New Mexico Family Believed Dead Boy Would Be Resurrected

New Mexico Family Believed Dead Boy Would Be Resurrected
A view of the compound in rural New Mexico where 11 children were taken in protective custody after a raid by authorities near Amalia, New Mexico, August 10, 2018. Photo taken August 10, 2018. Reuters/Andrew Hay
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The children rescued from a New Mexico desert compound believed a 3-year-old boy found buried would be resurrected and guide them on “corrupt” institutions for the family to attack, prosecutors said on Monday.

The boy, identified as Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj by his grandfather, had been reported missing since December. Prosecutors told a court on Aug. 13 that the boy allegedly died in February this year during a ritualistic religious ceremony aimed to “cast out demonic spirits.”