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St. Lucie County mom began suffocating 6-year-old son in bed

New details: St. Lucie County mom began suffocating 6-year-old son in bed

ST. LUCIE COUNTY − Rhonda Paulynice told St. Lucie County Sheriff’s investigators she put her hand over her 6-year-old son’s mouth and started suffocating the boy as he was “kicking and screaming” in bed.

NBC 6 South Florida on MSN · 3d

Mother charged with son's murder after body found in St. Lucie County home: Sheriff

A mother accused of murdering her 6-year-old son after his body was found in their St. Lucie County home was arrested, deputies said. Rhonda Paulynice, 41, was charged with second-degree murder, failing to report a death and altering a body after it was deceased.

WPTV · 3d

WATCH: St. Lucie County mother accused of killing son told deputies 'he's going to go back to school'

WPTV obtained body camera video that showed the moments St. Lucie County deputies first encountered a mother who now faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of her 6-year-old son.

WPEC CBS 12 on MSN1d

Missing Port St. Lucie teen found safe after urgent search

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (CBS12) — The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office has announced that 15-year-old Joshua Elisha Miller, who ...

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St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office's K-9 Unit training facility

Roseate spoonbills and other wildlife at Fellsmere's Stick Marsh News conference about a plane crash in ocean off Vero Beach, ...

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How long did it take for St. Lucie Public Schools to call police over missing 6-year-old boy?

Joesph Montgomery, who is an attorney that handles these cases, said state law requires schools take initial action by the ...

The Indianapolis Star28d

Part of contentious St. Lucie County Sheriff's race under investigation

then a candidate in the 2024 Republican primary for St. Lucie County Sheriff, regarding “a false social media post” designed to make him appear to be a racist, records state. Former Sheriff ...

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Sheriff's deputy fired after crash involving oncoming vehicle in Port St. Lucie

Detention Deputy Joseph Nicolella was fired after the off-duty November 2024 crash in the area of Southwest Crosstown Parkway ...

WPBF Channel 25 on MSN6d

St. Lucie County drug bust leads to arrests and seizure of firearms

A narcotics-related search warrant in Fort Pierce resulted in the arrest of two individuals and the recovery of firearms and ...

WPEC CBS 12 on MSN4d

St. Lucie County deputies seek help finding missing senior

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Deputies are searching for a missing 73-year-old who may have traveled to Brevard County.

The St. Lucie News-Tribune on MSN6d

Child death: Autopsy expected to confirm how 6-year-old boy died in St. Lucie County home

Rhonda Paulynice, 41, has been charged with second-degree murder, failure to report a death and willfully touching or moving ...

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