Woman Killed and Burned over Suspected Witchcraft
Santa Barbara, Columbia – A woman suspected of practicing witchcraft was murdered and her body burned in the Colombian town of Santa Barbara. Maria Berenice Martinez’s naked body was found inside her house with blows to the skull, her hair ripped out and burn marks. The killers had tied the door shut with a rope so she couldn’t escape. People in the town said MartÃnez used witchcraft to make young people sick. Her neighbors had called her a witch since 1998, but began to distrust her even more in March of last year, when three young women from the area said MartÃnez had appeared in their dreams. Full Article