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| Mother murders 'possessed' daughter by forcing crucifix down throat | Mother murders 'possessed' daughter by forcing crucifix down throat |
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| A woman murdered her daughter by forcing a crucifix down her throat because she believed she was possessed by the devil, police say. | A woman murdered her daughter by forcing a crucifix down her throat because she believed she was possessed by the devil, police say. |
| Juanita Gomez, 50, allegedly pushed the crucifix down her throat "until blood came out of her daughter's mouth," court documents claim. | Juanita Gomez, 50, allegedly pushed the crucifix down her throat "until blood came out of her daughter's mouth," court documents claim. |
| Police in Oklahoma City found Geneva Gomez, 33, lying in her mother's home on Saturday with a large crucifix on her chest and severe trauma to her head and face, News9 reports, and her body was arranged in the shape of a cross. | Police in Oklahoma City found Geneva Gomez, 33, lying in her mother's home on Saturday with a large crucifix on her chest and severe trauma to her head and face, News9 reports, and her body was arranged in the shape of a cross. |
| Gomez reportedly told investigators she believed her daughter was possessed by the devil. | Gomez reportedly told investigators she believed her daughter was possessed by the devil. |
| She also had bruises on her arms and swollen hands, which she told investigators were from her daughter "fighting her attempts to rid Satan" from her body. | She also had bruises on her arms and swollen hands, which she told investigators were from her daughter "fighting her attempts to rid Satan" from her body. |
| She has been charged with first-degree murder. | She has been charged with first-degree murder. |
| One neighbour told local station KFOR: “She was a very quiet person. She didn’t really talk to other people. She was just in her own little world." | One neighbour told local station KFOR: “She was a very quiet person. She didn’t really talk to other people. She was just in her own little world." |
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