AN EVIL dad allegedly killed his son by pouring scalding hot water down his throat to “exorcise a demon”.

Pablo Martinez told police in Arizona, US, he saw something evil inside the six-year-old – who had special needs – say reports.

1 The boy died after having boiling hot water poured down his throat in Arizona, US Credit: KOLD

His wife, Romelia Martinez – the boy’s adopted mum – told cops Pablo said the lad “had been acting demonic”.

She reportedly told police that Pablo, 31, offered to give the child a bath last Thursday.

Officers were called to the family’s home on the Pascua Yaqui Native American reservation to a report of a burned child, when Romelia phoned emergency services.

She had called for help after first trying to contact a pastor, without success.

The boy was found in a room, completely naked while propped up with a pillow on a bed, and not breathing.

He was pronounced dead at hospital, after suffering burns to 15 per cent of his body, including his head, elbows and forearms, according to court documents.



"GURGLING SOUNDS"

Romelia told officers that she had heard a “gurgling sound coming from the bathroom”.

After unlocking the bathroom door, she entered and allegedly saw her husband holding his son under the faucet of the bathtub, the documents add.

Romelia yelled at him to stop, but he replied that he “had to do it”.

Pablo told police that “he saw something evil” in his son, and thus had to “cast the demon out”.

KVOA in Tucson, Arizona, said he reportedly explained to officers that the boy had had an “unnatural fit of rage”, and that he “noticed that the hot water was casting out the demon”.

He told cops that the boy had been held under the boiling hot water for up to 10 minutes.

Pablo then tried to resuscitate the unresponsive boy with CPR, and poured cold water on him.

Water came out of the boy's mouth as a result of him carrying out chest compressions, the court documents say.

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Police charged him with first-degree murder. He is currently being held in custody by US marshals.

Officials at Lynn/Urquides Elementary School in Tucson said the six-year-old had special needs, after announcing his death “with deep regret and sadness” to students in a statement.