A mother pleaded guilty on Wednesday to assault charges for setting her 6-year-old daughter ablaze in a voodoo ritual at their New York home.
Marie Lauradin, 31, will be sentenced next month to 17 years in prison for burning her daughter, Frantzcia Saintil, who was permanently scarred in the February 2009 incident, the Queens District Attorney said.
“Despite the child’s cries for help and the severity of her injuries, she failed to seek immediate medical attention,” District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement.
“This is a tragic case in which the person a child should most feel safe with is the one who caused her so much pain,” the prosecutor said.
But you know what All caribbean people do is tear each other down. You guys are the only people i see that dont come together to do stuff and to achieve better. This lady was wrong, and she deserves what she gets. But to come on here and to say that haitians should be sent back to thier country all they doing is messing up peoples country is heart breaking. We are all one people, we all speak the same language, we all have beautiful cultures. Stop tearing down each other.
And don’t you know we have Dminican in those people country working
So by the way u hear sumting happen to them wat will you say Dominican never travel
weh weh weh weh ebeh we sort papa bondye
every country fcing thier own disastes….haiti, dca, jca, all countries hve a tail to tell…there aare dcan in other countries doing crap might nt be voodoo but what they are doing is still bad…lets not pas judgement on the haitians, cuz we hve dcan doing nonesense eveywher they go, leaving a negative vibes for other dcan who want to mke a better life….voodoo, murder, prostitution, adualtry etc..all are crime and sin in themselves and dcan are in all countries doing one or the other…DNT GET ME WRONG THERE ARE DCANS WHO DNT GET INVOLVE IN ANY OF THE ABOVE..but befre we say kick out hatians lets nt foregt we hve dcans all over…overpopulating another man country looking fr a bette life just as the haitians are doing in dca….we just hve to pray against thier evil ways…GOD ALWAYS TAKES CARE OF HIS OWN…not all hatians are alike….some actaully look for a better life..
lets not put all eggs in the same basket people nevertheless we must say that 75 percent of these people keeps the dirty ways and travel with it. this is ridiculous the lady had no right i would burn her for her to go through what the child went from and then lock her voodoo butt away and toss the key
to think the bible says that jealousy is worst than witchcraft how bad jealousy can be?
Tears! Tears! Tears………….
Nobody want them… is Dominica alone that will take them for a mere $500 U.S a head. Is that all our country is worth?
See if Barbados would take them (they need visas to travel to Barbados… and probably three-quarters of them don’t get the visas).
A haitian will be a haitian no matter where they go. They find themselves all over the world claiming to be looking for a better life but they do not change. They still carry all their bad ways with them.
But listen guys , Dominicans like us are all about doing nonsense wat other nation tell them
Can you remember last year in mahaut the young lady dat killed her two innocents gurls all of these things were evil so all you have to shut all you mouth wen u hear things like happen ok
stupess are u an idiot? the woman burned her child for a voodoooooo ritual!!! she was in a correct state of mind when she did this act, the incident u are referring to that occurred in mahaut, the lady in question is not mentally stable. please look up postpartum depression
NONSENCE ! NONSENCE !!
You need to go back to Haiti, what happened in Mahaut had nothing to do with Voodoo, the young lady needed help, who know maybe it’s a Haitian that worked science on that young lady, they all over Dominica destroying all the young people of the island, when you or your family will get your shared hope that you will have mouth to talk
Dominica like us all over Guadeloupe and marie galante doing voodoo wat you expect .
I had a problem with a child , a Dominican like me ask me wat i want to do with dat child i said nothing God will do sumting for me Can you imagine the lady told me let us go Guadeloupe and do sumting .
at that level all you dominican have to shut all u mouth wen all u hear things happening like that cause we dominicans are in it
I can believe u guys !!!! Sitting here and bashing Haitians……. R u guys serious….. Evil is everywhere not only in Haiti ……all the island in the caribean practice VOODOO believe it or not….. If u r a decedent of slaves u practice VOODOO.. Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!
For me to read this from sister DOMINICAIN… When we r the same blood.. Is just WRONG, but since u don’t speak for a whole nation I’m going to scoop ur level….
THANKS !!!!!! REAL THRUTH
the lady was crazy “boy friend stress” but do u want a spell on you
dominicans are no different fron haitians in matters of socery. the truth of the matter is if dominicans stop paying thousands of dollars to the haitians to hurt their neighbour/neighbour;s child the haitians would be out of business. si pani soutiwe i pani voleur.
Thank you saved ……. i love your point
all sin is sin
what hatians d some of all u they well do eh. i personally do not have a prob with them all of us have to survive.
I agree with the writer (SPEAKING MY MIND) you hit the nail right on the head, the speaks of not allowing a witch to live, so right.
My issue is not with the Haitians migrating to Dominica. Is the NASTY ways they carry with them thats why NO ONE wants them in their country. Instead she look for a better means to make a living she carry her evil with her…now look where it got her…God will protect our Dominica from these evil
Agree with you, We have to ask God for protection for all the Caribbean Countries against the Haitians, as we all Haitians are not welcome where ever to go. as the saying goes you can put a pig in a palace it will still remain a pig
The two French nation in the Caribbean do not want Haitian amongst their people, not because of their colour it’s all because of their evil practice, as far as i can see the Dominica Government acted selfishly knowing what the Haitians are capable of doing to their own people and allowing Haitians to come to the island was not the right avenue for helping Haitians
Countries prefer sending money to help Haitians instead of welcoming them to their shores, when it is all set and do and all the damage is done o Dominica and it’s people they will all live and move to back to Haiti.
Haitians share their island with the Dominican Republic and they are not welcome, whenever they try to enter the DR they are being send back to Haiti, because they do not want them to come to their island and destroy their people, needless to say how many of the Haitians prisoners are residing in Dominica
Dominicans need to pray for God to deliver them and their nations from the Haitians, they need to flee back to Haiti to continue destroying their own people, and to Dominicans renting their houses to Haitians, all i have to say is Good Luck
Too many bad things happening in this island since the arrival of the Haitians to it’s shores
Lord Protect your people form the hands of the evil doers
Carbbean National
I can see your lament on behalf of our Dominica here. And you are right, we need to ask God for His protection against wickedness evil doers–whoever they are.
But there is another hope we can hold on to; it is in the parable of Jesus Christ, of the Wheat and Tare (weeds)
Just like the owner of the field in that parable of Jesus, God is saying: Let the wheat and tare grow until the harvest. The wheat will be gathered and sent to the barn, and tare will be gathered to be burned.
It is the same as the gatherting of all Nations, for the final judgment of God in Jesus Christ.
The people of the nations are identified as goat and sheep. The sheep will be called to the Right hand of God, while the goats will be called to His left hand. The sheep will be rewarded with Life in the Kingdom of Heaven, and the goat will be cast to the damnation of the fire of hell.
In other words, God is watching and protecting those who have chosen to give their lives to Him. With that assurance in us, we will survive, until the day of rest, in Jesus Christ, comes for us, that we might experience this rest for once and for all; forever and ever.
Get ur fact .. Before you speak……….. Voodoo is not the reason other countries will not receive us ! It’s ours strong will not to be occupied …. We have the blood of TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE and we will never submissive !!!!!!!!!!!!!…. Our misfortune is man made……
We r just being taught a lesson… As the first black country we r the poorest …. It’s a form of genocide ……. They bring guns and drugs sooo we can kill each other……
WE WILL STRIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND WE WILL SURVIVE….
You dont need to pray for Haitians, pray for Dominican. All you Dominican people can do is pass judgement on people. Dont act like yah dont practice voodoo, yah got witches over there doing crazy stuff. All haitians do not have bad ways, dont worry the same fate you show haitians will come back on all of you. Remember that, people are people, and wickedness is wickedness. Yah talk about how white people are racist, caribbean people are just as worst. All of you clean up your backyard, before you go looking to see what is in other peoples yard. If i call a dominican now, they will tell you whats going on in every part of the world. Stop watch people business.
I agreed with wat u said but if it was not with the voodoo all our caribbean countries wouldn’t get independence , Is not take im taking for them but Haiti was the first black beautiful country dat got independence and also help other caribbean countries get independence so Why don’t you all say God help those in haiit dat innocent instead of saying things for all the people dat don’t even know about dat .
My best friend is a Haitian i believe her and she believe me so wat happen . Dominican people if you all don’t say wat is right there will be sumting worst dat will happen to you guys ……….. So shut up
Are you telling me that Haiti was a role model for Dominica and the other Caribbean Counties when it comes to the islands obtaining independence, to you I say, Hell No, and please educate me, I would like to know in what shape form or manner did Haiti helped other Caribbean countries get independence, maybe a role model to teach some of the Caribbean people to practice evil and put spell on their neighbors
For your info I am not a Dominican, but a Caribbean National, and your people are not alone when it comes to Haitians my friend, from generation to generation Haitians are Evil, even the so called Christian Haitians
Did God give you any power to predict what will happen to others, as far as i can see your Haitian best friend teach you so of his or her tricks look like you want to cast a spell of your people, all i have to say to you is, carry on with your Haitian friend, only time will tell Are you blind to see that since these Haitians stepped foot on your island all of a sudden what is taking place in your island, your Haitian BF , have you blind
These people have to turn Dominica upside down….watch and all you will see…..
sad but true
The island of Dominica is already upside down since their arrival, they are out their competing with Dominicans saying that Dominicans are lazy, I have many dominicans friends and i can say that they are hard working people.
The Dominica Government needed to contact Dominicans in Guadeloupe before bringing Haitians to Dominica, them they would know how Dominicans were being treated by Haitians in Guadelopue in the 70, 80, and 90, Dominicans were being treated very badly by Haitians in those days
Something is definitely wrong with the island, listening to all the madness taking place in Dominica right now, these people put a spell of Dominicans
People need to go on their knee and ask the Almighty to Deliver them and their island and take back their island from the Haitians honestly speaking they need to go back to Haiti before it it too late for Dominicans, send them back,
maybe on you but not on me thanks but no thanks Greater is he that lives in me than he who uses the Haitinas. Who God bless no man curse and who God curse no man can bless!!!
Paul in Galatians 5:19-21 ascribes witchcraft as a deed of the flesh. “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, WITCHCRAFT, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy, drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.”
In Dominica we have many Haitians as well as other Dominicans and African mediums openly practicing magic in the name of freedom of religion. Dominica claims to be a christian country, what hypocrisy. When a Haitian or any Dominican for that matter is found guilty of witchcraft what does the bible say must be done to this person? Let’s have a look. “Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live,” (Exodus 22:18). This means Dominica needs to introduce the lethal injection for these practices. People need to be educated about the harms of witchcraft in a society so that it can be eliminated.
Do you know why we will never execute witches? It is due to our paganism and hypocrisy this country swims in that’s why.
To Speaking my mind
You know speaking one’s mind can portray ignorance especially if what was said is solely based on religious beliefs. Why is it you want to use your religious beliefs as a standard or yardstick to judge, punish people and make laws. Does this not sound like the dark-ages what you are trying to establish or bring back. Quoting your religious book the Bible as a reference does not in any way make something justifiable right, that is very outrageous and absurd. Do you know there are differences between Witches, Witchcraft and Voodoo. Have you read Leviticus in your bible?.Have you read 1kings about Salomon and his slaughter of animals for sacrifices of burnt offering.Why is it the rulers and kings of your bible had their Priests, i guess you have not questioned that.
Why is it when people read a news story which was used for sensationalism use that to generalize people without using reason. it is very sad to hear all these comments vilifying the Haitian people simply on a news story. Is this how we judge people by reading News stories and headlines of Newspapers. Why is it people are swayed by emotion, religious beliefs and not reason. You know Prejudice, not founded with reason, cannot be removed by argument and let us not forget collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce savagery toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd. Come on Dominicans we can do better than that towards
our fellows brothers. Is that how we judge people and would we liked to be judged the same way.
Haitians do not consider us as their brothers and sisters. I had a Haitian co-worker, someone from another Caribbean country came to my work place for assistance, i provided the individual with the information and help required, while exiting the office, my Haitian co-worker approached the individual, she went as far as booking another appointment for the client to meet with another co-worker, (white) with lest experience, though the client told the Haitian that she is pleased with the assistant provided and her needs were meet the Haitian insisted that the person see another staff
The client came back to me right away, and asked what nationality is my co-worker, when i told her that she was from Haiti, the client stood in shock and said Oh My God, then told me what happened, after having the client complete a incident report, i went to my college work area, called her, told her that her behavior was unprofessional, she insisted that the client was not truthful, when HR talked to the receptionists they confirmed what the clients said
This was someone coming to work never have money to buy lunch, someone i shared my lunch with, at times even asked for money until pay day, so like it or not Haitian care only for themselves, i heard this say woman talking to another Haitian her exact words to her Haitian friends, is (remember that they did not come to that country to play), give me a break Haitians will play nice to Dominicans right now because they have no choice, just hope that they are not killing animals and spreading the blood on people steps at night, for Dominicans to go and empty up their bank account and pay Haitians for tricks, God will give hem what they deserve
Imagine what they are doing to Dominica, God alone knows, and my heart goes out to my people, hope that Dominicans do not eat Haitian food, Lord save your people, Dominicans keep up the faith and ask God to drive them away
there are many dominicans who would face the death penalty for witchcraft if that is the case and it could well be your mother.
Am calling on our Prime minister to let the
Hati people go back to there land they are too Evil thats why
they are having so many disaster send them back where they come from
We cannot do that! That would not be fair…even if we don’t want what they are doing. What about those of us who migrate to other places? Would you like it if they sent us back home because they didnt like our belief? WE ABSOLUTELY HATE what they are doing but we can’t force them out for it..lets just keep praying that the almighty will keep our little safe haven in his hands and away from these evil doers.
I really love your point
you are the only one dat make sense otherwise all them are nonsense
there are many dominicans committing acts of evil all over the world. turn from your wicked ways dominicans and repent for the coming of the Lord draweth near. Most dominicans particularly catholics believe in voodoo/socery. so stop the hypocricy.
Thank you saved ……… you need to say that a thousands times for them to hear you
Cause Dominicans like us are very foolish
Don’t you know the more talk you talking about devil is more you bringing it close to you
Many of us believe in voodoo much less for the people
Before something happen we is voodoo so what you expect foolish
Go and clean your backyard eh eh eh eh before bad talking about other people
What the Prime Minister is going to do for you Foolish
you have not cleaned your back yard yet what you want him to do for you
We Dcan have to stop that bad talking we have in DA otherwise God and the Prime Minister won’t do anything for you . so wait and see ehhh /////////////
For Heaven sake after helping the lady to have a good life in U S A that’s what she did?People need that opportunity to move on.Just can’t believe,she carried her old way of life with her.No wonder Dominicans are so angry with their Government and these people who are migrating to it.You can talk the horse to well but not force it to drink and so you just can’t change the people old way of life(Voodoo).God helps us.
That lady is sick beyond healing. How can someone think of hurting their own blood & flesh in that crazy way. That mother will not see good. All the voodoo she doing there it will come back and haunt her. I would burn her a*** for her to feel what she made the poor child feel. Wicked bitch!!!!
I repeating that again
what we said to the young lady in mahaut dat hurt her own blood and and flesh in that crazy way
Lady Before you start talking go and get a job for you to do ehhhhhhhhh
FOOLISH
EVEN the Prime Minister did not say anything so you as a nonsense dat want to messed up people thing you want to bad talking people
lady don’t come back on that site again eh cuz are a waste of time
IDIOT,,,,,, NONSENSE ,,, FOOLISH ////////////////
while what she did is wrong , there r dominicans workin in other country so , its not good to say send all them hation home. but we must be care full, with them, and dont get involve with their vodoo
Nigger, do you ever hear of Dominicans catching their kids on fire for any type of ritual? Not even we Kalinagos do that kind of sh*t when we have vaval. Cha man…
W e do not catch our children on fire but we stabbed them Foolish know what you are about to say eh cause i can see you are the number one idiot in DA
Remember the young lady in mahaut is a pastor child , how you think a pastor child can do that kind of madness if she did not believe in satan
It is time to stand up as one nation , one blood , one people so that we can reach further
Leave me in peace ..,/,/,/,/,//,/,///,
true that for there are many who keep their voodoo practice
MY GOD WHAT KIND OF MORTHER THAT?
A Haitian Voodoo Priest did the same thing to his wife a few years ago, he is now on America’s Wanted List, there is an area in Florida name Little Haiti, Haitians run down the area, crimes infected,
The Americans had enough with the Haitians, this is why whenever they try to enter the USA in their over crowed canoe they are being intercepted by the US coast guard and send by to Haiti
My heart goes out to the Dominican people, there are many Dominicans out here expressing their concern with Haitians on the island of Dominica, those you are in solidarity with the Haitians are those profiting from their evil deeds, sad so sad, pray to God for deliverance
WE Dominican taking back door to go places much less for Haiti
We Dominican Have to say thanks to God and to Haiti people Because helped us to fight to get independent that is why now Haiti is suffering now
So now want all you want to talk bad about Haiti
Shut all you mouth cause we are in it undercover all over the caribbean like Guadeloupe .
My friend i would agree with you ,saying that Haitian teach some Caribbean people to work science on their people, How did Haiti help your country obtaining independent from Britain, did the Haitian government send any documents to England, begging for independent for your island?, like to know
Haitian need to stay in heir country, as the saying goes, take a pig and put it in a place it will always be a pig, so no matter where Haitian go Haitians will away be Haitians, carrying their evil practice with them, Haitians destroyed thousands upon thousands of Haitians in Voodoo, what make you believe that all the madness happening in your island since they landed there, that they are not the cause of it, my friend you are fooling yourself
The same mother like the mother in mahaut what you expect foolish
Our back yards don’t even clean yet but we still talking about somebody else back yard
IDIOT ,///,/,//,/,/,/,/,
Well the news had them on tv,showing those in the US going thru voodoo rituals,to get spiritual uplifment after the big quake.why don’t they do voodoo to get Haiti out of this stagnant situation,which plagues other countries indirectly.millions of dollars in all kinds of donations and the leaders get more greedy.Haiti is compared to a basket being filled with water.it’s true everyone is not the same but my people listen::ddo you believe hatians come to help develop Dominica?how many of them have a bank account in DA?ANSWER MI QUESTION!
Haitians do not believe in banks, they keep their money with them where ever they go their money is with them. These people did not come to the island to help, they came to destroy Dominica, this is the reason why them are not welcome in other countries
Sometime ago I heard on the news of some Haitians caught in Guadeloupe, the husband was caught with $15000 Euro, the wife was send back to Dominica where she is living in the village of Trafalgar, the husband is now seating in jail in Guadelopue. Sad thing about it is that all of them were caught with Dominican Passport, they bought some property south of the island, very interested,as far as i heard the Guadelopue officials knew about them and were on the look out for the vessel
Since the husband is in Guadeloupe jail and the wife in Dominica, will the Dominica Government allow the husband to return to the island after serving his jail sentence in Guadeloupe,would like to know. the wife is involve and was part of the smuggling, since she told someone that her brother came to Dominica and was send back by the Dominican Official, wondering if this brother is back in Dominica illegal, she lied to the French officials saying that she left her children home alone , she was about to be deported back to Haiti, and this is the only reason she was send back to Dominica
These Haitians traveled with their Haitian passport and also Dominica passport involve in all this criminal activities when caught fleeing and living the Dominican passport down, is very malicious to the people of the island
Haitian have too much privilege in Dominica, destroying Dominicans, and the island, these people need to go back to Haiti and fight with the people of the Dominica Republic for access to go in and out in the Dominican Republic
Dominica your government knew what they getting into when they opened the doors of Dominica to Haitians, God sees and knows and time will tell, drive them away from your nation if you want to say your island
Hope you as a DOMINICAN parent do not have children overseas …..
Dominican like are very foolish , why all you can’t on your knees and pray instead of bad talking people country and i know for you alll laissez faire have a piece of child abroad . Before alll you start talking about people go and clean your back yard eh ,
i CAN UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE NOT YET TRAVELLED , AND YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW HOW INSIDE A PLANE LOOKS DAT IS Y YOU TALKING SHIT LIKE THAT
IF YOU HAD ALREADY TRAVEL YOU LIFE WOULD HAVE CHANGED UT YOU DON’T TRAVEL YET SO YOUR LIFE HAS TO BE IN ONE STATE
When they catch your child in Guadeloupe from steelling those people thnigs and when they Guadeloupe people start saying send him/her in DA hope you don’t cry and say NO
YOU ARE A FOOLISH Dominican
Mechaste!!! Fire bon u
Them haitians are like locusts,sodom and gomorrah,is wat haiti become,send them devils back to dere country to burn
LAWDD MAN SHATTA
so after you read this post you can imaging what going on in dominica with all these hatians running around in dominica, already our police cannot solve crime…….
lol lol totally agreed!
U kno it
This article tells us very little. I would suggest the writers be a bit more careful as such sensational stories, when not explained carefully, could lead readers to form emotional opinions about a subject they may not know much about (voodoo, in this case).
A More extensive article could be found here:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/06/18/2009-06-18_queens_mother_marie_lauradin_charged_in_voodoo_fire_ritual_that_leaves_6yearold_.html
This is less about voodoo and more about ignorance. She apparently did it to free her child of evil spirits. (I’ve heard many people in Dominica turn to various forms of “magic” to help their children).The lesson to be learned from this? Those who turn to magic to solve problems will usually ignore other logical courses of action (such as seeking medically care for 3rd-degree burns). Don’t let your belief in any religion or idea overtake your sense of rationality.
ADMIN: Did you click the link to read the entire story?
the article said to click on the link so click and read and STFU!
There is no good that can come from evil!
Using voodooo which comes form the devil to do good?
Really?
Are you kidding me? Using Satan’s craft to get rid of his evil spirits?
Cant believe people can try to justify voodoo rituals. Whats wrong with you?
I am waiting for the bloody fool who will say we must respect diversity..
That is why we Dominica need to let that Government that there send all them Haitian back to their country
This is totally insane…….what kind if mother does that to her daughter………….Lord help her..And in the name of vodoo…………she needs more time than seventeen yrs
in every religion sacrifices are done. Hindus sacrifice neighbors and friends in the name of their god. and i can list many other religions. just chk the web. it is insane because we do not believe in it.
it is insane bcuz it is just that insane “we” not believing in it is not wat makes it insane
she needs the chair
why they doh do a thing for her not to take the 17 yrs.noh.
Wicked woman and grandmother. Hope she rots in prison. Thos lawyers that represents them should be locked up too.