MIAMI (Court TV) — New filings in the case against a mom accused of intentionally drowning her child with autism reveal that the defendant told her own family the same alleged lie she told police.
Patricia Ripley booking photo. (Miami Dade Jail)
Patricia Ripley, 51, is charged with the murder of her 9-year-old son, identified in court documents as “A.R.” She has pleaded not guilty, and court filings indicate that the defendant plans to argue she was sleep-deprived when she allegedly confessed to the murder.
Patricia Ripley’s older son, Aldo Ripley Jr., sat for a deposition with attorneys in his mother’s case and offered insight into the family’s home before the alleged murder. Aldo Ripley Jr. described the household as peaceful and loving. “My mother never yelled at me or my brother, never hit me or my brother,” he said at the deposition. “It was purely love and it was a household full of that.”…