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A2 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1992 DAILY JOURNAL, JOHNSON COUNTY, IND. Cult worshipping involved sacrifices, orgies William Anthony Ault he was a satanist but he didn't make it." If he ever sees freedom again, Goodwin wants to start a program for young people to steer them clear of satanism, he said. "I believe satanism brought me here," Goodwin said. "Let's say I go to prison. I believe Jesus can free my soul; no man can lock that down." David Lawrence maintains that if he hadn't stuck with his brother, he wouldn't now be facing a future behind bars.

"Even if somehow I walk from this (charge), I'm not going to have anything to do with my brother. Even if he gets released and tries to find me, I'll tell him: 'You're wasting your time; get out of my Goodwin did not admit guilt publicly, but apologized to the families of the victims, Ault and Wright. "I regret it because that boy (Ault) had the right to live, so did Andrew (Wright)," Goodwin said. "Their families put time, love and money into those guys, and now there is no more of them." (CONTINUED FROM PAGE Al death of Andrew Wright, 18, In rural Wauseon, Ohio. State Police investigators are still trying to find out whether the murders were human sacrifices, or instead gruesome homicides that resemble satanic rituals.

"In two defendants' minds going in there, they intended to kill him (Ault)," said Detective Jack Bedan, a State Police trooper-investigator. "They (Keith Lawrence and Penick) used that ritual as a vehicle to do that. The others (Goodwin and David Lawrence) may or may not have known what was going on. We're still trying to establish that." If convicted of Ault's murder, Penick faces the death penalty, or up to 60 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Goodwin is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and could receive 50 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The Lawrences each face up to 60 years in prison on charges of aiding in murder. Pre-trail hearings will be held ill DeKalb Circuit Court in March. Goodwin this week described in detail his involvement in satanism up until September, when the murder occurred. Keith Lawrence Age: 19 Charged with aiding in murder. If convicted, could face 60 years in prison.

David Lawrence Age: 22 Charged with aiding in murder. If convicted, could face 60 years in prison. Jimmie Penick Age: 24 Charged with murder. If con victed, could face death penalty or 60 years in prison. Mark Goodwin Age: 21 Charged with conspiracy to commit murder.

If convicted, could face 50 years in prison. "I was stupid. I wanted to go to Florida so bad and he (Keith) had a vehicle," David said. In November, the carnival company they worked for split up. Goodwin's unit went to Hollywood, while the Lawrences' unit went to the Bahamas.

On Dec. 30, shortly after returning from to his Indianapolis home, Goodwin was arrested. "I didn't know it was coming," he said. According to court documents, Goodwin's father, William Goodwin, told police in a Dec. 12 telephone call that his son had described witnessing the murder of a man in DeKalb County as part of a satanic sacrifice.

Police corroborated that with information from Mark Goodwin's former girlfriend. On Dec. 13, State Police officers found Ault's dismembered corpse in the farm field near Auburn. They found evidence of a fire, and nearby a skull and hand bone fragments. The same day that Goodwin was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder, Penick was arrested at his Shelbyville home on a murder charge.

Penick allegedly confessed the Ault murder to police, and Goodwin admitted to witnessing the killing. The Lawrences were then charged with aiding in murder. On Jan. 10, the Lawrences left the Bahamas. U.S.

Customs officials in Miami, Fla. were waiting for them. When their plane landed in Miami, the brothers were arrested. Later they were extradited to Indiana. Goodwin thought it unnecessary, he said.

"To kill a kid for a ritual that lasts maybe three hours, and the kid's life is gone for good, it's pointless," he said. Goodwin's interest in satanism never ceased, but for two years he stayed out of cults to remain on good terms with other family members, who declined to be interviewed for this story. "I hid my religion so wouldn't disappoint them, because of the way society based it," Goodwin said. "I pretended to change so I would have a place to sleep." Then he met David and Keith Lawrence while working at a fast-food restaurant in Greenwood. DAILY JOURNAL Published dally except Sunday and 5 major holidays at 2575 N.

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1M probable cause affidavits piece together the police version of the murders: On Aug. 30 the day before the start of the Fulton County fair in Wauseon, Ohio Andrew Wright, 18, was stabbed to death. Penick and Keith Lawrence allegedly killed Wright because he had talked openly about Penick's involvement in an earlier crime in Ohio. All four were involved in the murder in Auburn one month later, police allege. "The bottom line is Ault had information of the previous murder," said Bedan, the State Police investigator.

"Jimmie (Penick) knew that. That's what we believe was one of the motives for his murder." Ault was killed on Sept. 26. He was taken to an abandoned barn off County Road 40 in DeKalb County, bound and gagged on the floor of the barn, then taken to a nearby field. There the killers cut Ault with a knife, and he bled to death.

Penick allegedly cut Ault first, from neck to pelvis. Then the Lawr-. ences and Goodwin allegedly made subsequent cuts, across the abdomen and from ear to ear across the throat, leaving an I-shaped incision. After Ault stopped making gurgling sounds, Penick severed Ault's hands and head and burned them in a fire with the help of the other three. The body was not discovered by police for another 2 months.

The four continued working for the carnivals through the end of the season in October, when Penick returned to Shelbyville. Goodwin and the Lawrences headed south in Keith's beat-up van he called "Rigor Mortis" to Florida where winter carnival jobs could be found. Suspects remorseful now Now in the DeKalb County jail awaiting trial, Goodwin and David Lawrence talk about themselves in the best possible light. Goodwin is studying the Bible, meeting with a Chaplain and trying to pull himself out of the lure of satanism, he said. "Satanism can be dangerous," he said.

"Look at the situation me and the other guys are facing. Look at IT EE Thinking of Buying or Selling? that would talk to me with respect," David Lawrence said. "That was the only reason I ever hung around him. A satanic brother is all I had." In 1991, when Goodwin met the Lawrences at the restaurant, he also noticed Keith's necklace and asked him about satanism. "Keith made a whole lot more sense than a lot of my reading put together," Goodwin said.

"He was talking about satanism as a way of life." Despite moving away from satanism two years earlier, Goodwin was fascinated by Keith's ideas, he said. "I thought, 'If I could hook up with this dude, maybe we could go The two became friends, and even drew up a written contract with the devil, which they signed in their own blood, Goodwin said. "If we do it, let's do it to the full extent and sign our souls," Goodwin remembered saying at the time. They believed the pact would provide them anything they wanted over the next 20 years. Goodwin said he and Keith Lawrence thought then, 'After 20 years are up, Satan can do what he wants or kill At the time we didn't care." David Lawrence described himself as a passive bystander to the satanic activity.

He said he witnessed the blood-signing ceremony, but didn't take part. He also watched as his brother and Goodwin twice tried unsuccessfully to communicate with the dead at an abandoned cemetery in Shelby County. Carnival crimes As their involvement in satanism increased, the Lawrences and Goodwin had frequent conflicts with their families. "Me and the guys had family disputes," Goodwin said. "We were on the verge of being thrown out on our ears." In May, needing to move, the three found jobs with an amusement company that travelled to fairs throughout Indiana and Ohio.

In the coming months, they would work for several such companies. While on the carnival circuit, Goodwin and Keith Lawrence decided to start a new satanic cult. In Browns-town, they recruited Jimmie Lee Penick of Shelbyville, who claimed to be a satanist. The four also crossed paths with another carnival worker, "Tony" Ault, 21, of Rochester. "I know for a fact he was interested (in Goodwin said.

"If he was actually practicing, I couldn't say. He wanted to find a crowd he could fit into. That's the general idea of a lot of satanists." Goodwin wouldn't describe what happened later in the summer, but IT PAYS TO USE A FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL REALTOR. JERRY HUNT Diary of a satanist While a student at Custer Baker Middle School in Franklin, Goodwin often played the heavy metal rock album "Diary of a Madman" by Ozzy Osbourne. Goodwin wondered what the upside-down cross and pentagram a star within a circle on the cover of the Osbourne album meant.

Friends told him they were the symbols of devil worship. Intrigued, Goodwin was drawn to other students who dabbled in the occult. He also read occult books, including "The Satanic Bible" by Anton LaVey the handbook for satanic worship and rituals. He learned that adherents believe satanism brings them power over people. At 15, Goodwin formed his own cult, which he called "Satan's Disciples." Goodwin's group of six or more people, ranging in age from 12 to 35, practiced rituals late at night in barns near Franklin, in the dense woods east of Edinburgh or in an abandoned cemetery near Martinsville.

As priest, Goodwin led the cult in candle-lit animal sacrifice rituals once or twice a week. While everyone else in the group was intoxicated, he remained sober. He drew a pentagram on the ground and they chanted an invocation to Satan, "conjuring up demons to do our bidding," he said. A cat was killed with a knife, and its blood was drained into a silver chalice that was passed around for everyone to drink. "The priest and all the members were robed in black, except the females, who wore black lingerie or were naked," Goodwin said.

"Afterwards, it would be like an orgy, a lot of wild dancing, the satanic choir would sing their stuff, then they would delve into sex," heterosexual, homosexual and bisexual, Goodwin said. Most of the time, more men than women were in the cult. "Because women are more skeptical or frightened of satanism, it was a lot harder to bring them into the congregation," Goodwin said. Goodwin's beliefs about the afterlife were the opposite of most people's. "Heaven would be my hell," he said.

"Hell you can make it what you want, your own paradise." His family knew he was a satanist. "My father was not pleased at all," Goodwin said. Some family members told him: 'If that's what you believe, that's what you believe, even though we don't agree with he said. "Others felt like they should disown me." At 18, Goodwin left the Satanic Disciples because fellow cult members suggested killing an innocent person, such as a baby. They considered it the ultimate sacrifice to Satan, but Brothers at odds "I never was a satanist," David Lawrence said.

"The problem is, my brother is one." Keith Lawrence, three years younger than David, declined to be interviewed for this story. David said he first discovered his brother's occult interest when he saw Keith's necklaces an upside-down cross and a pentagramgoat's head medallion, the symbols of satanism. Heavy metal rock music also led Keith Lawrence into satanism, his brother said. "From what I saw, he wanted to become a satanic philosopher," David said. "He went well beyond what people do with music.

He made a 'bible' out of music. Every album was like a bible in his mind." David Lawrence said his brother searched out bookstores for books on satanism, including LaVey's "Satanic Bible," "Magick," by the 19th-century satanist Alistair Crowley, and several volumes on witchcraft. "I think anybody who wanted to research satanism would be very satisfied with my brother's material," David Lawrence said. "Keith became rebellious and hateful and hated everything," David said. "It bothered him a lot that I didn't become a satanist myself "One day, out of nowhere, he took a kitchen knife and chased me around the house and tried to kill me because I wouldn't become a satanist," David said.

Keith was sent away by his parents to a private school for boys in Terre Haute for part of a year, but that didn't change his behavior or his satanism. "This was his form of rebellion," David said. "Somehow he found a religion that promotes hatred for all people." But David Lawrence didn't avoid his brother. On the contrary, he spent most of his time with Keith. The brothers and their parents didn't talk much, he said.

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