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Todd West is charged in three killings in the Lehigh Valley and four in New Jersey.
A man accused of killing seven people in New Jersey and Pennsylvania over a seven-week period told police he heard the devil's voice in his head, a detective testified Tuesday.
Todd West, 23, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, and two co-defendants were ordered to stand trial on homicide and robbery counts in connection with the July 5 shooting deaths of a man in Easton and a man and a woman in nearby Allentown.
The victims were chosen at random, Lehigh County First Assistant District Attorney Steven M. Luksa said.
Arrested a day after the shootings, West described for police how he spotted Kory Ketrow, 22, walking down the street in Easton shortly after 3 a.m. July 5 and directed his co-defendant to pull their SUV over. He said he climbed out, said "See ya later," and emptied his six-shot, .38-caliber revolver at Ketrow, testified Allentown police Detective John Brixius, who interviewed West.
West allegedly told police he didn't think he had killed Ketrow because he didn't see him "stiffen up."
He also said he heard a voice in his head, Brixius testified. "
The voice was telling him, 'Eat, eat, stop being picky, eat,'" the detective said West told him.
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