Overview

• School resource deputies flagged Ra’myl Pierre’s 16 days of unexplained absence and requested a welfare check on May 30
• Investigators believe Rhonda Paulynice killed her son around May 18 after claiming divine instruction to exorcise demons
• Paulynice, 41, is charged with second-degree murder, failure to report a death and altering a body
• An autopsy is pending to establish the exact cause of Ra’myl’s death
• St. Lucie Public Schools and local community groups have offered grief support services for those affected