Mom Blames 'Evil Spirits' for Daughter's Brutal Murder

Murder Files Unsealed · Oct 2, 2026 · 42m · transcript

Police bodycam footage captures the initial investigation of Michigan mother Chelsea Renee Duperon, who was arrested after law enforcement discovered her eight-year-old daughter, Laya Castle, unresponsive and severely beaten inside their home. Initially claiming the child had fallen down the basement stairs, Duperon soon changed her narrative under police questioning, bizarrely blaming her actions on amnesia and evil spirits in the basement. Investigators uncovered a chilling timeline revealing that Duperon left her gravely injured daughter unattended for days to purchase items like liquor…