Nezzie Carter-Moore, an 84-year-old African American woman from Durham, North Carolina, died on March 28, 2008, of injuries sustained in a shooting that occurred on New Year’s Eve. Her husband, 85-year-old Warren Haywood Moore, was charged with shooting her in the chest and face with a .38-caliber handgun; prosecutors were considering upgrading charges from the initial assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. Moore said he shot Carter-Moore because she had been practicing voodoo and cast a spell on him. He was being held on a $50,000 bond at the Durham County Jail.

Carter-Moore had been a guidance counselor in the Durham public school system for 36 years and was active at Peace Missionary Baptist Church. The community mourned her as someone who helped students prepare for college and higher education. The investigation was ongoing and authorities were examining the full circumstances and possible additional charges.

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