Chelsea Duperon, 30, has been charged with felony murder and first-degree child abuse.
Police found the 8-year-old girl unresponsive and not breathing, with severe injuries to her head and neck.
She was taken to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Duperon said the stairs did it, but medical professionals said it was impossible.
When interviewed Duperon’s boyfriend, who lived at the same home, said when he came home from work and found Duperon outside, pointing at the house and “talking about how she was possessed.” “talking about how she was possessed.”
He found the girl lying on the floor inside the home, with lots of water “everywhere.” The boyfriend told police the girl was responsive and talking to him, and he carried her to her bed. Since she was not his own child, he wasn’t sure what to do in terms of calling police or taking her to the hospital, according to Michigan State Police Sgt. Det. Rob Walters.
Walters said the boyfriend “stated that after the first day he spoke with Lyla and asked her what happened. Lyla told him that Duperon was listening to her music and then started attacking her. Lyla went and hid in the basement and Duperon ‘tricked her’ into coming out and attacked her and was pouring water on her.”
The boyfriend told police Duperon had talked before about spirits, but “nothing like this” and said she had never hurt her daughter, according to Walters.
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'She was completely unrecognizable': Wayne mom charged with fatally beating 8-year-old told police she was 'possessed'
The mother of an 8-year-old Metro Detroit girl has been charged with murder and child abuse after allegedly beating her daughter because she thought she was possessed by evil spirits.
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