‘Kill the devil’: Father heard voice ‘instructing’ him to fatally stab daughter and her dog

Inset: Armando Velador-Padilla (KTUU). Darla Velador (KTUU). Background: The location where the murder happened (KTUU).

Inset: Armando Velador-Padilla. Darla Velador. Background: The location where the murder happened (Images via KTUU).

An Alaska father who claimed his daughter was possessed by the devil when he stabbed her and her dog to death will spend decades in prison.

Armando Velador-Padilla, 50, learned his fate in the death of his daughter, Darla Velador, 22. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Andrew Peterson sentenced Velador-Padilla to 60 years in prison with 10 suspended. He was found guilty of second-degree murder and one count of animal cruelty, officials said in a press release.

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