Spiritualist Patricia Alves, who was previously convicted for killing a woman, was on Tuesday charged with the attempted murder of an elderly woman, whom she allegedly beat as part of a “spiritual cleansing” exercise.
Alves, 55, was refused bail when she appeared in the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court.
Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus read the charge, which states that Alves attempted to murder 75-years-old