Restaurant worker tortured to death during ‘satanic ritual to turn him into a vampire’

A restaurant worker was tortured to death during a ‘satanic ritual to tu him into a vampire", police say.

Edwin Juarez Palma, 24, died after being strangled, beaten, and slashed in the neck with a broken bottle in Chihuahua.

Three people have been arrested and are accused of killing their friend during a satanic ceremony at a cyber cafe called Freak Shop.

Iveth Lopez, 18, Gustavo Dorantes, 18 and Omar Sanchez, 25, could face up to 40 years in prison if found guilty.

Police say Palma was fooled into taking part in an initiation ceremony to become part of a satanic cult called the sons of Baphomet 1.

But instead he was tortured after having his hands tied behind his back after one of the alleged killers said he should be sacrificed so he could be a vampire again.

Iveth Lopez, 18, Gustavo Dorantes, 18, and Omar Sanchez, 25 are being held in connection with Palma"s murder and could face up to 40 years in prison if found guilty

His body was discovered in a street wrapped inside two plastic bags.

Detectives believe his killers wanted to make it look like it was a drugs-related crime.

The victim"s blood was found inside the cyber cafe, which is believed to be owned by the older man accused.

He was reportedly killed inside the toilets in the middle of the night and the killers are said to have used bleach to clean up the scene.

The leader of the sect is still on the run from police.

Police chief Pablo Rocha said: ‘This crime took place during an initiation ceremony led by a satanic sect called Sons of Baphomet 1 during which the victim was supposed to become a vampire.

‘All that"s left now to do is to arrest the leader of the sect whose name we have."

His sister wrote on social media after his funeral: ‘I know as his sister that he wouldn"t have wanted us to be sad about his departure."