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Husband: Voodoo Led to Wife's Shooting
An 84-year-old Durham man who has been charged with trying to kill his wife blamed voodoo for the shooting.
Posted — UpdatedDURHAM, N.C. — An 84-year-old Durham man who has been charged with trying to kill his wife blamed voodoo for the shooting.
Warren Haywood Moore was charged after his wife, 84-year-old Nezzie Carter-Moore, was shot in the chest and face with a .38-caliber handgun on New Year's Eve, police said.
Moore told investigators his wife had been practicing voodoo and cast a spell on him.
Carter-Moore was taken to Duke University Hospital, but there was no word Wednesday on her condition.
Moore was being held on a $50,000 bond at the Durham County Jail.
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