A Durham, N.C. man is on trial for capital murder after he allegedly shot a 4-year-old boy in the head because he thought the boy might be gay.
Peter Lucas Moses Jr., 27, is also accused of murdering a young woman who tried to escape from the house where she had been living with Moses and several other women, who called Moses “Lord.” Prosecutors have said they plan to seek the death penalty against Moses. Three of his “wives” are also charged with murder and with being accessories to murder.
According to information presented in court by prosecutors on Friday, July 8, Moses lived in a house in Durham with several women and their children — most of whom were fathered by Moses. But 4-year-old Jaden Higganbothan had a different father, who had left his mother, Vania Higganbothan Sisk, 25. Because Jaden’s father had left his mother and because Jaden hit one of the other children on the rear a couple of times, Moses decided the boy was gay and that they needed to get rid of him. In fact, prosecutors say, Moses had already told Sisk to get rid of Jaden at least once.
But it was after one of the other women told Moses that Jaden had hit another child on the bottom twice that Moses had his wives set up computers and speakers in the garage, playing “The Lord’s Prayer” sung in Hebrew and other music at high volumes, and then took Jaden into the garage and shot him in the head. Moses then had Sisk and two other women — Lavada Quinzetta Harris and Larhonda Renee Smith, both 40 — clean up the mess and stuff Jaden’s body in a suitcase, which was then stored in Moses’ bedroom. When the boy’s decomposing body began to smell, Moses had it removed from the house.
This all allegedly happened in October 2010. Sometime in December 2010, prosecutors allege, Moses shot and killed 28-year-old Antoinetta Yvonne McKoy in a similar fashion after she tried to escape from the house where she lived as one of his wives. A witness — apparently another wife — told police that McKoy had gotten out of the house and run to a neighbor’s house, begging to use the phone to call her family in Washington, D.C. The other women then dragged her back to Moses’ house where they beat her before taking her into a bathroom — again with music blaring — where she was shot to death. Some news reports say Moses shot McKoy, others indicate Sisk killed her, using the same gun used to murder Jaden.
NewsObserver.com reported that McKoy had written several times in her diary that she was afraid “Lord” would kill her because she couldn’t have children, and that she wanted to leave the house.
WRAL.com in North Carolina reported that McKoy’s body was stuffed inside a black plastic trash bag that was then taped shut and kept in the house for some time, and that several days after her murder, Moses threw a party and Moses showed McKoy’s body to several relatives, including his mother, Sheilda Evelyn Harris, 56, his brother, P. Leonard Moses, 21, and his sister, Sheila Falisha Moses, 20.
Jaden’s and McKoy’s bodies in June were found buried in the back yard of a different house where Moses’ mother lived until earlier this year.
Prosecutor Tracey Cline said in court that Moses and his wives were members of a religious sect called the Black Hebrews, a group that “frowns upon” homosexuality. According to the Jewish Virtual Library, “The Black Hebrews believe that they are descended from the 10 lost tribes of Israel. They live according to their own special rules of conduct. Polygamy is permitted and birth control is forbidden. Their leaders decree who will marry whom, performing the weddings and approving annulments. Their dietary laws prohibit the eating of meat, dairy products, eggs and sugar; members who are caught consuming these foods are punished. Members must adopt Hebraic names in place of their former ‘slave names.’ According to Black Hebrew custom, the woman’s responsibilities focus on childrearing and other family obligations. The Black Hebrews’ closed society is isolated from the mainstream and all infractions of their rules are severely punished.”
Shoot him in the head, and toss the body in the dumpster.
Worthless pile of shit.
Im speechless. This devastating. Im so angry I cant think.
Let’s hope we don’t get the same group of cowards on his jury. If so he and Casey Anthony can throw a child-murderer party.
I can not breath, kill this monster right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
first of all how can a four year old be gay second wheres the boys mom third he desvers the death pentally hundred percent this is just a sick and evil human being
Castrate this bastard. And all parties involved
This A_whole and crazy things he call wives need to be casterated and hung!!! Dont waste our tax money ,!!!!
IM CRYING why is he still here ? SMDH
Omg. This is very very said. I don’t no what to say or think….
When people join these cults, do they ever go and read the bible for themselves or just go by the word of their insane leader Everyone must go before the Lord and be judged on their own actions. Why there so many acculots out here?
I think that this is some fucked up shit and for his mother, brother, and sister someone should kill them and send him pictures of it. he deserves the death penalty jus like Casey Anthony should have gotten
This is actually pretty said that someone would think a kid is gay at only 4 years old. I say give him the death penalty because no kid should have to go through something like this
I can’t believe this mess. They need to shot his ass in the head like he did that little.. Death Penalty my ass.. Shoot his ass let his body sit some where than bury his ass in the river… Sick bastard!!!!!
there is no way a 4 year old can be gay… most 4 year olds dont even kno wat gay is,,, and evry 4 year old has touched another 1s butt b4 sumtime in his/her life as a toddler.. im not the Lord so i cant say he needs to die or nun but his is coming for what he did to both of them nd its comin hard, and how could dat boys mother help kill him and hide the body .. smdh at her she need to die. but my condolences go out to those who lost a loved 1 out of them
This is just sad there is no way in the world that you can say a four year old is gay just because he is playing with his siblings by hitting them on the rear. He need to be tortured and so does the women involved. As a mother that woman should have stood up for her child. That man is no Lord he is a creation of a demon and those women. I can’t believe this mess it makes me sick to my stomach.
SOMEBODY SHOULD HANG HIM UP BY HIS SCRODUM AND BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HIM!!!
HOW IN THE WORLD CAN A FOUR YEAR OLD BE GAY?
HIS MAMÁ IS A DAMN FOOL TOO .SHE NEEDS THE SHIT BEAT OUT OF HER TOO! STUPID CRAZY BITCH!!!??
He should be punished as well as all the women who resided in that house. Just smh at those poor excuses of human beings.
Martin Luther King Jr. change the world and he didn’t need a gun….sad that he think he was doing something by using a gun on a child because he was different then him. If we all did what we wanted he might Be dead as well….RIP LITTLE ONE GOD GOT U AND PS HE LOVES EVERYONE THE WAY THEY ARE!!!!
how can people be so evil there is nothing godly about what he did
what is that saying an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
the only thing i can think of is that his life for there life
This woman needs to be shot. Who lets somene just shoot their baby.
Horrible!
I just don’t understand the other mother’s where they going to wait for there kid to die next .when he saw something in them.
That stupid bitch need to get the death penalty right with his devil Satan ass
I the judge need to just send him to one of these’s prison were these mens will never see home again
an just tell them to do what ever they want to to him ,but my prays goes out to the other family member of the child,now those womens an the mother they need the same thing.,me i would have waited until he went to sleep ,to on the stove so gas could come out lock hi room door got everyone out of the house an then thew an fire in there die s,a,m,f,………………………………………..
Is it really easier to follow someone straight and I do mean straight to hell then to at least try and lead yourself to where ever you choose is it that scary to be responsible for self…As far as that angels womb holder because mother she not be thankful I am not your judge you have already chosen your fate just pure evil when has GOD ever asked us to follow anyone but him you should have followed behind your son once he was shot would have been easier for me at least…I wish they would give all those demons to me and let me have some fun show them what “gay” really looks like…
I DONT KNOW Y ANYONE WOULD DO THAT TO A CHILD THAT JUST MAKES ME SICK!! I HOPE HE DROP’S THE SOAP
ALL EVIL DOERS have a SPECIAL place in HELL!! I don kno wut this world is coming to, where killing ppl is sooo easy to do and not feel any remorse!! God gave us life that we might have it MORE ABUNDANTLY!! God is the one that gave and is the one that takes!! Even though that Uncircumsised COWARD thought he was “lord”…lol, but wen he meets the One True and Living God…Oh My for him, lest he repent and turn his life over to God! It is sad that the ppl who are blessed with children, that aren’t fit to have them…don even try to do wuts right by that child. They didnt ask to be here and yu let someone jus take ur 4yr old outta here, bcuz of his perception of YOUR CHILD!! LEMME STOP…wutever all of your fates are, YOU ALL deserve EVERY BIT OF IT!!!!
This is a clear case of some kind of mental illness. You don’t shoot a 4-year old unless you’re completely &#$&#’d in the head… you don’t think you are GOD unless you’re completely &#$&#’d in the head. I hope they put this guy away in a psyche ward.
they are obviously demon possessed times infinity.. this is beyond sick:(((
It isn’t just extremist. There is a local Baptist pastor, Sean E. Harris at the Berean Baptist Church in Fayetteville, NC, who preached a sermon on Sunday, April 29th, 2012 and told the congregation the following.
“So your little son starts to act a little girlish when he is four years old and instead of squashing that like a cockroach and saying, ‘Man up, son, get that dress off you and get outside and dig a ditch, because that is what boys do,’ you get out the camera and you start taking pictures of Johnny acting like a female and then you upload it to YouTube and everybody laughs about it and the next thing you know, this dude, this kid is acting out childhood fantasies that should have been squashed….Can I make it any clearer? Dads, the second you see your son dropping the limp wrist, you walk over there and crack that wrist. Man up. Give him a good punch. Ok? You are not going to act like that. You were made by God to be a male and you are going to be a male.”
If you don’t believe me, go listen for yourself. It is the sermon called “Vote for Marriage: One Man. One Woman.” in the player on the right side of the screen on the home page. You can also hear the “Amens” and laughter coming from the congregation.
https://www.bereanbaptistchurch.org/index.php
Real people of faith need to denounce anyone who promotes any type of violence on any child.