A mother was arrested and charged with the murder of her 6-year-old son, Ra’myl Pierre, after a deputy found his body during a welfare check at their Fort Pierce, Fla., home on May 30
Rhonda Paulynice told detectives that “she believes she was being told by God to basically exorcise demons out of the child’s body,” according to St. Lucie County Sheriff Richard Del Toro
Prior to his tragic death, Pierre “just lit the room up, and was loved by everybody,” Del Toro said
A Florida woman charged with the death of her 6-year-old son allegedly told police she was trying to “exorcise demons out of” his body.
A deputy responded to the Fort Pierce, Fla., home of Rhonda Paulynice and her son, Ra’myl Pierre, at around 10:00 a.m. local time on Friday, May 30, to conduct a welfare check, the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office said. The 6-year-old, a student at Samuel Gaines Academy, had not attended class in more than two weeks, and a school resource deputy was concerned.
