Paris: a woman tried with two co-defendants for the murder of his wife against a backdrop of witchcraft
A woman is judged, this Thursday, October 27, at the Assizes of Paris for the assassination of his wife on a background of witchcraft, as well as his mistress and another man of his entourage.
A troubling case. A murder, a trio of defendants and a scent of witchcraft: a woman must be tried from Thursday at the assizes of Paris for the assassination of his wife, will not also have to answer to his mistress and a man of his entourage.
The victim, named Sylvia G., was 36 years old and the mother of two infant twins. His disappearance had been reported by his mother, before his lifeless body was discovered a month later, on April 24, 2019 in an undergrowth in Villiers-Adam (Val-d’Oise) several kilometers from the home that she shared with his wife, Christy Daupin.
The two women had been married since 2014, but separated for a year at the time of the events. They still lived under the same roof despite strong tensions in the couple.
Several testimonies have reported verbal abuse and death threats made by Christy Daupin against his wife. Over the course of the investigations, the investigators also discovered that she had begun to take an interest in witchcraft, suspected her wife of having been bewitched and of wanting to sell the organs of her twins.
A “disenchantment” session
The accused had been put in contact with a “voodoo priestess”, delivered by Iven Webster, a cook of Haitian origin. Without knowing precisely the links that unite the two implicated, the priestess had been able to convince Christy Daupin of a plot by his wife to meet him.
According to the prosecution, the murder of Sylvia G. occurred on the evening of March 23 to 24, 2019, following a “disenchantment” session in the basement of her building, in the presence of Christy Daupin, of his mistress and intermediary: Iven Webster.
The latter each gave a different version of the facts, blaming each other and denying all responsibility. When the body was discovered, the advanced decomposition did not allow scientists to know the exact causes of the victim’s death.
“For several years the family has been waiting to understand the causes and circumstances of Sylvia’s death. The three defendants having until then had contradictory versions; we will demonstrate that the trial will be an opportunity for them to finally tell the truth,” Maxime Cessieux, the victim’s mother’s lawyer, told AFP.
The trial should end on November 4, however for medical reasons he could be postponed.