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Dora Cisneros

  As the mother of two boys this case particularly hits a spot with me. We used to have a joke with one of my sons that he has a tendency to find girls who have “crazy” mothers and while it was true and was a joke, this case proves that it is not always a joke. On the morning of March 5, 1993 eighteen year old high school senior Albert Joseph “Joey” Fischer Jr. was in his driveway in Brownsville Texas washing his car before school. His mom would find him laying in a pool of blood. He had been shot once in the head and once in the chest. The water hose was still in his hand. At the scene of the crime police found a card to a fortune teller and Mexican faith healer named Maria Martinez. Investigators talked to Maria and it seems she just spilled her guts, although I cannot say I understand her train of thinking. According to Maria, Dora Cisneros was a frequent client of hers and had asked her to put a curse on Joey Fischer. Joey had dated Dora's youngest daughter, Chr...