Local occult expert heads to Farmville

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - It was a gruesome scene in Farmville when investigators found four people dead inside a home in the small town last Friday. Now, that quadruple homicide has many people asking why it happened.

To help get that answer, investigators requested a former Virginia Beach detective make the drive to Farmville to help them understand.

"Late Friday afternoon I received a phone call from investigators in Farmville letting me know that they are at the scene of a homicide. A multiple homicide," said Don Rimer, a former Virginia Beach Detective.

But why would Farmville Investigators call a former Virginia Beach Detective?

"My end goal is to educate parents, law enforcement, every discipline on the dangers of the occult," said Rimer.

Rimer is an expert in ritual and occult crimes.

"What those investigators stepped into, a slaughter house. They stepped into a slaughter house on Friday night," he added.

Speaking only to WAVY.com, Rimer says what magnified the terrifying scene was where investigators found the bodies of husband and wife Debra Kelley and Mark Neiderbrock, their teenage daughter Emma, and her friend, Melanie Wells. Strange symbols were also found in the home.

"They were satanic in nature," said Rimer.

So, how did they get there? Rimer said the answer lies in a type of violent music called horrorcore. Friends said it was a favorite of suspect, Richard McCroskey, and the two youngest victims.

"[The music is] about murder, about killing, about all kinds of ritual abuse. Anyone could take a look at that and that's the world that she was interested in. That's the world the killer was involved in," Rimer said.

Rimer said Farmville isn't alone in this growing trend of occultic violence. A March WAVY.com investigation into Vampirism in Hampton Roads found it's happening here too, but a Virginia
Beach mother noticed the signs quickly.

"This I would have never thought would have come into my life, because I didn't know anything about it," the mother told WAVY.com in March.

That mother, who asked us to keep her identity hidden, got help before her daughter fell too deep into a world she wasn't ready for.

"There are parents that believe it's just a fad. It's just the music. It's just a game. It's just a movie, but I call it Russian roulette. You can't take that chance," said Rimer.

So how can you tell if your child is dabbling in the occult? Rimer said look for signs of self mutilation, numbers and letter written backwards, listen to their music and if it's "death metal" or
horrorcore, talk to them. Also pay attention if they begin wearing dark-style clothing and make-up.