6-year-old boy in Arizona dies after father tries to perform exorcism on him, police say.
An Arizona man was arrested in connection to the death of his 6-year-old son after he told investigators he poured hot water down the boy's throat to rid the child of a demon, according to NBC affiliate KVOA in Tucson.Thursday because the child"was demonic and had a demon inside of him," KVOA reported, citing court documents.
Romelia Martinez said she yelled at him to stop and he told her that"he had to do it." She then called 911, telling the operator that at that time her husband was attempting CPR and poured cold water on the child. Pablo Martinez told investigators that he thought the hot water was working to cast out the demon, KVOA reports. He was taken into custody on a first-degree murder charge.
The family lives on the Pascua Yaqui reservation near Tuscon. The reservation and the Pascua Yaqui Police Department did not immediately return requests for comment.
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