Maria Gomez and Carla Mendez are standing trial in LA after allegedly beating and murdering a local sno-cone vendor who Gomez believed had cast a spell on her using witchcraft. Sweet, refreshing cones full ‘o witchery:

According to Gomez’ friend Sogui Godinez, Gomez concocted a sinister plan to kill the friendly, 43-year-old Mexican immigrant after consulting a bruja — a Mexican witch doctor operating out of a botanica in the city’s sprawling immigrant community.

Gomez decided Castro had cast a spell on her as punishment for spurning his advances. Swept up in her eerie beliefs, police believe that Gomez decided her only escape from the “hex” was to murder Castro.

Gomez ultimately tricked Castro into drinking a concoction filled with paint thinner and nail-polish remover, and Mendez allegedly joined her in bashing his head in with rocks.

Nope, this article isn’t biased at all. First, it describes Maria as Carla’s “female lover.” Not girlfriend, not partner. But luvah. And then it really want to hit home how sweet this sno-cone vendor was versus how weird these crazy witchy lesbians are. Look. We know these two allegedly committed a horrible, brutal crime. No one’s about to call that into question. Why the editorializing, then? Why not just the headline the thing “Crazy Dyke Witches Will Eat Your Babies?” Shit. Did we just give TMZ an idea?

WITCHCRAFT MURDER TRIAL BEGINS [LA Weekly]