The mother, grandfather, and uncle of a 3-year-old girl were charged with felonies in the child’s ritual death at a small church in 2021.
The entrance to Iglesia Evangelica Apostoles y Profetas church, which is in a backroom of a multi-family home located on the 1000 block of 2nd Street in San Jose, Calif., is seen on Friday, May 6, 2022. The church was the site of a 2021 exorcism that ended in the death of a 3-year-old girl, which authorities say was at the hands of her mother, grandfather and uncle.
“During this assault, Arely Doe fought for her life as three trusted adults forcibly grabbed her by her neck, torso, back, and legs, smothered her by repeatedly attempting to pry open her mouth to make her vomit, and held her with so much force that she had internal bleeding and injuries,” Deputy District Attorney Rebekah Wise wrote. “The evidence shows that while this assault was ongoing, Arely struggled to escape from her abusers.
Defense attorneys probed Jorden’s conclusion that ruled the death a homicide. They also asked about what they characterized as police detectives’ skepticism of the defendants’ Pentecostal faith; they argued officers might have been less zealous in their questioning if the defendants had practiced a more conventional religion.
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