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mia

(8,356 posts)
Sat May 23, 2020, 12:31 AM May 2020

An unfolding tragedy: Mother admitted playing a role in the death of her autistic son.

So sad to see this. Close to where i live.

The mother of Alejandro Ripley is the primary focus of the investigation into his death and admitted playing a role in his death, a senior law enforcement source told CBS 4 News.

The source also said that the mother admitted making up the story about two black men abducting her child.

The law enforcement source said the mother broke down after police found witnesses who claim to have seen the mother with the child near the lake where the child’s body was eventually found.

An Amber Alert for 9-year-old Alejandro, who was allegedly abducted from his mother’s car Thursday night, was canceled on Friday morning.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement confirmed Alejandro was found dead....


https://miami.cbslocal.com/2020/05/22/autistic-southwest-dade-boy-abducted-dead/


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An unfolding tragedy: Mother admitted playing a role in the death of her autistic son. (Original Post) mia May 2020 OP
always blame a black man JI7 May 2020 #1
You know why. Solomon May 2020 #3
Yes. mia May 2020 #4
So sad MustLoveBeagles May 2020 #2
The Susan Smith method. dchill May 2020 #5
My first thought too. Rhiannon12866 May 2020 #7
Yep, from a previous thread tonight. Laffy Kat May 2020 #6
Yeah, we did. Nay May 2020 #9
Alejandro Ripley's mother was charged with second-degree murder this morning. mia May 2020 #8

mia

(8,356 posts)
8. Alejandro Ripley's mother was charged with second-degree murder this morning.
Sat May 23, 2020, 07:44 AM
May 2020
Patricia Ripley, Miami mother of autistic boy found dead in pond, charged with murder

Patricia Ripley, the West Kendall mother who claimed her severely autistic 9-year-old son had been kidnapped by strange men on a public road, has been arrested on accusations that she murdered the child.

After hours of questioning by police, the 47-year-old Ripley was booked into a Miami-Dade jail just before 3 a.m. Saturday on a charge of second-degree murder.

Law-enforcement sources have told the Miami Herald that Ripley eventually admitted she was behind the death of Alejandro Ripley, whose disappearance sparked a frantic statewide manhunt early Friday that ended when his body was found in a pond at the Miccosukee Golf & Country Club....

Miami-Dade homicide detectives spent hours questioning the mother Friday night before she was finally booked. Details of the evidence against her were not immediately available early Saturday.



https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article242952751.html

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