![]() ![]() ![]() An officer who helped recover the body told reporters that Amy's face had been "mutilated in a very brutal manner". In addition to receiving a gunshot wound to the stomach, Amy showed injuries suggesting that she had been thrown out of the second-story window of the house. Ward then confessed to authorities that he shot and killed Amy Martin, a seventeen -ear-old girl who had been missing for nine days after escaping from a mental institution.Īfter a brief search, police located Amy's body in the woods near the now abandoned Martin home. Ward was taken to Sterling police headquarters for further questioning. According to the police report, the officer called for backup after Ward became increasingly upset, saying repeatedly that there was "a demon inside her". When questioned, Ward reportedly said "I've killed her". The officer said Ward was acting "nervous and suspicious" after being pulled over. The officer thought it might be poachers. John Ward of Palmyra was pulled over on Snake Meadow Hill Road last night after a state trooper reported hearing a gunshot. POLICE ARREST MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING MISSING GIRLĪ New York man is in custody after he confessed to the murder of a Sterling girl who has been missing. Furthermore, in one of the available endings, there is a newspaper article explaining how Rome authorities outright confirmed John was never a member of the clergy.Īgainst this, John claims demonic possession does exist, and that he is being used as a scapegoat by the church to pin the deaths of the failed original exorcism on him. There are also notes from a psychiatric hospital disputing John's relation to the church, as well as his entire view of reality. Much of his experiences seem surreal and impossible exorcising demons, battling against inhuman creatures, seemingly burning alive before becoming a monster, etc. John frequently states that he is haunted by nightmares and visions. Throughout the events of Faith and Faith: Chapter II, it is unclear whether what John witnesses are real or if they are hallucinations he is suffering from, which would suggest that Amy was a normal girl "driven to violence by her dogmatic parents and old church rituals." On September 21, 1987, exactly one year after the failed exorcism, John decides to return to The Martins' house to finish what he started, despite his action having "not been approved by the Vatican." Before leaving, John sent a letter to his wife telling her his version of the story, claiming that what was reported to the public is not true and that Amy was indeed possessed. A month later on December 30, 1986, John felt his treatment had run its course and requested to be released. Spinel's care and was diagnosed with delusion. The botched exorcism leaves John shaken psychologically and he was admitted to Yale Psychiatric (ironically the very same facility Amy Martin was put in) on November 30, 1986. This went poorly, resulting in the death of Amy's parents and Father Allred, while John fled. On September 21, 1986, John Thomas Ward accompanied Father Allred to The Martin House prior to the events of the game, attempting to exorcise Amy Martin. ![]()
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