An unhinged Florida mother allegedly killed her 6-year-old son during a twisted attempt to “exorcise demons” from his body — with police discovering the boy’s decaying remains 12 days later.
Police found little Ra’myl Pierre, dead in his bed Friday at the family’s Fort Pierce home, after school officials reported the boy had been absent for more than two weeks, the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office said.
Rhonda Paulynice was arrested the same day, authorities said.
The boy’s official cause and time of death are pending an autopsy.
“What we did learn in speaking with the mother is she believes she was being told by God to basically exorcise demons out of the child’s body,” Sheriff Richard Del Toro said during a news conference.
“And when the child had stopped moving and basically passed away, at that point she felt that the child had been released from those demons, and was waiting for him to basically come back, at that time.”
The disturbed mother, 41, spent the nearly two weeks before her son’s decomposing body was found flooding social media with cryptic and obsessive religious posts, her Facebook showed.
Del Toro said the trouble woman exhibited erratic mood swings, shifting between laughing and crying, as investigators searched the eerie Bedford Drive home.
“Being a parent, being out on a scene like that, seeing a 6-year-old child that was killed for no other reasons other than just someone being purely evil, it’s hard,” he added.
“From what I understand, this kid just lit the room up and was loved by everybody, so they’re all going to be having a very difficult time.”
Law enforcement responded to the doomed residence multiple times since January for domestic disputes between the deranged mother and her sister, who previously lived there — noting the young boy was never involved.
They last visited the home for a reported medical issue May 17 — the day before they believe the child was killed — but saw no signs the accused killer posed a threat to her son, police said.
Paulynice was charged with second-degree murder, failure to report a death and altering a body.
She was booked at St. Lucie County Jail.