mayqueen
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I hadn't seen the pentagram mentioned before, so figured was newly added since the last time this thread was active...It HAS to mean something, right? Personalizes it? I just wonder if anyone recognizes it...is it Native American? Witch-related? Just a trinket?
Respectfully snipped by me.
The upright pentagram/pentacle is a Wiccan symbol, and the little sun, moon and stars around the border of the medallion seem to reinforce that this is a Wiccan charm. Many Wiccans wear an upright pentagram/pentacle as a symbol of their faith, as many Christians wear a cross.
However, when inverted (turned upside down) the pentagram can be a sign of Satanism or dark magic. Which is why I'd really like to know how the symbol was oriented on the skull, because it makes a difference!
ETA: I don't think it's just a trinket. I think it either points to (a) the victim's faith, (b) the perp's faith, OR, perhaps it was (c) placed there to throw investigators off track - to send them down the "devil worship" road and keep them from looking at the deceased's close associates should her identity be discovered.