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Florida mother charged after son’s death in alleged exorcism attempt

Authorities have charged Rhonda Paulynice with homicide and related offenses after her six-year-old son was found dead during an alleged exorcism attempt, with an autopsy pending to establish his official cause of death.

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St. Lucie County Sheriff’s officials are investigating the suspicious death of a 6-year-old child in the 2500 block of Bedford Drive after the child hadn’t shown up to school for about two weeks, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
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Overview

  • School resource deputies conducted a welfare check on May 30 after Ra’myl Pierre missed two weeks of school and discovered his body in his Fort Pierce bedroom.
  • Rhonda Paulynice, 31, faces counts of second-degree murder, failure to report a death and altering a body following the boy’s discovery.
  • Detectives believe Pierre died on May 18, the last day his mother reported speaking with him; officials await autopsy results to confirm cause and manner of death.
  • Sheriff Richard Del Toro said Paulynice told investigators she believed God had instructed her to exorcise demons from her son and that she exhibited erratic emotions during interviews.
  • The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office had previously responded to the home for domestic disputes and a medical call for Paulynice on May 17.