Louisiana official describes man accused of sending poisoned letters as kind, but paranoid

Samantha Morgan

New Media Manager

POSTED: Thursday, April 18, 2013 – 2:28pm

UPDATED: Thursday, April 18, 2013 – 6:21pm

VIDALIA, LA (NBC33) — Paul Kevin Curtis, the man arrested for allegedly sending threatening letters laced with poison to the president and a senator, was raised in Natchez, Mississippi, and has continued to work in Louisiana and Mississippi due to his career as a performer.

Jamie K. Wiley with the Concordia Parish Chamber of Commerce explains that although she is skeptical about the attempt to do harm, Curtis has expressed paranoid behavior. It all surrounds his belief that he uncovered an illegal organ harvesting black market.

“He’s such a sensitive, easy going person, from my experience with him,” Wiley, who has known Curtis for just under three years, said. “He just told me that he came across body parts and it freaked him out. Nobody would give him any answers, so he felt like he came across something that was being hidden and he wanted to get to the bottom of it.”

Wiley first met Curtis through his work as an impersonator. She’s booked him on several occasions to perform at the annual Jim Bowie Festival held in Vidalia, La.

“They loved him,” Wiley said when explaining the crowd reaction during his performance at the festival. “He was very friendly. He talked to everybody.”

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