Stuned yet again! And apparently even Prince Charles is in on it. Those crazy Wiccans with their beads and feathers...
Posted on 11/28/2004 7:40:46 PM PST by Zechariah11
By PETER PORCO Anchorage Daily News November 26, 2004
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Sixteen-year-old Rachelle A. Waterman would appear to be any parent's ideal child - an honor student, an athlete, a gifted singer. But for months, she planned her mother's murder with two of her former boyfriends who are eight years her senior, according to Alaska State Troopers.
Two weekends ago on Southeast's Prince of Wales Island, their plot ended in the death of 48-year-old Lauri Waterman of Craig, according to court papers.
Lauri Waterman, a teacher's aide and community activist, was killed by one of the men using a blunt object, the papers say. Her body was burned when the men torched her van off a remote logging road.
Rachelle Waterman and the two 24-year-olds, Brian James Radel of Thorne Bay and Jason Allen Arrant of Klawock, have been charged with first-degree murder.
Craig, a city of about 1,200 on the west side of Prince of Wales, has been stunned.
"Everyone is pretty much in disbelief," said Capt. Kurt Ludwig, captain of the troopers' Ketchikan detachment. "The family is pretty prominent."
Carl "Doc" Waterman, a 60-year-old real estate agent, is president of the Craig School Board. Lauri Waterman, a special education aide, was on the library and Little League boards, according to Sara Altland, the School Board's secretary-treasurer.
Rachelle Waterman plays the clarinet, sings in the honor choir and represented her city at a music festival in Haines. The teenager pulled A's at Craig High School and has competed in the Academic Decathlon. She played basketball and volleyball.
The weekend her mother was killed, Nov. 13 and 14, Rachelle Waterman and her team were playing in Anchorage at the state volleyball tournament.
The timing of the tournament played a key role in the crime, troopers said. Carl Waterman also was out of town that weekend. The plotters felt the time was right to abduct Lauri Waterman, Sgt. Randy McPherron of the Alaska Bureau of Investigation said.
Troopers said Arrant and Radel have been friends since childhood.
"This had been plotted for months," McPherron said. "She made the initial solicitation for the murder (to Arrant) sometime in the summer. After she enlisted the aid of Arrant, Arrant talked to Radel."
Troopers said they are trying to uncover a motive. But Rachelle Waterman kept an online journal for most of this year. She wrote that her mother thought she was fat and grounded her without food.
"My mom finally gave me back the right to eat but wants to send me to fat camp this summer," says her entry for May 12. "... I agree I'm chunky but if she sends me off I'll be the skinny girl and get sat apon. That part wouldn't be funny, but overall it's quite amusing. Silly mother."
On Nov. 14, the day she learned the plot to kill her mother had succeeded, she wrote: "Well back from Anchorage and it was an okay trip. I got kinda sick but oh well. Did shopping, played v-ball ... I got these incredibly awesome boots that go up to my knees, I absolutely love them. will post pic later."
The three conspirators have admitted their actions, according to the court papers. Radel was arrested on Nov. 18, and the other two on Nov. 19.
"This is a big surprise to everybody," said Ronald Erickson, superintendent of the Craig School District. "We all need to hold judgment until we know why it happened."
Stuned yet again! And apparently even Prince Charles is in on it. Those crazy Wiccans with their beads and feathers...
I know what you mean. There are some VERY, VERY demented postings there. Some of those Gothic types would find Jeffrey Dahlmer to their liking.
LOL! Keep it up, you give me a good laugh daily!
I went to bed very troubled by what I read there I must tell you.
what a depressing group of people ,filled with such dark thoughts. frightning really.
Where in the story does it say she's Wiccan?
She maintained an online blog where she posted her thoughts and feelings.
Saturday, October 9, 2005 at 2:42 pm
(one of the few times she refers to her mother)
Well I just wanted to let everyone know I haven't been online or posting becuase I am grounded for getting an 89% on a math test, and I have computer restrictions because parental units found my wicca books.
Parental units?! Does she also think she is Seven of Nine, from Voyager?
I have a journal over at LJ. There are some pretty cool conservative communities there. LJ has been buzzing like mad about this sicko.
There are some real sickos there. When I was scrolling through some of the messages posted to Waterman I couldn't believe some of the perversion I came across. I plan to avoid that site like the plague.
There are sickos everywhere. There was a problem here a couple of years ago with a poster FReepmailing posters he knew were either not white or dating someone who wasn't white and threatening to kill them.
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