Girl suffocates brothers because she was told to by the devil

August 28, 2015 12:23 AM

She then confessed to police that she had killed her younger brothers because the devil had ordered her to do so.

11-yr-old Fernanda suffocates her younger brothers because the devil told her to

A mentally ill eleven-year-old girl killed her two younger brother and then tried to kill herself because the devil told her to do it, she claimed.

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Troubled Fernanda Cruz, who is suspected of being schizophrenic, suffocated her three-month-old brother and days later smothered her three-year-old sibling with a pillow.

The police did not realise she was the killer until weeks later when she took pills in an attempt to overdose and ended up in hospital, where she confessed to what she had done.

Daily Mail reports that, Fernanda told doctors that she had listened to the devil’s voice, who had ordered her to kill herself to be reunited with her dead brothers.

She then confessed to police that she had killed her younger brothers because the devil had ordered her to do so.

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The girl's parents admitted that they knew that she believed she was talking to the devil but had no idea the problem was so serious.