When Florida school officials hadn’t seen 6-year-old Ra’myl Pierre for more than two weeks, they contacted police for a welfare check. Deputies from the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office arrived at a home in Fort Pierce on May 30, 2025, and found Ra’myl’s mother, Rhonda Paulynice, in the driveway. The 41-year-old led deputies to a horrific scene.
In a news conference, St. Lucie County Sheriff Richard Del Toro explained Ra’myl last attended school at Samuel Gaines Academy on May 14. When deputies arrived at his home on May 30, his mother took police to a back bedroom, where they discovered Ra’myl’s body.
Deputies questioned Paulynice, who reportedly told investigators she last spoke to her son on May 18. An autopsy will determine Ra’myl’s cause of death, but investigators believe the mother killed her son. And she allegedly had a bizarre story…