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To: The Philosopher who wrote (5448)	3/12/2003 2:56:53 AM
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Haitian farm worker blames voodoo hex for murder Associated Press Posted March 11 2003, 12:08 PM EST ALBANY, Ga. -- A Haitian immigrant farm worker told a judge he killed one man and injured two others because they had placed a voodoo hex on him. Reynold Calixte, 43, pleaded guilty but mentally ill last week to felony murder and two counts of aggravated assault. Dougherty Superior Court Judge Stephen Goss sentenced him to life in prison. ``This is the most bizarre thing I've seen in my years of prosecution,'' said Chief Assistant District Attorney Gregory Edwards, who dropped a malice murder charge and weapons charges in exchange for the plea. Calixte killed Stephen Dameus by first shooting him in the stomach, cutting his throat and then stabbing him in the chest in an Albany hotel June 22, 2001, Edwards said. Calixte believed Dameus put a fatal hex on him by sprinkling black powder on his bus seat, shoes and pillow, Edwards said. Defense attorney Willie Weaver said Calixte thought the only way to save his life was to kill Dameus because he didn't have enough money to return to Haiti and see a witch doctor to reverse the hex. Calixte, who cut his own throat during the attack, was found lying across Dameus. He asked officers to kill him when they arrived, Edwards said. The night before the attack, Calixte was in the hospital with a high fever. He left the hospital against doctors' advice, went to the motel and attacked Dameus and two men he believed helped him, Edwards said. Calixte shot Stenio Defaite in the foot and Solide Bien-aime' in the abdomen. Weaver requested a mental health evaluation that found Calixte was sane but afflicted by a mental illness. He could be placed in a mental institution instead of a prison, Weaver said. sun-sentinel.com