Mum accused of killing six-year-old son in exorcism

A US mum is accused of sidesplitting her six-year-old boy during an effort to "exorcise nan demons from his body".

Ramel Pierre was recovered dormant successful his chamber astatine his Florida location connected Bedford Drive connected Friday.

Detectives performed a use cheque aft his schoolhouse reported he hadn't been seen for 2 weeks.

It was past that his mother, identified arsenic 31-year-old Rhonda Palynice, led them to his body.

Palynice was charged pinch 2nd grade murder.

Lucie County Sheriff Richard Del Toro said nan female went from "laughing" to "crying" astatine different times astatine nan scene.

Toro said she informed constabulary she was attempting to execute an exorcism astatine nan clip of his death.

"She believed she was being told by God to fundamentally workout demons retired of nan child's body," he told CNN.

"And erstwhile nan kid had stopped moving and and fundamentally passed distant astatine that constituent she felt nan kid had been released of those demons and was waiting for him to fundamentally travel back." 

Toro said Pierre's decease has near nan organization reeling.

"From what I understand, this kid conscionable lit nan room up and was conscionable loved by everybody, and truthful they're each gonna beryllium having a very difficult clip getting done this," he told CNN.

Palynice besides faces charges for nonaccomplishment to study a decease and altering nan deceased body.

Police said location was grounds that suggested she was preserving his body.

"Our detectives learned that nan mother past said to nan kid connected May 18," he said.

"That's erstwhile we believed nan homicide occurred. And that she was responsible for nan child's death."