3-year-old girl killed in California church exorcism, court documents say

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — A 3-year-old woman was tortured and killed by her household as they carried out a disturbing exorcism-like ritual casting out a demon, in keeping with court docket paperwork.

The kid, named Arely, died inside a small church in San Jose, Calif., after she was strangled by her mom, uncle and grandfather on Sept. 24, in keeping with Santa Clara County prosecutors.

The woman’s household “believed the kid was possessed by a demon and had been on the church praying for her,” deputy district lawyer Rebekah Sensible wrote in court docket paperwork.

“The sufferer’s grandfather was recognized because the chief of the Church and claimed he was an authorized pastor,” Sensible wrote.

Arely’s mom, Claudia Elisa Hernandez, 25, of Mountain View, was charged on Feb. 2 with felony assault on a toddler with drive more likely to produce nice bodily harm. Hernandez is at the moment behind bars with no bail.

Details about the harrowing murder was by no means made public by the San Jose Police Division nor the District Lawyer’s Workplace. Newly uncovered court docket paperwork, nevertheless, element what investigators consider occurred to Arely.

Hernandez was interviewed by cops on Sept. 24 and Sept 25. Through the interviews, the mom instructed police that on Sept. 23 she started to consider that Arely was “possessed” as a result of the 3-year-old woman would periodically get up in the midst of the evening crying or screaming.

On Sept. 24 at 6:30 a.m., Arely’s mom and uncle drove her to the church. The woman’s mom, uncle and grandfather held Arely down by her neck, torso and legs for a number of hours. They tried to make her vomit by sticking fingers and fingers down her throat.

Arely misplaced consciousness and suffered “a number of accidents round her eyes, face, neck, and chest,” Sensible wrote in court docket paperwork.

Arely died round 6:30 p.m. after 12 hours of torture, court docket paperwork state. Hernandez instructed police that nobody carried out medical help to assist the woman earlier than or after she died.

The household waited till 8:12 p.m. to name 911. When paramedics arrived, they discovered Arely’s lifeless physique on the church’s ground. A coroner decided that her dying was a murder, attributable to suffocation and smothering.

Hernandez was the one individual arrested in connection to the case.

Prosecutors urged Choose Luis Ramos to disclaim bail as a result of Hernandez posed a danger to public security and is taken into account a flight danger.

“She was born in El Salvador, has minimal ties to the group, and is taken into account a excessive flight danger,” Sensible wrote.

Prosecutors famous the intense cruelty Hernandez allegedly inflicted on her daughter. “She strangled her a number of instances to the purpose the place the sufferer went unconscious, she caught her fingers down her throat, and continued this course of conduct for nearly a full day,” Sensible wrote.

Weird YouTube video

A video uploaded on YouTube in January, 4 months after Arely died, seems to point out the mom speaking about her daughter’s dying.

The YouTube video is titled with Arely’s full title, Arely Naomi Proctor Hernandez.

The girl within the video says, “Everybody needs to know what occurred to her, , her explanation for dying. Lots of people turned on me after my daughter handed away; lots of people thought a number of issues due to how that state of affairs seemed. For those who weren’t there, you don’t know what occurred. I do know what occurred.”

“When she handed away she was with me. In fact, I’m her mother, why would she not be with me?” the girl says.

The self-shot video is 40 minutes lengthy. At instances, the girl smiles and laughs as she chews on gum.

“I might sit right here and be unfavorable. However there’s no level in me doing that. I can not change what’s. It’s what it’s,” the girl says.

She continues, “It’s many the explanation why God took her. Not less than she’s not struggling. On this world, we undergo a lot, particularly these days. All the things is so dangerous. All the things goes downhill. That’s what I’m grateful for. That she’s not going to develop up in a world we reside in.”

“It’s laborious to suppose that I’m not going to see her develop up. However , it’s OK. It’s OK as a result of I do know she’s in a greater place. God is aware of why He allowed this stuff. My child was such a cheerful child. Being a mother, it’s probably the greatest issues. In fact once I consider her I get unhappy and I cry and I miss her,” the girl says.

Hernandez was charged by prosecutors six days after the video was uploaded on YouTube.

She faces 25 years to life in jail if convicted.

Church related to kidnapped child

The San Jose church is positioned inside a purple home that was swarmed by cops final month whereas they had been looking for a kidnapped child.

A girl charged with kidnapping the child boy, Yesenia Guadalupe Ramirez, is reportedly one of many church’s members. Prosecutors mentioned Ramirez plotted with a second kidnapper, Jose Ramon Portillo, to grab the boy out of his grandmother’s residence.

The grandmother instructed media shops that she met Ramirez via the church and the 2 girls grew to become associates.

The three-month-old toddler was hidden for 20 hours inside Portillo’s house in San Jose earlier than he was rescued by police.

“The motive behind the broad-daylight, weird kidnapping stays below investigation,” prosecutors wrote.