Faith Healer Arrested After Death of Patient
A man who sought out a faith healer to treat a persistent rash went into convulsions and died after the healer’s assistant allegedly injected him with an unidentified substance, police said.
Reina Isabel Chavarria, 48, and her assistant, 28-year-old Margarita Montes, were arrested on suspicion of involuntary manslaughter.
Robert Caceres, 54, of Santa Ana and his wife went to Chavarria’s home in Van Nuys after learning of her practice from others and through Spanish-language newspapers, police said.
He died in a hospital Monday evening, police said.
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