Florida mom accused of killing 9-year-old son with autism
May 23, 2020
A Miami woman claimed two carjackers kidnapped her young son with autism after she tried to drown him twice, though witnesses were only able to save him the first time, officials said Saturday.
Patricia Ripley, 45, is now facing attempted and premeditated a murder charges in the death of 9-year-old Alejandro Ripley, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle told The Associated Press. She is being held without bail; jail records don’t list an attorney.
Alejandro was nonverbal; his body was found in a canal near a golf course close to where he was last seen late Thursday.
Ripley apparently tried to drown her son an hour earlier at another canal, but nearby residents heard yelling and rescued him, Fernandez Rundle told AP. Then, Ripley drove her son to another canal.
“Unfortunately, when she took him to the second canal and there was no one there,” Fernandez Rundle said. “She tried it once, and people rescued him. He was alive. He could have stayed alive. She intended, from all the facts of the case, to kill him.”
Ripley initially told authorities two black men in a light blue sedan cut her off while she was driving, blocked her van and demanded drugs. When she insisted that she didn’t have any drugs, one man took her cellphone and grabbed her son before they drove off, she had claimed.
Her story prompted Florida officials to issue a statewide Amber Alert for Alejandro.
But Ripley finally confessed after police confronted her with witness statements and surveillance footage of her first attempt at pushing Alejandro into the water, according to AP.
An arrest affidavit states Ripley recanted her story and admitted she drove to another site and led the boy into the canal, telling police that “he’s going to be in a better place.”
Fernandez Rundle pointed out that Alejandro couldn’t have told his initial rescuers that his mother tried to kill him.
“He can’t say anything to his rescuers. We talk about children being voiceless. This is another level of voicelessness. He was incapable of saying that ‘mommy put me in the water.’”
Dua kali dia cuba bunuh anaknya pd hari yg sama. Kali pertama berjaya diselamatkan tp memandangkan Alejandro takbleh bercakap, dia tak bole bg tahu penyelamatnya yg si ibu cuba membunuhnya.
Post time 26-5-2020 10:59 PMFrom the mobile phone|Show all posts
Bila wanita membunuh.. Mmg lebih kejam dari pembunuh berjantina lelaki. Kes ni buat aku teringat dia bunuh anak sendiri sebab nak tuntut insurans nyawa.
ko x rse ke ank2 istimewa ni sbb evolusi maideen. kwn ko @Dwdrum yg mati2 pcaya manusia bevolusi dri monkey sme le ngn @FOTHER-MUCKER tu branggapan demikian..apa komen maideen ye?
Post time 26-5-2020 11:19 PMFrom the mobile phone|Show all posts
Bodohnya & sedih sgt. Sebagai mak yg ade anak autism, terbayang anak sendiri. Dah takde penyelesaian lain ke bangangnyaaa ade anak autism ni support system dari org sekeliling sgt penting.
Post time 26-5-2020 11:38 PMFrom the mobile phone|Show all posts
cikdilla replied at 26-5-2020 11:19 PM
Bodohnya & sedih sgt. Sebagai mak yg ade anak autism, terbayang anak sendiri. Dah takde penyelesaian ...
sabar you..ujian belaka..i anak ekzema dulu2 pon tak tahan org pandang jijiks bila tengok kulit..sekarang cash is king. orang yg melukakan itu anak dia sndri ekzema. i nmpk wife dia mcm stress je..
Alasan si ibu dan stetmen si suami/bapa Alejandro yg membekap bininya
Possible motive revealed in autistic boy's murder, mother charged
Monday, May 25th 2020
A South Florida mother charged with killing her own son explains why she did it, according to a new report.
Patricia Ripley, 45, faces first degree murder and first degree premeditated attempted murder for the death of her son, 9-year-old Alejandro Ripley.
According to CBS Miami, a law enforcement source said Ripley admitted to thinking about killing her son for some time because as he got older, the more difficult he became to control physically.
Ripley initially told investigators a man caused her to crash after side-swiping her car last Thursday night. The man, she claimed, pulled out a knife and demanded drugs. She said he then abducted her son when she said said she didn't have any drugs. A short time later, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued an Amber Alert for the boy.
Police found Alejandro's body floating in a canal on Friday morning.
Investigators brought in Ripley for questioning. According to the criminal affidavit, she gave conflicting statements,
According to prosecutors, information from witnesses and surveillance video showed Ripley tried to kill her son earlier. Video showed she pushed her son into a canal on Thursday night, but witnesses heard screams and rescued the boy. Ripley then drove the boy to a different body of water where he drowned.
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said Ripley told investigators, “He’s going to be in a better place."
Ripley appeared in court on Saturday morning.
Her husband, Aldo Ripley, spoke briefly outside the courtroom to CBS Miami.
“We love our life," he said. "We love Alejandro and we don’t agree with what they said about my wife. It’s not real.”
Aii tak faham kenapa dia bunuh anak dia? nak kata govt tak tolong tak mungkin pula sebab govt sini tolong segala galanya FREE!. Sekolah pun tolong dgn bagi pembantu dlm kelas khas utk budak ini .. kalau anak tu tak boleh pergi sekolah special service dpt siap hantar orang dtg mengajar di rumah.
Well tak semua yang melahirkan itu akan menjadi seorang ibu yang baik.