Three charged in biophysicist's 'occult' slaying

Saturday, December 15, 2001

LEESBURG, Va. -- Three friends have been charged with murdering a biophysicist with a 2-foot sword in a "planned assassination" that left an "X" carved into the back of his neck, authorities said Friday.

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