U.S. Citizen Murdered for Deadly Superstition
The Daily Telegraph reported this week that the body of an American woman who had gone missing more than a year ago in Malaysia was recently discovered after a man confessed to her murder.
Carolyn Jamica Noraini Abdullah, 35, was murdered as part of an elaborate ritual sacrifice which was apparently conducted by the confessed murderer and several other men. The men apparently believed the sacrifice would give them the winning numbers in an upcoming lottery. According to the Daily Telegraph,
Cockerels or goats are sacrificed to spirit gods by groups of men whose leader goes into a trance and supposedly reveals winning combinations to the four-digit national lottery. Although very rare, there have been reported cases of human sacrifice.
Source:
US woman killed in lottery rite. Alex Spillius, The Daily Telegraph (UK), June 25, 2001.
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