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Three family members charged in the killing of a 3-year-old girl during an “exorcism” ritual at a San Jose church in 2021 have been ordered to stand trial in the case, authorities said.
The trio pleaded not guilty Monday to one felony count of child abuse resulting in the death of toddler Arely Naomi Proctor, court records show. Their next trial setting hearing is scheduled for Aug. 14; all three are being held without bail. If convicted, they each face 25 years to life in prison.
Proctor died Sept. 24, 2021, inside Iglesia Apostoles y Profetas, a Pentecostal church run by Trigueros Hernandez, authorities said.
Claudia Hernandez-Santos told police that she believed her daughter was “possessed.”
“Arely looked different. Her eyes were different. They looked empty and it ‘wasn’t her,’” she said, according to court records.
The trio pleaded not guilty Monday to one felony count of child abuse resulting in the death of toddler Arely Naomi Proctor, court records show. Their next trial setting hearing is scheduled for Aug. 14; all three are being held without bail. If convicted, they each face 25 years to life in prison.
Proctor died Sept. 24, 2021, inside Iglesia Apostoles y Profetas, a Pentecostal church run by Trigueros Hernandez, authorities said.
Claudia Hernandez-Santos told police that she believed her daughter was “possessed.”
“Arely looked different. Her eyes were different. They looked empty and it ‘wasn’t her,’” she said, according to court records.
