A judge in Mao, in Valverde province, Lucia de Carmen Rodriguez has ordered a year’s pre-trial custody for 35-year old Haitian Arnold Pie (alias Blanco) accused of the murder of his wife and her 7 and 10-year old daughters in Maizal, Esperanza. Pie is accused of stabbing to death 34-year old Mimosa Yan and her daughters 7-year old Kimberlin Yan and 10-year old Baromise Yan. Pie claimed that he had committed the murders after Mimosa Yan attacked him with a machete.