By Marilyn Bardsley
April 5, 2006
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. (Crime Library) — Richard Peter Sciara, 61, was a physician's assistant for 23 years at the Topeka, KS, Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center. Investigators theorize that while Sciara, aka "Master Rick," held this position at a VA hospital, he learned how to castrate a man by watching the surgical procedure. Surgical castration is sometimes performed when a patient has cancer. Men with prostate cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes may benefit from castration which deprives the body of testosterone.
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| Richard Peter Sciara |
Sciara and two other men — Danny Carroll Reeves, 49, and Michael Mendez, 60 — were involved in an unusual sadomasochistic relationship, living together in Haywood County in the western North Carolina mountains. None of the men have police records.
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| Danny Carroll Reeves |
Sciara is believed to have castrated six men inside what has been described as a dungeon in the house he rented. Allegedly, he used a web site to recruit willing men to become his sex slaves. The castrations are believed to have been voluntary.
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