A Florida woman who authorities say initially told them her 9-year-old son was kidnapped by Black Men now faces a murder charge in connection with his death.
Patricia Ripley, 47, of West Kendall, was booked into the Miami-Dade County jail early Saturday following hours of questioning by police, the Miami Herald reported.
Her arrest came after her son, Alejandro, was found dead Friday in a pond at the Miccosukee Golf & Country Club, the report said.
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The body of Alejandro Ripley, 9, Left was found Friday. His mother, Patricia Ripley, 47, is being held in connection with the death.
An Amber Alert had been issued Thursday night regarding Alejandro, whom authorities were initially told was abducted from outside a Home Depot store
According to the Herald, the suspect told police a car had forced her vehicle off the road near the store, then two men jumped out of the vehicle and demanded drugs.
She then said the men grabbed the boy and drove off when she couldn’t comply with their request.
But security footage from the Home Depot shows Ripley sitting alone in her car for 20 minutes before calling the police at 8:47 p.m. Thursday, a source told the Herald.
The woman eventually admitted being linked to the boy’s death, sources told the paper.
Ripley was being held without bond, Miami’s WPLG-TV reported.
About two dozen people gathered Friday for a memorial service for the boy outside The Friendship Circle of Miami, a center for children with special needs, that the boy attended before a shutdown because of coronavirus rules, according to the station.
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