Florida law enforcement officers responding to a welfare check last week found a 6-year-old boy dead in his bed and later charged his mother with second-degree murder after she allegedly confessed to

A Florida mother is facing charges for the murder of her 6-year-old son after she allegedly told investigators that he died while she was attempted to “exorcise demons out of” his body.

When a 6-year-old boy hadn’t been to school in weeks, deputies went to his home for a welfare check and found out his mother had killed him during an exorcism, Florida authorities said.