パトリシア・リプリー被告（51）は、マイアミの運河で9歳の息子アレハンドロ君を溺死させたとして、一級殺人などの罪に問われている。弁護側は、警察が宗教的な訴えを含む強圧的な手法を用いて自白を強要したと主張している。
事件は2020年5月21日に発生した。監視カメラの映像には、マイアミ・デイド郡南西部の運河に、自閉症で言葉を発することができない息子を突き落とすリプリー被告の姿が映っていたとされる。居合わせた人々が少年を水から引き揚げたが、助からなかった。逮捕状の宣誓供述書によると、リプリー被告は当初、車の事故後に武装した強盗に息子を連れ去られたと警察官に話していた。
A 32-year-old Florida mother faces a felony charge after her 4-year-old daughter drowned during a pool party at an apartment complex in Bradenton. The incident occurred on Saturday evening when the child slipped underwater amid a large group of adults.
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Jose Luis Rodriguez, a 61-year-old from Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the deaths of a couple and their one-year-old son, receiving three consecutive life sentences without parole. The killings occurred in September 2025, after Rodriguez shot the mother in his car, drowned the toddler in a pond, and later killed the father. Berks County authorities described the child's death as particularly horrific.
Jazmin Paez, a 20-year-old Florida woman, pleaded guilty to trying to hire a hitman to kill her 3-year-old son via a fake website and will avoid prison time under a plea deal. The incident dates back to July 2023, when the site's owner alerted Miami police. She faces over a decade of probation with strict conditions.
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A 32-year-old Florida mother faces charges of aggravated manslaughter and child neglect after her 2-year-old son wandered into the street and was killed by a pickup truck. The incident occurred in October 2025 outside her home in West Lealman. Alejandra Segundo Cruz was arrested on Thursday and held without bond.