Petit-Homme Violaine who is deaf, plays with a daughter of another resident from Leveque on a beach in Montrouis, Haiti, July 24, 2016. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares
LEVEQUE, Haiti (Reuters) - A triple murder has shaken the village of Leveque in rural Haiti, testing the community and sense of security nurtured by its large population of deaf families who were relocated there after the devastating earthquake six years ago.
The murders of three deaf women, Vanessa Previl, Monique Vincent and Jesula Gelin as they tried to get home from the capital Port-au-Prince in March seemed a chilling reminder of the prejudices and superstition that many in the village grew up with, even in their own homes.
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