A CCTV captured a horrific moment when a mother is seen trying to push her autistic son into a waterbed in a premier attempt to kill the boy.
Patricia Ripley, 45-year-old mum of two sons including Alejandro, who was reported as abducted and missing by her, had faked the incident. She had tried to drown her own son twice in the effort. At the first attempt, the boy was luckily salvaged, but the second time was not so fortunate, as it resulted in Alejandro’s death. Ripley had done this to her son who was both autistic and nonverbal. His corpse was found floating on the Miami water bed on Friday, while Patricia Ripley has now been apprehended and is charged with attempting and premeditating murder.
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Footage obtained by Univision shows as Ripley walks with Alejandro, stroking his head, before appearing to push him into the water.point 234 |
She then runs off screen before returning with neighbors who saved the boy.point 63 | In an interview Saturday, Fernandez Rundle said Ripley apparently tried to drown her son at Kendall Acres Condominium complex, where the footage was taken, but nearby residents heard yelling and rescued him.point 239 |
Then, Fernandez Rundle said, Ripley drove her son to another canal at the Miccosukee Golf and Country Club.point 90 | 1
‘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.’
The boy’s father, Aldo Ripley, broke down in tears after a bond court hearing Saturday: ‘We love Alejandro, and we got aggrieved with whatever they said about my wife. It’s not real.’ He added: ‘I don’t agree with whatever they’ve said about my wife.’ He told 7News: ‘The only thing I’ll say is that we love our life.’
Alejandro’s brother wrote online: ‘For those who know my family, brother, mother, father, you guys know. Thank you and God bless.’
Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said Patricia Ripley is facing attempted and premeditated murder charges and being held in jail with no bond.point 375 |
Fernandez Rundle said an autopsy was being done on the boy Saturday to determine if he had other injuries or perhaps had something toxic in his system.point 125 | She said no decision has been made yet on whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty.point 200 | 1
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