WTH!? Cult Leader Pleads Guilty to Killing Woman And a 4-Year-Old Boy He Thought Was Gay

June 12th, 2012 - By Victoria Uwumarogie

Source: wbtv.com

If you had any doubt that people are still creating and running religious cults these days, this story is proof that they are thriving, and some of the sickest of people are leading them. Peter Lucas Moses is a 27-year-old man, and polygamist, who is the leader of a radical religious group made up of a number of women and young children, most of the women he had been involved with, and eight of the nine children were his. According the Associated Press, the group was called the Black Hebrews, individuals “whose members believe they have descended directly from the ancient tribes of Israel.” While living with Moses, the women and children were said to call Moses, “Lord,” and he and these individuals all shared a one-bedroom home in Durham, N.C. There were nine children in the home, including Jadon Higganbothan, the son of one of Moses’ “wives,” Vania Sisk. He was the only child in the home who wasn’t blood to Moses. The 4-year-old boy became a threat to Moses and his group after the man claimed he allegedly saw Higganbothan hit the backside of another young boy, and was also suspicious because the father of the young boy left Sisk and Higganbothan high and dry. Because of these incidents, Moses came to the conclusion that Higganbothan was gay, and of course, homosexuality is something the group was very much against. With what seems like no opposition from his mother, Moses took the young boy into the garage, played the Lord’s prayer, and then shot Higganbothan in the head. His body was disposed of in a garbage bag and buried in a shallow grave in the backyard of Sheilda Moses, the mother of Peter Lucas Moses.

Moses also claimed responsibility for the murder of Antoinetta Yvonne McKoy, a woman staying in the home who wanted out. According to WRAL-TV, she had a romantic relationship with Moses as well. When she tried to flee the home and seek help from a neighbor, asking them to let her use the phone, McKoy was dragged back home by other “wives” of Moses, and the neighbor did NOT call police. She was then beaten by them, taken to a bathroom, and again, religious music was played, and ironically, she was shot by Vania Sisk, the mother of little Jadon Higganbothan. McKoy’s body was also disposed of as she was wrapped in multiple trash bags and put in the backyard of Peter Lucas Moses’ mother’s home.

Moses - Source: newsobserver.com

The Black Hebrew’s leader plead guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, taking responsibility for both deaths as prosecutors said they were done because Moses wanted to preserve the sanctity of his group. Prosecutors hope to seek out the death penalty against Moses, and he’s being held without bond. On top of that, Moses’ brother and sister, as well as his “wife,” Lavada Harris, were charged as accessories in McKoy’s death, while Vania Sisk and two other women were who lived in the home were charged with murder and as accessories in Higganbothan’s death. If you were wondering how all this came to the attention of police since that shady neighbor didn’t call them, a young woman who lived in the home at one time allegedly escaped and was able to alert police of the murders in the small Durham home that belonged to Moses. The eight children left that stayed in the home are now in the custody of social services and are said to be very scared of Moses.

I really don’t have too much commentary to add to this story because it completely shocked and disgusted me. Let’s just hope that this innocent young man, who probably knew nothing yet of the difference between being “straight” and “gay,” as well as McKoy, get some justice for these heinous crimes. And to use religion and the Lord as a reason to do things like this always irks me to no end. This is just an all around sad and crazy story.

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  • Bella

    Hopefully, this will be a wake-up call to the black community to STOP their attack on the LGBT community. Although this is an extreme case and the people involved are nothing short of evil, people need to understand that we are all equals; no one is better than another based on their sexual orientation. Educate each other to be tolerant and accepting, otherwise, we’re no better than racists or even these murderers. You can’t change the colour of your skin and it is the same way with one’s sexual orientation. If you have a problem with same-sex relationships, you should prepare yourself for more of these messed up stories to come and understand that you’re also part of the problem.

  • cleojones

    total and utter bull#$%@

  • ona2684

    That woman allowed him to kill her 4 year old! And she herself killed that other woman! I dont even know what to say. I’m glad they are being brought to justice.

  • Bits

    Can we all just be real. The root of the problem is religion. The basis for all of this homophobic crap was born out of the church (other religions are against homosexuality as well). people
    have in general taking it upon them selves to believe a “holy” book
    that was written thousands of years ago and has a couple of passages that state something along the lines that same sex relationships are “bad”. Those same people fail to realize that the same book (the Bible) also says that it is an abomination to eat shrimp or wear clothes of two different fabrics or stone your wife and other absurd ridiculousness that was obviously made up. This poor baby’s life was ruined and ultimately taken because when you mix psycho paths with the ability to persuade others with religion you will always have disaster. Wake up folks the answer is not religion if it were there would peace in the hood with a church on every corner. The answer is love, respect and tolerance.

    • sexcgenius

      Religioin is based on fear. We are all afraid to die, so if you can make empty promises of something else other than nothingness: you give people hope. When we learn love, respect, and tolerance, we learn to live.

      • jessevandell

        Based on fear? If we must breakdown the root and context of religion, it might be based more in the idea of curiosity or wanting to understand and know more beyond what you can see and touch rather than simply fear of death or manipulating people into believing “empty promises”. It’s suspected that religion/belief in the supernatural is an inherit trait that may be traced back to pre-modern humans. So I would say religion is far more deeper and complex than fear.

        • Bits

          that sounds more like spirituality. “curiosity or wanting to understand and know more beyond what you can see and touch” doesn’t sound like religion at all. Religion dictates what one should believe and regulates the realms of those beliefs. Curiosity has never been an element of religion e.g. “Never question God”. Most religious people believe that they are the only ones who have the “truth”. And it is encouraged within most religions to try to bring people into the fold instead of having its members explore elements of other religions.

          • jessevandell

            Spirituality entails a set of beliefs as does religion.A religion always has some element of spirituality in it and spirituality is usually an important aspect of religion e.g. believing in a higher spiritual being and so forth. Though they are not equated to each other they are very similar and religion is almost always intertwined with spirituality to some extent. Spirituality( Curiosity, wanting to know the unknown) had to have come first or their would be no belief system for religion to govern in the first place. Therefore, curiosity is a definite part of religion since curiosity is a large basis for spirituality, and spirituality is the basis for many if not all religions. The argument that ” religion dictates what one believes and regulates the realms of those beliefs” is more like one of the results of religion not it’s actual definition, or even its original purpose is some cases.

            “Most religious people believe that they are the only ones who have “truth”".
            I don’t know of many groups who don’t think this way. I’ve heard plenty of Athiest or non- religious people act and say they know the “truth” ( as in their is no god or that the bible is mush, as you put it). Some non-religious also actively try to bring people into the fold as much as the religious. The only group who maybe is an exception to this are agnostics as they claim to simply not know what the truth is.Feeling one is “right” and knows the “truth” is more of a universal characteristic rather than a religious one.

          • jessevandell

            Spirituality entails a set of beliefs as does religion.A religion always
            has some element of spirituality in it and spirituality is usually an
            important aspect of religion e.g. believing in a higher spiritual being
            and so forth. Though they are not equated to each other they are very
            similar and religion is almost always intertwined with spirituality to
            some extent. Spirituality( Curiosity, wanting to know the unknown) had
            to have come first or their would be no belief system for religion to
            govern in the first place. Therefore, curiosity is a definite part of
            religion since curiosity is a large basis for spirituality, and
            spirituality is the basis for many if not all religions. The argument
            that ” religion dictates what one believes and regulates the realms of
            those beliefs” is more like one of the results of religion not it’s
            actual definition, or even its original purpose is some cases.

            “Most religious people believe that they are the only ones who have “truth”".

            I don’t know of many groups who don’t think this way. I’ve heard plenty
            of Athiest or non- religious people act and say they know the “truth” (
            as in their is no god or that the bible is mush, as you put it). Some
            non-religious also actively try to bring people into the fold as much as
            the religious. The only group who maybe is an exception to this are
            agnostics as they claim to simply not know what the truth is.Feeling one
            is “right” and knows the “truth” is more of a universal characteristic
            rather than a religious one

    • jessevandell

      This is such a sad story. Still, I find it laughable when people blame religion for the worlds problems or acts of evil, homosexuality was never seen as completely 100% normal/ acceptable in western society in the ways we are trying to accept it today. In this case,yes, religion played a role, but if the roles were reversed and somebody killed their child because he was raised an atheist but converted to islam/christianity, would you still be so willing to label the context of the murder? All people have prejudices ( your’s seem to be a little anti-religious), everyone has their own beliefs and perspectives, and everyone has the ability to do evil, whether they are religious or not. A psychopath is a psychopath regardless if they are religious. The Soviet Union was far from a religious state yet evil and cruel acts were committed their all the time, millions were killed, so your thinking seems to be flawed. Waking up is not realizing that the “answer” is not religion, it’s realizing that anyone( religious and non-religious) are capable of evil and cruelty just like how they are capable of love, respect, and tolerance. Trying to divide the religious from the non religious and acting as if one is worse than the other doesn’t seem to promote the love, respect, and tolerance that you speak of.

      • Bits

        Western society is not and has not been the only society. what about earlier civilizations? homosexuality was considered normal then and did not become a taboo subject until religion specifically (christianity/ catholicism) started being forced on people during the middle ages. it is peoples beliefs that cause them to commit horrific acts like killing a child because the child does not have the same beliefs. Atheist don’t believe in anything so your example does not apply to them. Yes it is true people have their prejudices but looking at the topic at hand you can be guaranteed that any prejudice towards homosexuality can be traced back to a specific religious belief. people who are not religious could care less about who or why people choose to be with who they choose to be with. Yes i am anti-religion because it ultimately divides people. Every religion claims to be the only way to the creator. The concept alone builds a wall of arrogance and majesty above “others” or “non-believers”. I didn’t say that the root of all evil is religion I said religion is the root of homophobia. So the soviet union reference is irrelevant in this case. I do not personally have to “try” to divide the “good” people from the “bad” ones because religion has already done that. Love, respect and tolerance have always done well by themselves and without the interference of religion.

        • Ms_Sunshine9898

          there is agreeing to disagree and then there is pointing the finger and accusations. and that’s where the divide comes from, yours and other people’s need to point the finger and call people out for their beliefs because of the foolishness of individuals. that is the divider. . .

          • jessevandell

            very true.

          • jessevandell

            very true.

          • jessevandell

            very true.

          • jessevandell

            very true.

    • Anonymous

      I disagree. Some scientists, biologists, even atheists from a scientific perspective have proven homosexuality to be”unnatural”. So, you have people who are not connected to religion, who disagree with this type of lifestyle. You can’t go against nature, if you do it will backfire on you.
      It’s okay not to agree with the Bible, but don’t speak about something you obviously know nothing about. The same book that was written thousand years ago is the same book that applies to what is currently going on in the world today. The Bible does speak against homosexuality just in the same way as adultery, murder, fornication, stealing, having multiple wives etc. So, this guy is clearly far from practicing what the Bible says, he’s just practicing his own truth and using religion to cover up. What people have done is abuse the truth, distort it to justify their own rebellious actions. These type of people are examples of people living in deception, and it doesn’t make TRUTH to be false just because of some crazy folks. We are human beings, we are not robots, we will always agree or disagree with one another. The respect will only come from individual.

    • pfeiffer87

      Men and women do all sorts of things in the name of all sorts of things. It’s not religion that’s at the root of the problem. Look at the societies that decided to abolish religion: Mao’s China, the Khmer Rouge, Stalin’s Russia. Those societies weren’t a picnic either. Some people are evil and hurt others, in the name of religion, their mother, freedom, superiority etc etc. Also I thought it was weird that you said :- “(the Bible) also says that it is an abomination to … stone your wife and other absurd ridiculousness” …

      • Bits

        just because religion is “abolished” doesn’t mean that it doesnt have a lasting influence on a society for decades or even centuries. the religion itself can be abolished but a persons belief in that religion is an entirely different thing.

    • Ms_Sunshine9898

      No the root of the problem is people who ABUSE religion for their own needs. All Islamics arent’ bad people. All Christians don’t want to condemn you to hell. All Mormons are polygamist cultist. If you don’t believe it the word of the Bible, that’s fine, that’s your choice and decision. But let’s not be insulting and ignorant because of your desire to not believe . . .

      • jessevandell

        Exactly

      • jessevandell

        Exactly

    • Anonnymous

      The problem is people not taking responsibility for their actions. Stop blaming others, look at yourself in the mirror and own up that you have issues. This is not about who agrees or doesn’t agree with certain things, it’s a choice you make for yourself to self destruct yourself and others. Nobody made you do anything. Stop blaming religion, stop blaming someone else, look at the monster inside of you and get help. It’s impossible to get rid of religion, you can’t get rid of morals/values, you can’t get rid of people’s cultural beliefs. People pushing for a complete secular society are wasting their time, it will never happen because it’s unrealistic. A secular society is a huge disaster in addition to the chaos already at hand. America is a free country, in its freedom, the question is how far can we go as a society? Everybody should be allowed to have sex, even teenagers. Okay, now you have to deal with another consequence high pregnancy rate, and STD rate. If you completely eradicate religion, you are also getting rid of morals and values. So, what standard of truth will the society be judged by or is it going to be a society where whatever rocks your boat goes.

  • Trisha_B

    I hope the “wives” get the same punishment as this man. How could people be such followers smh.

  • http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&search-alias=digital-text&field-author=Peaches%20The%20Writer PeachesTheWriter

    There should be an express train to h e l l for people who ain’t sh*t.