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[beardedmrbean]

SAN DIEGO — One of two teenagers charged in connection with the death of a homeless woman texted he intended to go "hobo hunting" before the violence, a prosecutor alleged Monday, according to NBC San Diego.

William Innes, 18, faces the most serious count, first-degree murder, in Monday's charges against the pair in connection with the homicide of Annette Pershal, 68.

Armed with an air rifle loaded with pellets, Innes fatally shot Pershal in San Diego's Serra Mesa neighborhood on or about May 8, authorities allege.

Police responded to reports of a woman down in Serra Mesa on May 8 and called paramedics, who couldn’t determine why Pershal was unconscious, San Diego police said in a statement.

She was taken to a hospital, where doctors determined that she had been shot several times with a pellet gun and that the injuries were not survivable, police said.

Deputy District Attorney Roza Egiazarian said Monday that Pershal was shot in the head, a leg and the torso, according to NBC San Diego. One pellet ruptured her aorta, the prosecutor said. 

Pershal was declared dead three days after she was found, police said.

Egiazarian said in court Monday that Innes sent a group text to contacts who included his co-defendant, Ryan Hopkins, 19, according to NBC San Diego.

It said, "I'm going hobo hunting with a pellet gun," according to the prosecutor.

Egiazarian said authorities found the possible weapon, a Gamo Shadow Whisper air rifle, in a search of Innes’ home, according to station.

Innes faces additional charges of possession of an assault weapon, banned in California, and failure to apply for serial numbers for two would-be firearms under state legislation designed to thwart ghost guns, essentially untraceable firearms that can be 3D-printed.

Hopkins is charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Prosecutors said he drove Innes to the scene, which NBC San Diego described as a parking lot.

Both teenagers, who live in the area, pleaded not guilty after their arrests last week. They remained in jail without bail, according to jail records.

Hopkins was scheduled to appear in court Thursday, when he will ask for bail, said his attorney, Vikas Bajaj, the station reported.

In court Monday, Bajaj disputed the timing of the “hobo hunting” text, saying it was sent 12 hours after the shooting, the station reported.

He described Hopkins as “a good kid with a warm heart.”

Attorneys for Innes and Hopkins did not immediately respond to requests for comment from NBC News.

The San Diego County medical examiner’s office determined Pershal’s death was a homicide. The cause of death is pending, and the office is “still working on the case,” county spokesperson Chuck Westerheide Jr. said.

Homicides by air-powered guns are rare. “The literature on air weapon deaths yielded only three murders in the United States,” a 2019 study by the journal Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine found.

Pershal's death comes as the city's homeless — a population that has grown beyond 10,000 — face crackdowns by police.

Responding to complaints about blocklong encampments on sidewalks and in front of businesses, the city has taken the hard-line approach, seen in Los Angeles and elsewhere, of essentially outlawing "unsafe camping" outdoors.

People living on the streets also continue to be victimized. In Los Angeles last year, nearly 1 in 4 murder victims was homeless, NBC Los Angeles found.

The state has set aside at least $12 billion to address homelessness.

Residents and patrons of the area where Pershal, known as Granny Annie, was found unresponsive told NBC San Diego she lived on the streets there for at least seven years.

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AI is Rising too Fast?

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[germanicseidr]

Death Roads

 I have written a post about this subject last year in October but for those who have been here since then, will have noticed that this group has grown a lot so there might be a lot of people who have missed this post, it is also a good opportunity to add more information. This subject in particular is often overlooked by those who study the ancient Germanic world. Sure there has been a lot of research done in the burial style of ancient people, you can find the reports on the internet and in several books. There is however not that much information on what kind of rituals directly preceded a burial, this is also because we have so little archeological evidence and  basically zero written sources. Yet early European Christianity can actually give us clues on how the ancient Germanic people buried their dead.

One of such ancient burial rituals is the use of ‘death roads’. Some of these roads actually still exist until this very day but the church has adapted its use. Nowadays some of these still existing roads lead from a church directly towards a graveyard. The first clue that we have on their use comes from an early medieval Christian law which states that a dead person must be carried to its final resting place in a straight line. It was simply illegal to carry a body in any other way than in a straight line. This is not an original Christian tradition, it is actually pagan in origin and dates back to the bronze age.

These death roads can be found in several European countries and they have different names to describe them: coffin lines, body roads, church paths, burial roads, ghost roads, light roads and corpseways. These roads can be found in England, Germany, The Netherlands, Hungary, Ireland and Scandinavia. Since I am Dutch I will mainly be focussing on the roads found in the Netherlands. Some of these still existing roads in the Netherlands bear names such as: Dodenstraat, Hellestraat or Hollestraat, Kruisstraat (Christians believe that the devil makes deals with humans on crossroads, this belief also has a pagan origin) and Tombestraat. The Hellestraten/Hollestraten in the Netherlands have been named after the Goddess Hell/Holle.

Now what is exactly the purpose of these roads? Well the practical answer is quite simple, to carry a dead person from a settlement towards the burial site. Besides this practical use, these roads were also used for a ritual purpose, The dead person’s soul transformed during their journey to their final resting place. It was seen as a journey from our world to the next, Helheim. On these roads the spirits of the dead could say their goodbyes. Another function of these roads was to make sure that the dead would not return to haunt the living. Obstacles were placed like rivers and bridges, the dead can not cross a body of water. This is why some of these roads were made like a sort of maze, these are called Troy Towns. Their function was to confuse the dead and can mainly be found in Scandinavia.

Now we can finally understand the early medieval Christian law that I mentioned before. According to the church, a dead person has to be carried in a straight line towards the graveyard and now we know why. These roads were often not straight and full with obstacles to confuse the dead, this is a pagan tradition which of course had to be removed according to the church. It was in fact Charlemange who decreed in 784AD that these pagan death roads leading to burial mounds were no longer allowed to be used. Many of these roads were therefore redirected to churches or a church was built on top of ancient sacred sites.

This is also likely where the whole idea of ‘the devil near the crossroads’comes from. These roads were viewed as ‘having magical energies’. Crossroads in particular were also used to bury criminals, suicide victims, witches and gypsies during the medieval ages, these places were also used to carry out executions like hangings. People avoided these roads at night when there was no burial because of the presence of spiritual energy, that is why these roads are also sometimes called the ‘ghost roads’. It is very much a possibility that the church added the story that you could run into the devil himself if you found yourself on a crossroad during the night in order to demonize the original use of these crossroads. Over time these roads were slowly forgotten by the people and some of them transformed into actual normal roads or houses have been build on top of them.

The seers and Veledas/Völvas used these roads as well for either divination or to make contact with the dead. A local seer could sit on the road to predict who would die in the next following months by observing natural signs such as strange lights or animal sightings. This tradition was practiced from the Netherlands to England, Hungary and even in Iceland and Ireland. A seer can also sit on top of a burial mound or grave to make contact with the dead, this practice is called Utiseti. I myself still practice this tradition.

Most of these death roads are long gone by now. Archeologists however have found traces of several death roads, a few of them still exist, are completely intact and you can still walk on them. I will name a few examples: Three roads on the Westerheide, Hilversum, Netherlands and the road between Hengelo and Oldenzaal in the Netherlands. Here are some places where you can find Troy Towns: Dalby, North Yorkshire England, Trojaburg Steigra in Germany, Visby Sweden, Uckersdorf Germany, Alkborough North Lincolnshire, England.

 Here are photos of: Troy town in Uckersdorf, Germany. Troy town Steigra, Germany. Troy town Visby, Sweden. Troy town  Alkborough, North Lincolnshire, UK. Three death roads in Westerheide, the Netherlands which still lead to a graveyard. Death road in the Speulderbos, the Netherlands surrounded by ancient burial sites. Burial mounds in Epe, Gelderland, the Netherlands.

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[moniqueanrochte]

Als je samen met @40plusvriendinnen in de mist wil dwalen, dan is plannen best een ding. 😃 Mist laat zich niet sturen. We stonden hier toch met zijn 5-en. Leve onze whatsappkroeg! Magische ochtend! 😍😍 Fijn weekend! (bij Wester-En Bussummerheide) Instagrampost

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Assignment 2- Ellie Westerheide

[germanicseidr]

Death roads

After the Christianization of Europe, the dead were taken to their final resting place in a straight line. It was actually illegal to carry a dead body in any other way than a straight line, this is partly an old pagan tradition that survived. These special roads that lead from the Church to the place of burial are called death roads and they are actually much older than Christianity itself.

Some roads in modern day Netherlands per example are still named after these death roads like: Tombestraat, Tombeveld, Kruisstraat, Dodenstraat and Hellestraat (Hellestraat has most likely a connection with the Goddess Hella/Holle). These roads are not however exclusive in just the Netherlands, They appear in almost all Germanic countries and countries with Germanic influences like England, Germany, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Russia, Sweden, Hungary.

The Saxons called these roads Deada Waeg which literally translates into Death road. They were most likely created in the iron age or even in the bronze age. The Pre-Christian roads lead from a settlement to the burial mounds or a sacrificial site. It was Charlemange who decreed in 784AD that these pagan death roads leading to burial mounds were no longer allowed to be used. Many of these roads were therefore redirected to churches or a church was built on top of ancient sacred sites.

Death roads had a practical function of carrying the dead to their final resting place but they also had a ceremonial purpose. The dead transformed during their journey to their last resting place. It was seen as a journey from our world to the next, Helheim. The spirits of the dead could say their goodbyes during the journey.

Another function of these roads was to make sure that the dead would not return. Obstacles were placed like rivers, bridges, the dead can not cross water. This is why some of these roads were made like a sort of maze, these are called Troy Towns. Their function was to confuse the dead.

The völvas/Veledas used these roads for divination as well. The local seer could sit on the road to predict who would die in the next following months. This tradition was practiced from the Netherlands to England, Hungary and even in Iceland. The Völva can also sit on top of a burial mound to make contact with the dead, Utiseti. This is a thing that I practice as well.

Most of the death roads are long gone by now. Archeologists however have found traces of these roads, a few of them still exist and you can still walk on them. I will name an example: Three roads on the Westerheide, Hilversum, Netherlands. Here are some places where you can find Troy Towns: Dalby, North Yorkshire England, Trojaburg Steigra in Germany, Visby Sweden, Uckersdorf Germany, Alkborough North Lincolnshire, England.

Pictures of: Burial mounds Netherlands, Uckersdorf in Germany, The Three death roads in the Westerheide, Netherlands, A troy town in Visby Sweden and a death road.

[willieswhereabouts]

zonnetje er bij lekker fietsen over de westerhei #fietsendefiets #cyclingbicycle #westerheide (at Westerheide)

[worldwartwoineurope]

Johanna Altvater, secretary to regional commissar Wilhelm Westerheide in the Nazi occupied Volodymyr-Volynsky region of Ukraine.  In spite of her clerical role, Altvater was a willing and direct participant in the genocide of Ukrainian Jews, singling out children in particular.  One such instance was witnessed by the father of a child she murdered.  

“On September 16th, 1942, Altvater entered the ghetto and approached two Jewish children, a six-year-old and a toddler who lived near the ghetto wall.  She beckoned to them, gesturing as if she were going to give them a treat.  The toddler came over to her.  She lifted the child into her arms and held it so tightly that the child screamed and wriggled.  Altvater grabbed the child by the legs, held it upside down, and slammed its head against the ghetto wall as if she were banging the dust out of a small carpet.  She threw the lifeless child at the feet of its father, who later testified, ‘Such sadism from a woman I have never seen, I will never forget this.’  There were no other German officials present, the father recalled.  Altvater murdered this child on her own.”

Wendy Lower, Hitler’s Furies:  German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields