Police Work With Wicca Community After Stabbing

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A self-proclaimed Wicca practitioner and murder suspect faced a judge Wednesday as police try to learn more about the woman's practices.

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"Our detectives are trying to educate themselves and I know we have some community members of the Wiccan who have offered to share information with us about what the religion is and is not," said Schultz.

Schultz said he's getting a lot of e-mails and phone calls from the Wiccan community in New Mexico and across the country stressing that murder and violence are not part of their beliefs.

Schultz said Sanford's Wiccan connections are not confirmed.

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