with leaves and small branches and left it in the woods. The date of the murder was initially misreported by the police and press as June 16, 1984. In 2018, it was revealed that the murder had actually taken place three days later on June 19. Aftermath and death In the aftermath, Kasso bragged about the murder to friends. Kasso claimed Satan manifested in the form of a black crow after killing Lauwers, and that the crow had cawed, something he interpreted as Satan's approval of the murder. Kasso even brought several disbelieving teens to view Lauwers' body before he and Troiano returned to the woods to bury the decomposing remains in a shallow grave. However, it wasn't until two weeks went by, on July 1, that the murder was reported to the police via an anonymous tip. On July 4, 1984, police used dogs to search Aztakea Woods and recovered the decomposing and mutilated body of Gary Lauwers. Kasso and Troiano were arrested the next day. On July 7, Kasso died of suicide by hanging himself in his jail cell. Jimmy Troiano signed two confessions that he later recanted. Quinones gave witness account that Troiano helped Kasso during the murder, but later denied this during his testimony at Troiano's trial. Due to Quinones' drugged state at the time of the killing, his testimony was brought into question and Troiano was acquitted of second-degree murder in a trial by jury in April 1985. Books, films, and songs inspired by Kasso Books Say You Love Satan (published October 1, 1987 by Dell Books; ) by David St. Clair, a heavily fictionalized telling of the events that is no longer in print. For his book, St. Clair plagiarized several portions of "Kids in the Dark", an article by David Breskin for Rolling Stone, and Breskin considered legal action. Literary critic and journalist Phil Jenkins of the Ottawa Citizen called it "trash", "lowbrow", and "junk" in his review. The Acid King (published October 16, 2018 by Simon & Schuster; ) by Jesse P. Pollack, a nonfiction account of Kasso's life and his murder of Lauwers, containing interviews with his friends, family, and the investigators who worked the case. Documentaries The Devil Worshippers (1985, TV), episode of ABC news program 20/20, featuring the Lauwers murder. Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's Underground (1988, TV), prime-time episode of Geraldo narrated by Geraldo Rivera, also featuring the Lauwers