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    Jillian Meredith McCabe Gets Life Imprisonment in 2014 OR Slaying of Her Six-Year-Old Son London McCabe


    London Gray McCabe, 6


    Jillian Meredith McCabe


    Boy found dead after mother says she threw him off a bridge in Oregon


    A 6-year-old boy was found dead in the frigid waters of Oregon's Yaquina Bay after his mother told police she threw him off a bridge Monday evening, authorities said.

    The body of London McCabe was found in the water about a mile from the Yaquina Bay Bridge about 10:20 p.m., roughly four hours after his mother called 911 to say she'd thrown him from the span, Newport police said.

    The mother, Jillian Meredith McCabe, 34, was arrested on charges of aggravated murder, murder and first-degree manslaughter, police said.

    McCabe, of nearby Seal Rock, called police around 6:30 p.m. Monday "saying she threw her child over the side," Newport Police Chief Mark Miranda said.

    The water of Yaquina Bay is more than 100 feet below the bridge. Chances of survival from a fall that high were "minimal," Miranda said.

    Even if a person survived the fall, the chief said, one could survive the frigid water for only about 20 minutes.

    Police have not commented on the cause of the boy's death or a possible motive.

    McCabe was being held at the Lincoln County jail Tuesday morning with bail set at $750,000.

    Two boats and a Coast Guard helicopter searched the water for hours before the body was found, Coast Guard spokesman Jonathan Klingenberg told CNN.

    http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/04/us/ore...html?hpt=hp_t3

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    Jillian McCabe 'Heard Voices' Before Killing Autistic Son, Family Says

    The Oregon mom charged with throwing her autistic 6-year-old son off a bridge to his death had been "hearing voices" and was supposed to see a doctor to adjust her medication the next day, her family told NBC News.

    "A day too late," said Andrew McCabe, brother-in-law of Jillian McCabe and uncle to her slain son, London.

    The 34-year-old stay-at-home mother has been charged with murder and manslaughter in the child's death. She allegedly took him for a walk Monday night, threw him into Yaquina Bay and then called police to tell them what she had done.

    Relatives say she had been suffering from mental illness for more than two years and snapped after a series of difficulties: caring for a severely autistic, non-verbal child; her husband's life-threatening illness; and the death of her father.

    "We learned just yesterday that Monday morning Jillian expressed to her counselor that she was hearing voices again," Andrew McCabe said. "The counselor suggested that her medication needed adjusting and set an appointment with a doctor, for the next day."

    He said his sister-in-law sought psychiatric help but did not get the services she needed. She tried to commit suicide several times, but they had no warning that she would harm her son, he said.

    "Jillian gave no indication of what she was going to do that night. We were led to believe that she was receiving the care she needed to get better," her brother-in-law said. "We were wrong. And we are carrying the guilt from here on.

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    "I'm so sad and angry," he added. "Angry at the system that failed us all."

    He said Jillian McCabe never got a "clear, consistent diagnosis." An aunt who helped coordinate her care, Tanya McCabe, previously said the family had to fight to obtain the inpatient and outpatient services she did receive. State health officials said they could not comment.

    London — a smiling ball of energy who loved hats and toted his iPad everywhere — was diagnosed as autistic in 2011, according to a blog in which his parents chronicled the emotional ups and down of caring for a special-needs child.

    In one post, McCabe created a list of the things that kept her from "pulling a Thelma and Louise," a reference to the 1991 movie in which best friends drive off a cliff.

    But her relatives say that while she was overwhelmed and stressed out by her situation, the real problems began after her husband, Matt, fell ill with a mass on his brain stem that landed him in intensive care and left him with a form of multiple sclerosis.

    The day before he was supposed to come from the hospital, McCabe's father died — and she went into a downward spiral, the aunt said.

    Jillian McCabe is being held on $1 million bail until a Nov. 12 court date. The family, meanwhile, is rallying around her husband.

    "Matt is devastated," Andrew McCabe said. "He's been through so much in the last two, three years and now this. He's holding it together better than I would. I would have torn the house down with anguish. I'd be yelling and screaming. Not Matt. He's just profoundly heartbroken.

    "Our family is strong," he added. "And forever changed."

    http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...y-says-n241986

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    Attorneys may want ruling on mental state of mother accused of throwing son off Oregon bridge

    GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The woman accused of throwing her 6-year-old autistic son off a bridge on the Oregon Coast has yet to enter a plea, and defense attorneys have indicated they want the court to determine if she is fit to stand trial.

    Jillian Meredeth McCabe was arraigned Monday in Newport on an indictment in the death of her son, London, at the Yaquina Bay Bridge.

    The indictment charges her with aggravated murder, murder, and two counts of manslaughter. The aggravated murder charge carries a potential death penalty, and was brought because the victim was under 14 years old. One manslaughter charge alleges extreme indifference to human life. The other alleges recklessness.

    McCabe is scheduled to return to court Nov. 20. Court documents indicate defense attorneys plan to file a motion for a determination of fitness to proceed.

    An uncle has said she received psychiatric treatment for emotional distress from years of caring for the child, and more recently for her disabled husband, who has not been able to work at his business doing email campaigns since coming down with multiple sclerosis and a mass on his brainstem last summer. After an Internet appeal for financial help failed to reach its goal, the family left their home in Hood River and moved in with Matt McCabe's parents in Seal Rock south of Newport.

    Defense attorneys and District Attorney Michelle Branham did not immediately return telephone calls for comment.

    McCabe, 34, is being held without bail.

    She was arrested Nov. 3 after telephoning 911 and telling the dispatcher she had just dropped her son off the bridge, which rises more than 100 feet above the bay. His body was found several hours later at a marina about a mile from the bridge.

    Hundreds of people attended a candlelight vigil for the boy Saturday night underneath the bridge.

    http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/11/10...owing-son-off/
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    Why are people so stupid that they leave incriminating evidence on their computer

    Prosecutor: Oregon woman searched 'not guilty by reason of insanity' before son was thrown off bridge

    NEWPORT, OR (KPTV) - Jillian McCabe, the Oregon woman accused of throwing her son off the Yaquina Bay Bridge, may have researched insanity defenses on the Internet before her son's death, according to prosecutors.

    McCabe attended a hearing in Newport on Tuesday, and a judge ruled that her lawyer can attend her mental evaluation.

    Investigators said McCabe called 911 to report she had thrown her son London from the bridge on Nov. 3. The boy's body was found a short time later in the water.

    A prosecutor told the judge Tuesday that McCabe may have planned to throw her boy off the bridge ahead of time.

    "She had searched state hospital, guilty by insane, involuntary commitment, not guilty by reason of insanity," the prosecutor said.

    McCabe has been indicted on charges of aggravated murder. Her mental evaluation is scheduled for January.

    http://www.kpho.com/story/27605640/p...own-off-bridge
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    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

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    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
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    'Sorry,' mom said as she threw son off Oregon bridge after weeks of planning his death

    After taking her 6-year-old son for ice cream, Jillian McCabe parked her red Volkswagen Cabriolet near one end of the Yaquina Bay Bridge, grabbed the boy's hand and walked with him toward the middle.

    It was after 6 p.m. on Nov. 3, 2014, with heavy traffic on Newport's signature arch span. McCabe had left so hastily from home that she neglected to bring along a coat for the kindergartner.

    When the mother and son were near the center of the bridge, McCabe lifted London in her arms, then put him back down. She started back to her car by herself.

    She soon turned around. She lifted her son again, said "sorry" and pushed him over the edge. McCabe didn't look back as she walked away and heard a splash.

    Once back at her car, McCabe called 911 and told emergency dispatchers that she had just thrown her son off the bridge. She claimed voices told her to do it and that she should jump as well.

    On Tuesday, Lincoln County District Attorney Michelle Branam said McCabe, 36, was "rightfully" sentenced to life in prison for the murder of her son. McCabe won't be eligible for parole for 25 years.

    During a news conference that included McCabe's ex-husband and his parents, the prosecutor detailed how the mother spent more than a month researching ways to kill her only son and get away with it.

    "Hearing voices," "child off bridge" and "insanity defense" were among the many search terms discovered by investigators on McCabe's phone and computer. Journal entries written by McCabe also confirmed her intent to kill her son, Branam said.

    "Everyone hopes this can be explained by way of mental illness so we don't have to leave open the possibility that a mother could plan to so horrifically murder their child," Branam said. "But it appears from the evidence we have in this case that this was exactly what happened."

    London McCabe's autism made him the "perfect victim" for his mother, Branam said. He trusted her completely and likely didn't struggle even as she hoisted him over the bridge railing, the prosecutor said.

    The fall from the bridge — about 133 feet to the water — broke several of the boy's bones, Branam said. He drowned in the bay. Searchers found his body hours later near docks about a mile from the bridge.

    McCabe, a stay-at-home mother, was scared that her lifestyle would change after her husband was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and could no longer work, Branam said. She concocted the plan to rid herself of responsibility for the boy and live at the Oregon State Hospital.

    Jillian McCabe pleaded guilty Monday to murder during a hearing in Lincoln County Circuit Court.

    She has appeared happy in jail over the past year awaiting trial, Branum said. McCabe didn't mention her son's name for months and cheerfully discussed the books she'd read while behind bars, showing no remorse, the prosecutor said.

    Jillian and Matt McCabe married in October 2005 and London was born three years later. They lived in The Dalles, where Matt McCabe had a successful career working in information technology. He mostly took care of their son, Branum said.

    In March 2011, London was diagnosed with autism. In November 2013, Matt McCabe was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He remained hospitalized until that January. He had to relearn how to walk, read and could no longer work.

    Jillian McCabe voluntarily sought help at a mental health care center in February 2014 after she threatened suicide. She returned to her family, but was admitted again in April.

    When she was released that same month, Matt McCabe's uncle and aunt offered to have Jillian McCabe live with them in Portland. Matt McCabe and London moved in with his parents in the Newport area.

    Jillian McCabe sought help a third time at a mental health center after the aunt and uncle found a letter she wrote detailing plans to kill the couple's dog, bludgeon the aunt to death while the uncle was away and then burn down their home to destroy any evidence.

    Each time she received mental health treatment, McCabe requested to go to the Oregon State Hospital and was disappointed each time when she was told she didn't have symptoms that warranted the transfer, Branam said.

    McCabe went to live with her husband and son in September at his parents' home about eight miles from the Yaquina Bay Bridge.

    She didn't allow her husband or his family to have access to her mental health records, Branam said. The family didn't allow her to be alone with London, but over time allowed an increased role in aiding in his development, such as helping potty-train the boy and getting him used to communicating with picture cards.

    In October, McCabe searched "can you die from falling 133 feet into water?" She searched "Andrea Yates" 60 times on her phone, Branam said. Yates is a Texas woman found guilty by reason of insanity in 2006 after drowning her five children in a bathtub. McCabe also looked up the legal defenses of other people who have thrown children from bridges.

    While her husband and mother-in-law were away from home on Nov. 3, McCabe told her father-in-law she was taking London to get some ice cream. He didn't suspect anything was amiss because they were allowing McCabe to be more independent.

    After throwing the boy off the bridge, McCabe told her husband that she heard voices and saw demonic faces when she looked in the mirror, but Branam noted that McCabe intentionally hid any indication from her family that she considered harming the boy.

    "When it suits her, Jillian was able to ignore the voices, for example, when they told her to jump off the bridge," Branam said. "She was only unable to fend them off when she was told to throw London off the bridge."

    Reitha McCabe, Matt McCabe's mother, said the family thought Jillian McCabe's sentence was "fair and merciful," but "no amount of punishment can make up for the value of London's life."

    Matt McCabe said the loss of his son has left a large void in his life. He said the sentencing of his now-ex-wife brings him no closure. She had a mental illness, he said, but he trusted mental health professionals when they told her she was "cured" and believed his son wasn't in danger.

    "If you know someone with a mental issue, take it seriously," he said. "It's a matter of life and death."

    He said he will miss his son forever.

    http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-no...d_when_sh.html

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