Haitian Killer's "Voodoo Shrine" with Underwear
catherine yronwode
Jilted man built shrine of former girlfriend's underwear
Friday, August 18, 2006
NEW YORK (AP) -- A man who built a voodoo shrine using his
ex-girlfriend's underwear, then killed her mother and a dog and slashed
her cousin, was sentenced Thursday to 28 years to life in prison.
Pierre Carrenard was sentenced to consecutive terms of 25 years to life
for killing the woman, two years for killing the dog and one year for
assaulting the 16-year-old girl on August 9, 2005, prosecutor Charles
Hynes said.
The ex-girlfriend, Francois MacDaly, told police Carrenard, 36, harassed
her after she broke up with him. On the day of the crimes, she said,
Carrenard called her at work and threatened her mother, Esperance
Labidou, a Haitian immigrant who worked at a bus company.
Carrenard testified in court that he believed Labidou had turned her
daughter against him.
Prosecutors said Carrenard stabbed Labidou 25 times in her home before
turning the knife on her Chihuahua, Foo Foo.
When the teenage cousin, who lived upstairs, entered the basement
apartment, Carrenard slashed her face. He then fled to Florida.
Police found a shrine in his apartment made of MacDaly's underwear and
one of his socks tied together with a vine.
Carrenard explained in court that the shrine "was a sort of spell to
control her spirit."
Police also found a letter in his apartment.
"All I want to do is to love you and make a life with you, but your
family keeps getting in the way," the letter said. "Let this be the last
interference. You will no longer listen to your family. You will listen
to me."
Carrenard was arrested last August in Miami, where he had been staying
with friends. He was convicted this month.
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catherine yronwode wrote:
> NEW YORK (AP) -- A man who built a voodoo shrine using his
> ex-girlfriend's underwear...
> Police found a shrine in his apartment made of MacDaly's underwear and
> one of his socks tied together with a vine.
This is very typical love magic. The vine, if it were
in Haiti, would have been of a particular species -
one of the plants most frequently used is called "wont",
meaning "shame", because it is supposed to
make the object of the wanga ashamed of the way
they are acting and come to their senses and
"act right" - that's what the guy wanted, right, he
said, "You will not listen to your family, you will
listen to me." In his mind MacDaly, by rejecting
him, was "acting wrong", not following the correct
behavior that he envisioned.
It doesn't matter if it's Vodou, Christianity, Islam, or
no religion at all, when men attack women, it's all about
power and control.
Peace and love,
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"Se bon ki ra" - Good is rare
Haitian proverb
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