Man with 'Satan' tattooed on forehead gets life in prison for murder

Hamilton Journal News ^ | 4-9-2015

[Citizen Zed]

LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. — David Pate, a Lancaster man with "Satan" tattooed on his face and a split pierced tongue, who has been jailed since 2013 for killing a friend and leaving the body to be found, pleaded guilty to murder Thursday morning in court.

Prosecutors said Pate killed Rickey James in October of 2013 and buried his body in the woods.

Shortly after Pate pleaded guilty the judge sentenced him to life in prison.

Investigators said DNA tests led to the murder charge but they still don't know how James died.

Pate faces 30 years to life in prison.

[Citizen Zed]

It's a lifestyle choice...

[liberalh8ter]

Now, Now.....haven't we all just learned that people are born that way?....../s

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Wasn’t he “turning his life around ?”

[dennisw]

This lunatic also carved up his tongue. I have seen extremely tattooed|pierced nutters who had their tongue cut into the shape of a snake or lizards tongue

[DannyTN]

He’s just being true to himself.
Don’t put your morality on him.
All cultures and religious beliefs are equal.
This is equivalent to the fight for Civil Rights.
Government has no basis to bar this man’s activities except to punish a minority group.
This man was discriminated against because of his tattoos, beliefs and actions.
We need a law to force Christian bakers and pizza owners to cater to this man’s satanic ceremonies.

[Ken H]

Man with 'Satan' tattooed on forehead gets life in prison for murder,

Tragic. He was just beginning to turn his head around.

[Fungi]

How I wish I did not open this thread. That picture!

[MrB]

all cultures are equal...

Except for oppressive Western Judeo-Christian culture - it has to be destroyed.

[TexasCajun]

Probably fighting over the last hit of meth.

[Lazamataz]

He’ll get plenty of chances to use that tongue, where he’s goin’.

[MrB]

[Responsibility2nd]

I don’t know...

I mean, if you’re friends with a person who has ‘SATAN’ tattooed on their head, don’t you kind of EXPECT to be killed and buried in the woods?

Just Sayin’.

[WayneS]

So which is it?

Did he “leave the body to be found”, or did he “bury the body in the woods”?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

My pet peeve is the tattoos on the neck and face. The most I’ll tattoo is the upper shoulder, and that’s it. No way would I want to look like an MS-13 gang-banger.

[dfwgator]

Naw he was a hockey fan and he was just honoring his favorite player.

[JimSEA]

Put it out of its misery.

[MrB]

He was a good person, just a little different. Simply misunderstood.

[GeronL]

I am shocked that someone who looks like that might be a criminal or a nutcasea

[WayneS]

Good point.

[Politicalkiddo]

He looks like a real charmer. It’s hard to believe he could commit heinous acts. /s