Man ‘stabs his sister to death with a bayonet then calls cops and tells them she was a witch’

A MAN who is accused of stabbing his sister to death with a bayonet is said to have called the cops afterwards, telling them she was a “witch”.

Anthony Dibella, 51, is said to have repeatedly stabbed Wanda Paoli, 67, in the head, neck and face with a bayonet blade and an awl in the small town of Lyme in upstate New York, according to court documents.

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Dibella then told police he killed her because she was “getting in the way of me communicating to God” and that he “was done with her witchcraft,” the papers say.

He has been charged with second-degree murder and two counts of fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon.

The brother and sister had been living with their 89-year-old mom at 6782 Failing Shores Lane on Point Peninsula when the alleged murder took place.

Police said Dibella had called them to report he had stabbed his sister at their home.

According to Jefferson County dispatchers, they got a call from a man called Tony, who said “that Wanda Paoli is being killed, she is a witch, killed with a knife and awl, and is currently on the porch.”

When officials arrived at the scene just before 11.30am on April 28  they found Paoli dead on a porch outside the house and handcuffed Dibella.

First responders attempted to save Paoli but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Cops found their mom unhurt inside the house.

According to the police, Dibella told them: “I had to do what I did to her because she was getting in the way of me communicating to God.”

They said he continued to talk about how “people are worshipping rocks and dirt instead of God.”

The documents, seen by CBS affiliate WWNY, also include a statement from Dibella’s brother, Russell Dibella in Texas.

He is said to have told police he spoke with Dibella on the phone, with is brother allegedly telling him, “I killed her,” and “I stabbed her in the head.”

Anthony Dibella is being held without bail in the county jail.

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