Grandson allegedly stabs grandmother to death
MILFORD TOWNSHIP, PIKE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A man is charged after state police said he killed his 67-year-old grandmother because he believed she was the devil.
According to the Pennsylvania State Police-Blooming Grove Friday around 11:49 a.m. police charged 28-year-old George F. Sisco with the homicide of his grandmother in their home in Milford Township.
The criminal complaint states first responders were dispatched to the scene of an interior fire at a home in Milford Township, dispatchers said a second call came in and advised officers of a domestic disturbance at the scene as well.
Upon arrival, state police said after firefighters made entry to extinguished the fire they found a body on the floor in the kitchen area.
State police said Sisco was on the scene covered in blood and when asked twice he responded the second time with “She was the devil I had to do it.”
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When investigators said they spoke with Sisco he told officers for the past seven months he believed his grandmother was the devil.
Sisco said Friday morning he witnessed his grandmother putting flea medication on the cat which to his beliefs was poisoning it, court documents state.
Court documents explained when Sisco saw her doing that he said he “had to take action” so he began striking her in the back of the head with a closed fist.
Sisco told investigators as stated in court documents he realized that was not working he began slashing her neck with a knife until he placed his hand on her heart and realized she was still alive.
The affidavit explained when Sisco realized her heart was still beating he took a knife and began stabbing her in the chest.
Offices said Sisco told officers he read the bible on how to kill the devil and that you must use the holy spirit and fire. Sisco lit a rag and placed it on his body when it initially did not spread he began to recite a prayer over the body and the fire then spread throughout the victim’s upper body, as explained in court documents.
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