After gruesome attack, Mariamu Staford helps raise awareness on albino killings.
Albinism - United States - Tanzania - Health - Conditions and Diseases
Persons with albinism, like 28-year-old single mother Mariamu Staford, are being hunted down and murdered; their bodies sold on the black market and used in witchdoctor potions, all because of a superstitious belief that the limbs of albinos possess special powers. Nearly 60 albinos have been murdered in the last three years. Both of Staford's arms were chopped off in the vicious attack, which left her unable to feed or clothe herself, or care for her young son. Staford comes to the United States with help from ABC News and gets fitted for a custom set of prosthetic limbs.
Albinism - United States - American Broadcasting Company - Mariamu Staford - Underground economy
Part 2: Annie and Alex Morell bore severe grief over mom's murder.
United States - Arts - Parenting - Home - New York
Part 3: Treatment helps girls erase painful past restore confidence.
Laser - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Wounds and Injuries - Burns
Tanzanian healer explains how body parts of Albinos are used by witch doctors.
Tanzania - Africa - Shopping - United States - Albinism
Wayne and Sharmon Stock were found viciously murdered in their Nebraska farmhouse, apparently killed on Easter Sunday, 2006. The tiny town of Murdock, Nebr., where many hadn't locked their doors for years, was in utter disbelief.
Murder - Easter - Nebraska - United States - Holidays
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