Grieving mother of missing nonverbal child found dead receives death threats

The Brief

  • After a day of searching for a missing child on the spectrum, Gwinnett police say the child drowned in a pond near his home.
  • The child’s mother says she has since been receiving death threats related to his death.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. Just a day after a five-year-old boy was reported missing, authorities pulled his body from a retention pond not far from the apartment where his family lives in Lawrenceville.

Since then, his mother says she’s been the target of death threats and harassing phone calls from people saying she’s to blame.

What we know:

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS