DELTONA -- Volusia County deputies are investigating a voodoo doll was left on the lawn of a Deltona city commissioner.
The 6-inch figurine was handmade of cloth and possibly grass, and tied together with string or yarn, and contains a picture of Commissioner Zenaida Denizac on the head of the doll.
The evidence now sits in the Volusia County Sheriff's evidence building.
Denizac said she is troubled by what her husband first thought was trash Saturday. The doll was found directly underneath her mailbox, on a black tray with black powder over it, and what appeared to be a used candle.
"How dare people have the audacity of trespassing on my property, and who would do something like this?" Denizac said.
"Is this considered a hate crime? I don't know," said Brandon Haught, a spokesman with the Volusia County Sheriff's Office.
"I'm not sure this is a hate crime. I know this is a crime of small minds out there," Denizac said.
Deputies are trying to figure out who might have placed the figurine, but admitted they were treading in the unknown.
"We haven't had anything like this in recent memory in the evidence room," Haught said.
Haught added the person caught doing this would likely be charged with criminal mischief, but for now, the incident is considered suspicious.
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