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The 22-year-old woman died after she suffered a cardiac arrest, after her body reportedly lifted up in the air in the Pentecostal Church of San Ignacio de Velasco in Belize, Central America.

Worried there was a demon inside their daughter, named locally as Jacqueline Sanchez, her parents performed the tragic ritual in a church.

Local media also suggested Sanchez had spoken in a man’s voice and was held down by force as the exorcism took place.

It’s believed she was struck down by a number of mysterious illnesses before her death and had suffered from convulsions and hysteria.

Her parents believed she had been “taken over” by spirits following reports she had played with a Ouija board.

The Special Force to Fight Crime Santa Cruz (FELCC) is investigating the death, confirming Sanchez died of natural causes and had cuts and bruises on her body.

FELCC spokesman Roger Gutiérrez said: "The forensic report realises that this girl, identified as Jaqueline Sanchez, died of natural causes due to a cardiac arrest, and the bruises and lacerations to her body (were) due to a trance that she was suffering."