Saturday, the decapitated body of two people were discovered in Tabacal (Commune of Hinche) in the Central Plateau. The victims were identified as Cantave Michel, a security guard and Celimène Désinor a mother of family.

Réginald Michel, spokesman for the National Police of Haiti (PNH) of the Department of Centre, explained that according to the first pieces of information of the investigation, Lucson Jean-Baptiste (23 years) is suspected of being the alleged perpetrator of this double murder. He could have acted according to testimonies collected, to avenge the death of his mother in 2016 which he attributed the death to an act of sorcery caused by the victims.

Lucson Jean-Baptiste is known by police who already suspected him of involvement in several other assassinations in the region. The alleged killer is on the run and actively sought, however, it is possible that he fled to the Dominican Republic.

The spokesman of the PNH deplores the fact that today lynching is still a practice used by the population in Haiti, especially in the Department of Centre. Barbaric acts that occur most often in cases of theft of cattle, armed robbery and witchcraft...

TB/ HaitiLibre