressing lyrics, and occult paraphernalia", alerted investigators the the teens' involvement into Satanism and the occult. Other music tapes, created by bands dealt with self-mutilation, suicide and drug abuse, were also found at the scene. A search of Zarcufsky's bedroom at home uncovered "scores" of occult-related literature on "Black Magic".
Both youths had left suicide notes, and, prior to their deaths, the two "best friends", one an honor student and the other maintaining a good average, had used illicit drugs and then taped their last and final episode together. The cassette recorder was still in its "record" mode when it was found by police investigators. It is theorized, based on the investigation, which included physical evidence and interviews, that the two teens had ultimately fulfilled their prearranged, planned suicide pact with Satan.
During interviews of educators at Wyoming Valley West High School, a Biology and Chemistry teacher revealed that he had noticed students who dress and behave strangely, but didn't notice anything "out of the ordinary" with Shaun or Stanley. "I would have never thought that there was something in their lives leading to this tragedy," he said.
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