Autistic Florida Boy’s Mother Now Faces Murder Charge

Patricia Ripley, the mother of autistic boy Alejandro Ripley is now facing a murder charge related to his death.

Florida boy Alejandro Ripley, 9, who was reportedly kidnapped in The Hammocks of Miami, Florida, on May 21, 2020. Miami-Dade Police Department

The mother of a nine-year-old Florida boy with special needs who she claimed was abducted in Miami by two men and was later found dead by police is now facing a murder charge related to his death, according to multiple reports.

Detective Chris Thomas said at a news conference late on Friday after Alejandro Ripley’s body was found the department is “not ruling out foul play.”