Oregon woman who appears to have written online about the stress of taking care of her autistic son and ailing husband is suspected of throwing her 6-year-old boy to his death from a bridge and then calling police to report it, authorities said Tuesday.
The mother, 34-year-old Jillian Meredith McCabe of Seal Rock, Ore., is scheduled to be arraigned on murder charges Tuesday afternoon.
Around 6:25 p.m. Monday, a woman called 911 and reported that she had thrown her son off the Yaquina Bay Bridge, the Newport Police Department says.
Local authorities responded, closed the bridge, and a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter be