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But he believed if Sylvia inherited the family fortune all at once, he could easily steal it from her and wipe out his debts.

Wojciech had also been lying to investigators about his relationship with Helene.

The reality was they hated each other.

Helene was very suspicious, rightfully so, that Wojciech was after the Pastor family fortune.

In 2018, Wojciech was found guilty of murdering both Helene and Mohamed and was sentenced to life in prison.

The other accomplices, Pascal Doriak, Samin Saeed Ahmed, and Al-Hayya Hamadi, all received between 22 years and life in prison.

As for Gildo, he would eventually recover from a stroke and he moved to the United States, while Sylvia, at least as of 2025, is still alive, and she would give Mohammed's son a job and let the Darwitch family live in one of her family's properties.

A quick note about our stories, they are all based on true events, but we sometimes use pseudonyms to protect the people involved, and some details are fictionalized for dramatic purposes.

The Mr. Ballin Podcast, Strange, Dark, and Mysterious Stories is hosted and executive produced by me, Mr. Ballin.

Our head of writing is Evan Allen, produced by Jeremy Bone and Cole Lacascio.

This episode was written by Kate Murdoch.

Research and fact-checking by Shelley Hsu, Samantha Van Hoose, Evan Beamer, Abigail Shumway, Camille Callahan, Alex Paul, Ben Faciano.

Research and fact-checking supervision by Stephen Ear.

Audio editing and post-produced by Whit Lacascio and Jordan Stidham.

Production support by Antonio Monada and Delaina Corley.

Artwork by Jessica Clogston-Kiner.

Theme song, Something Wicked, by Ross Bugden.

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