VIDEO: Mom Who Abandoned Autistic Son to ‘Save Him’ From Her Is Sentenced to Treatment, Not Jail

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An Indiana woman who was arrested in February for abandoning her 5-year-old son in Ohio was sentenced on Tuesday to six months of mental health and substance abuse treatment. Heather Adkins, 33, was also ordered to complete three years of probation. She is still barred from contacting her son, who is nonverbal and autistic, according …