A southeastern Florida mother has been charged with murder after her 6-year-old son missed two weeks of school and died during what she deemed an exorcism, according to local police.

The boy’s mother, 31-year-old Rhonda Paulynice, has been charged with homicide without premeditation and failure to report a death to a medical examiner, according to online court records.

Deputies arrested the woman on May 30 in St. Lucie County, about 70 miles northwest of Palm Beach, Sheriff Richard R. Del Toro Jr. of the St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office said during a press conference.

She was held June 2 at the St. Lucie County Jail on no bond, a jail official told the Treasure Coast , part of the USA TODAY network. She has a public defender, according to online court records.

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