Boy's neck allegedly cut to free 'demons' MAGNOLIA, Texas, March 19 (UPI) -- A Texas woman accused of slitting her 5-year-old son's throat to "release the demons" was charged with attempted capital murder, authorities said. Magnolia police and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office found the child, Michael Spurlock, covered in blood on the floor of a mobile home floor after the boy's father phoned for help Saturday. The boy had multiple lacerations to his throat and other injuries, police said. He was airlifted to Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston where hospital officials said he arrived in critical condition. He was expected to survive, his relatives told the Houston Chronicle Monday. His mother, Daphne Spurlock, said she wanted to "release the demons" from his body, the Sheriff's Office said. Authorities said she admitted to stomping him on the head and chest, then using a kitchen knife to cut his throat, KHOU-TV reported Monday. She remains in Montgomery County Jail, police said.