Mother ‘shoved autistic son, 9, into canal to drown then said “He’s in a better place”‘

Patricia Ripley has been charged with murdering autistic son Alejandro, 9, by pushing him into a canal, then claiming he’d been abducted (Pictures: Miami-Dade Corrections/FBI)A mother was charged with murder after allegedly pushing her autistic son into a canal to drown, then saying ‘He’s in a better place.’ Patricia Ripley, 47, was charged with the first-degree murder of her son Alejandro late Friday, Miami-Dade Police Department said. She had initially claimed her son h