RFP Staff
♦ Pazazu Algarad (John Lawson), 36, the alleged white cannibal and Satanist who put Salisbury, N.C. briefly on the map in 2014, died Wednesday in Raleigh’s Central Prison from an apparent suicide.
Who can ever forget Algarad’s 2nd place finish in the Rowan Free Press’s Poll for “2014 News Maker of the Year” behind Donald Ray Morgan, the convicted terrorist and ISIS disciple who founded the Islamic Center of Salisbury and landed in the national spotlight. Third place went to former Salisbury City Manager Doug Paris.
Algarad’s lifeless form was found in his cell by prison personnel just before dawn on Wednesday morning. The alleged white cannibal and Satanist was in Raleigh’s Central Prison awaiting trial on charges of murdering Joshua Wetzler of Salisbury and depositing his remains in a shallow grave by a swimming pool behind Algarad’s “house of horrors” on Knob Hill Drive in Clemmons, N.C. Algarad’s “house of horrors” later was condemned and demolished.
Will Salisbury’s City Hall fly a pentagram flag at half mast on Thursday in honor of Algarad? Or will the city go with a more traditional “Jolly Roger” better suited to City Hall’s statewide reputation? Perhaps Downtown Salisbury Inc. might rename this Saturday night’s festivities after the city’s adopted son “Pazazu Algarad’s Halloween Hunt”.
Below are a collection of retrospective articles and videos in the Rowan Free Press of Salisbury’s fleeting nationwide moment of fame with the man who allegedly stalked its streets for human quarry:
