Andre Hatchett Was Using Crutches The Night He Was Accused Of Beating A Woman To Death
In 1991, a woman named Neda Mae Carter was beaten to death in Brooklyn, New York. Andre Hatchett, who has special needs, was convicted of murder due to the testimony of a man who claimed to have witnessed the beating. Carter lived in the same rooming house as Hatchett’s aunt. Hatchett visited the rooming house nearly every day. He talked to police and gave them an alibi. At the time of the crime, he was recovering after being shot in the throat and leg. He was wearing a cast and was using crutches. The man who identified Hatchett had been arrested for burglary.
