Hulu’s latest true-crime documentary, “Demons and Saviors,” has arrived. The movie, which premiered Aug. 3, tells the story of Christina Boyer, a lady who was rumored to have telekinetic skills as a baby and was imprisoned for the homicide of her 3-year-old daughter as an grownup. The documentary lets Boyer inform her story by way of a sequence of interviews performed over the phone, and options a wide range of conversations with individuals who have usually wildly completely different views on her story.

“Demons and Saviors” does not provide simple solutions. As an alternative it focuses on the info, leaving viewers to determine how they really feel about Boyer’s story. This is what we all know for certain concerning the case.

Why Was Christina Boyer Labeled “The Poltergeist Lady” as a Youngster?

Boyer was born in 1996 in Columbus, OH. On the age of 14, per ABC Information, she started making headlines for her obvious psychic skills. In line with Boyer, all of it started when unusual occasions started occurring round her home, corresponding to lights flashing on and off and a tv enjoying after it had been unplugged. Her adoptive dad and mom, John and Joan Resch, have been extraordinarily non secular and believed Boyer was possessed, in order that they known as a neighborhood priest to carry out an exorcism, and likewise summoned the native paper to doc what was happening. Boyer then turned the topic of a nationwide obsession, and experiences have been claiming that Boyer was telekinetic — aka able to shifting objects with solely her thoughts. Quickly, she was nicknamed “The Poltergeist Lady” by the media.

Boyer finally moved away from her household, whom she alleges was abusive within the documentary, and entered a wedding that she alleges was additionally abusive. By 22, she had a 3-year-old daughter named Amber and was courting a neighborhood man named David Herrin, per ABC Information. She was dwelling in Carrollton, GA, which was the place psychologists Invoice Roll and Jeannie Lagle additionally resided. Roll and Lagle had studied Boyer’s skills previously, and Boyer had begun engaged on a e-book about her reported skills with Lagle when every part modified.

What Occurred to Christina Boyer’s Daughter Amber?

On April 14, 1992, Amber was discovered useless at Boyer’s dwelling. In line with Boyer, she herself had been at Lagle’s home in the course of the time of Amber’s dying, and her daughter had been in Herrin’s care when she was killed. Lagle later corroborated her account. Boyer and Herrin have been each arrested for Amber’s homicide. Per ABC, a health worker discovered that Amber had died from a blow to the top, however stated she additionally had indicators of ongoing bodily abuse that appeared to have occurred days previous to the homicide. To keep away from a trial and potential dying sentence, Boyer agreed to a plea cut price, which she says she did to keep away from the dying penalty. Herrin, for his half, was acquitted of homicide and convicted of cruelty to kids.

The place Are the Key Gamers in “Demons & Saviors” Now?

Herrin served 11 years of his 20-year sentence earlier than his launch in 2011. His present whereabouts usually are not recognized. In the meantime, Boyer has been housed within the Pulaski State Jail in Hawkinsville, Georgia since 1992. In line with Ladies’s Well being, she has been pursuing a bachelor’s diploma in communications at Ashland College, and can be reportedly within the technique of acquiring an affiliate’s diploma in church administration through the Christian Faculty and Seminary.

Through the years, a gaggle of supporters who name themselves “Workforce Tina” have additionally been working to exonerate Boyer, saying she couldn’t have dedicated the crime as a result of she was not at dwelling. “I am extra hopeful now truly, as a result of there’s so many extra individuals throughout which are concerned,” Boyer says within the documentary. “I sat right here for years with only a few individuals actually figuring out what had occurred and caring. So I’ve extra hope now that if there’s something that may be carried out, any individual will discover it.”

“Demons and Saviors” is now streaming on Hulu.