Pa. woman linked to 'alien reptile' cult must stay jailed for killing boyfriend [View all]
A Pennsylvania woman who claimed she was under the influence of an alien reptile cult when she shot and killed her boyfriend will stay locked in prison on Earth for a while. A state Superior Court panel ensured that by upholding the third-degree murder conviction and 15- to 40-year jail term of 46-year-old Barbara Rogers.
Pocono Mountain Regional Police said that on July 15, 2017, Rogers, an Army veteran who had been discharged for medical reasons, placed the muzzle of a pistol against the forehead of Stephen Mineo, 32, in the apartment they shared in Monroe County and pulled the trigger. She then called 911.
“Rogers disclosed that she and Mineo were members of a religious cult,” Senior Judge John L. Musmanno wrote in the state court opinion denying Rogers’ appeal. “Rogers stated that she and Mineo had recently become upset with the leader of the cult, who believed that Rogers was actually a reptile.”
“Rogers’s and Mineo’s issues with the cult had caused tension in their relationship. Rogers also stated that she killed Mineo because Mineo wanted her to kill him, and that she was under a large amount of stress due to the issues with the cult,” Musmanno wrote.
The group’s “foundational belief is that a race of sentient, devil-worshipping, shape-shifting reptiles from outer space has infiltrated human civilization. Through mind control and body-snatching, these ‘reptilians’ purportedly seek to install totalitarian world government, thereby bringing about rule of the Antichrist.”
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