Woman Murders Man For Satanic 'Initiation'; Decomposed Body Found At Montana Home

A 32-year-old woman admitted to killing a man in Montana and claimed she committed the crime as part of a satanic "initiation" ritual. Claiming she was "born to become Lucifer," the woman gave a confession that led cops to find the victim's severely decomposed body on the couch at his Billings home.

The victim was identified Thursday by the Yellowstone County Coroner's Office as 64-year-old Douglas Merrill Nielsen. Officials said his death was the result of multiple stab wounds, KULR8 News reported.

The accused, Nina Mel Cochran was charged in connection with Nielsen's murder. Cochran was first arrested on Dec. 1 after she was found recklessly driving on Interstate 90. Cops found that the vehicle Cochran was driving at the time belonged to Nielsen.

Although officials tried to contact Nielsen, they could not get in touch with him.

An agent of the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation eventually arrived at Nielsen's doorstep, according to KTVQ. When nobody answered the door, the agent spoke to a neighbor, who said they had not seen the man for several days.

Cochran eventually confessed to Nielsen's murder while she was being interrogated by an officer at the Park County Detention Center.

Nielsen was "in his house dead" and was killed as part of her satanic "initiation," Cochran said during the interview.

The murder was part of an "initiation that the detective would not understand," the woman told the officer, adding, "she had been born to become Lucifer and rule over the earth."

After committing the crime, Cochran said she left to do "some driving" and then took off in the victim's SUV before eventually getting arrested.

The Billings Police Department was alerted after Cochran gave the confession. Cops arrived at Nielsen's house and found his body with injuries on a couch in his living room.

Court documents revealed that Nielsen's body was "in an advanced state of decomposition" and appeared to have suffered trauma to his head as well as stab wounds to his back and neck, Billings Gazette reported.

Cochran, who was previously charged with felony criminal endangerment, was facing new charges of deliberate homicide for Nielsen's death.