A Perfect Satanic Sacrifice _ Elyse Pahler Murder

In July 1995, 15‑year‑old Elyse Marie Pahler was lured from her central California town and murdered in a eucalyptus grove. Three classmates — Royce Casey, Joseph Fiorella and Jacob Delashmutt — planned and carried out a killing they described as a satanic “sacrifice.” This episode of Cold Blood: True Crime recounts the facts of the case, the investigation and trial that followed, and the long aftermath for Elyse’s family and the men convicted of her murder.