Cops: Woman says Voodoo ritual led her to kill sons, 5 and 8
BROCKTON, Mass. — A Massachusetts woman used a kitchen knife to stab two of her children to death and later told police it was part of a Voodoo ritual, authorities said Tuesday.
Latarsha Sanders, 43, told police she attacked her 8-year-old son, Edson “Marlon” Brito, with a kitchen knife as part of a ritual but failed, so she attacked her 5-year-old son, Lason Brito, assistant Plymouth District Attorney Jessica Kenny told a judge during Sanders’ arraignment on murder charges.
She told police it had to do with “Voodoo stuff,” according to a police report of their interview with her.
The older boy was stabbed 50 times, and she admitted to the killings, Kenny said.