Overview

• On May 30, deputies responding to a welfare check found Ra’myl Pierre, 6, dead in his Fort Pierce home, wrapped in fabric with only his face exposed.
• Paulynice told investigators she believed God instructed her to exorcise demons from her son’s body and said she had lost control of her actions.
• Authorities have charged her with second-degree murder, failure to report a death and willfully moving a body.
• A school resource deputy requested the welfare check after Ra’myl missed two weeks of classes at Samuel Gaines Academy.
• The St. Lucie County school district is offering grief counseling services to students and staff after Ra’myl’s death.