BOLIVAR, Mo.—A woman found lying near the body of her blind and autistic son in a southwest Missouri field has been charged in his death.
Forty-two-year-old Kimberly Lightwine, of Aldrich, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old Austin Anderson. Online court records don’t list an attorney to speak on Lightwine’s behalf.
Lightwine had a broken leg when she was found Aug. 29 near Anderson’s body. He was wearing only a diaper and investigators think he might have died as many as three days earlier from dehydration and the lack of a vital medication.
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