Batiste was an Efreye Village local hired by Marie Arnoux to guide herself and companion Indiana Jones and George McHale across Zile Muri-yo in 1943. After the foreigners had found the Heart of Darkness, the expedition was attacked by a group of Boukman's zombis during a hurricane. During the attack, Batiste's rifle jammed, and he charged into battle with a machete. Batiste was accidentally shot and killed by one of the group's porters when a decapitated zombi fell on Batiste and his struggle to get out from under it prompted the panicking porter to fire on the corpse.