SIOUX CITY, Iowa — The mother of two Sioux City girls that police said were killed by their stepfather said her husband described himself as a pagan and routinely practiced spells to keep those around him healthy and happy.
Marla Harris told The Des Moines Register that her husband, Lawrence Harris Sr., told her at the police department that he was trying to help the girls.
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Mavis Makoba, 35, of the nearby Boschfontein area, allegedly told police that a Pretoria sangoma had told her that if she mixed the soil from the police station with that from her home, her son would no longer be arrested.
…Police released her after questioning and have asked members of the public to refrain from casting spells at the police.