WICHITA (AP) – A witness who was 12 years old when authorities allege a member of a Kansas commune was killed by the group’s leader says the suspect foretold the death and was with the woman when she died.

The woman testified Wednesday during a preliminary hearing for Daniel U. Perez, who’s accused of killing 26-year-old Patricia Hughes in 2003.

The woman isn’t being identified by The Associated Press because authorities allege she was raped by Perez.

She testified Hughes willingly went toward the pool on the commune’s property the day she died, kissing her baby daughter goodbye and reassuring others she would return from the dead.

The witness said Perez told her to tell police Hughes had fallen and hit her head while trying to rescue her daughter from the pool.