*Source: Mail Online
A teenager charged in the stabbing of his 14-year-old friend told police a Ouija board made him do it.
The 15-year-old, from Texas, was charged with attempted murder after stabbing his friend with a 4-inch knife on February 29.
He pulled the weapon on the friend in a wooded area behind a high school in Weslaco, a small town along the U.S-Mexico border at the southern tip of Texas.
Eerie: A Texas teenager charged in the stabbing of his 14-year-old friend said a Ouija board told him to carry out the attack, police said on Friday
The victim was treated in intensive care for three days for a severe cut to his intestine, Weslaco police spokesman J.P. Rodriguez said.
He added that the alleged assailant, whose name was not made public, has no history of mental problems or criminal behavior.
‘I'm not making excuses for the kid, but I think sometimes it's harder for them to separate reality from fiction,’ he said. ‘This is kind of bizarre.’
After stabbing him, the boy took his friend to a nearby auto repair shop so the owner could call an ambulance.
A third boy said that he witnessed the stabbing, and that his knife-wielding friend told the victim to say he fell on the blade, police said.
Secluded: He pulled the weapon on the friend in a wooded area behind a high school in Weslaco, a small town along the U.S-Mexico border at the southern tip of Texas
Marketed by Hasbro, the Ouija board has a flat surface marked with letters, numbers and symbols.
It is used in a seance game that is said to help players communicate with the dead.
Rodriguez called the case ‘a little eerie’ but said investigators believe the boy used the Ouija board to rationalize the attack.
‘He actually believed what the Ouija board advised him, that the friend was the cause of his problems,’ Rodriguez said. ‘That's kind of the incredible part.’
