• alleycat@feddit.org
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        The child had albinism. There are known cases in other African countries where people with albinism have been killed and their bodyparts been used for “witchcraft” purposes. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_people_with_albinism)

        But it took a turn when prosecutors alleged that Smith sold her daughter to a traditional healer, who was interested in her eyes and fair complexion.

        I think that implies that the child was literally butchered and its bodyparts sold.

        • volvoxvsmarla @lemm.ee
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          If you google the kid she definitely doesn’t have albinism. Which makes it even weirder that she was sold for body parts.

      • Bort@hilariouschaos.com
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        It looks like the kid might have been sold to harvest her skin and eyes…. There’s a good chance she isn’t alive.

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          Apparently she hasn’t been found yet, dead or alive.

          Sounds like most likely dead given the circumstances. Just not proven yet.

        • RedditAdminsSuckIt@lemmy.world
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          Sometimes I wish I didn’t have empathy or feelings. The little person that is depending on you for safety and comfort and this is what they get, an atrocity. Monsters are real