A California school bus driver is facing criminal charges after surveillance cameras allegedly caught her abusing an 8-year-old girl with autism and mocking her for crying. According to KOVR, Kim Klopson, 64, was dropping off students at Browns Valley Elementary in February when the special-needs students on board got off the bus. It’s then when Klopson is reportedly …
A Missouri mother who admitted to letting her blind and autistic son die in a field could spend as little as 120 days behind bars. According to the Springfield News-Leader, Kimberly Lightwine, 43, pleaded guilty Wednesday to involuntary manslaughter and elder abuse in connection with the 2016 death of her son, Austin Anderson, 19. Prior to …
Several New York officials have been placed on leave after a 14-year-old boy with autism allegedly wandered away from his school bus and drowned in a nearby river. CBS News reported that surveillance footage caught Trevyan Rowe walking away from James P.B. Duffy School 12 on the morning of March 8. A half-hour later, the teen was …
An Indianapolis mother was reportedly arrested on Saturday for giving her daughter a bleach-like concoction to cure her autism. The unnamed woman, 28, was accused of telling her husband that she’s been giving their daughter a combination of hydrochloric acid and a water purifying solution into her drinks. The Washington Post reported that the toxic combination is marketed …
A missing 7-year-old boy with autism was reportedly found dead on Christmas morning in a backyard pool of a vacant home. KHON reported that Paul “Kevin” Rozier III was reported missing from his Mililani, Hawaii, home at around 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve. The child’s body was reportedly found at 8 a.m. the following day in a …
The search for 4-year-old Florida girl who disappeared from her Port St. Lucie home ended tragically Monday morning when police reportedly recovered her body from a nearby retention pond. Chelsea Noel allegedly walked out of her home at around 10 p.m. Saturday. Police believe the girl, who had autism and was nonverbal, became disorientated and ran …
A 10-year-old boy with autism whose arrest at his Florida school was caught on tape and led to widespread outrage still faces criminal charges months later. The boy’s mom, Luanne Haygood, recently told WPTV that the state refuses to drop the charges against her son because he had at least 55 other documented cases of aggressive behavior against teachers …
After he was convicted in August of several charges related to the torture and death of his then-girlfriend’s disabled son, Matt Christenson learned his fate Friday at his sentencing hearing. Christenson, a 45-year-old from Auburn, Washington, was charged with brutally beating and abusing Otto Smith in 2014, ultimately causing his death in April of that …
A Colorado bus aide who admitted to kicking, hitting, and spraying a student with autism in the face with aerosol disinfectant will spend 20 months behind bars. Monica Burke, 52, was also sentenced to five years probation and ordered to complete 360 hours of community service after pleading guilty to assaulting an at-risk person, ABC News …
The resident couldn’t even cry for help
Two men—one who is an undocumented immigrant—allegedly kidnapped an autistic woman and sexually abused her for several days. KYTV reported that the 22-year-old victim left her Greene County, Missouri, residence early on April 15 and family members discovered her not far away outside a mobile home on April 17. Leaving an unintelligible note behind, the woman …
