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Herman Joseph Daretz Jr.
United States · Aged 31 · Died 05/28/2001
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Daretz fasted for two days without sleeping for discernment about leaving Christianity for Islam. At around 4:30 a.m., he asked God for forgiveness and stabbed his mother-in-law Doris Basset, son Qualyan and daughter Deandrea. Quaylan died. Basset and Deandrea begged neighbors for help. Neighbors, seeing their wounds, refused. Six houses down, Earl and Jackie Guyton let them in. Earl armed himself with a revolver and called police. Officers confronted Daretz, still at his house. He charged at officers with his knife. They fatally shot him.
Alleged responsible partyHouston Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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