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MrCleveland · 11-05-2014, 02:32 PM

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Oregon mom who claimed she threw 6-year-old autistic son off bridge arrested after cops find body
Jillian McCabe was arrested after she called police and told them she tossed her 6-year-old severely autistic son, London, off the bridge. The 34-year-old mom was struggling to care for the boy and his father, who has multiple sclerosis, family said. On a now-defunct blog, the 34-year-old wrote about the challenges of raising a child with autism.
BY MEG WAGNER NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Published: Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 3:31 AM

A one-time mommy blogger who claimed she threw her 6-year-old autistic son off an Oregon bridge was arrested after police found the tot’s body in the water.

Jillian Meredith McCabe was arrested Monday after she dialed 911 and told dispatchers she hurled her son, London, off the Yaquina Bay Bridge in Newport.

Police and firefighters searched the water below the bridge and found young London’s body around 10:20 p.m., about four hours after McCabe called 911.

McCabe was arrested at the bridge on suspicion of aggravated murder, murder and manslaughter, police said.

Jillian McCabe struggled to care for London ― who was non-verbal and severely autistic

and the boy’s father, who has multiple sclerosis, Andrew McCabe, London's uncle, told NBC News.

"They haven't had a lot of luck," he said.

Jillian McCabe set up a fundraising page after Matthew McCabe’s MS diagnosis to help with family expenses.

“Matt went from the sole bread winner and provider to not in a matter of 2 weeks,” she wrote. “I am scared and I am reaching out. I hope I am not coming across trashy or over-reactionary. I must explore every avenue to take care of my family right now.”

Before Matt McCabe’s diagnosis, the 34-year-old mom blogged about taking care of her severely autistic son.

“We started this blog, we wanted to use it to talk about what works for us as parents of a child with Autism, convey how hard it is, and to discuss what toys/equipment/things around the house that have been beneficial to London,” she wrote in 2012.

The blog has since been deleted.

Earlier this year, Matt McCabe wrote on a separate blog that he was living apart from Jillian McCabe.

With News Wire Services.

This is insane! I feel that the disabled should be defended more since many of them unlike me can't defend themselves!

Bonniegirl · 11-05-2014, 03:35 PM

Very heartbreaking!! Terrible!!!!

Mr. Television · 11-05-2014, 08:51 PM

It's just disgusting.

hno:

JamesG · 11-05-2014, 09:47 PM

The mother was clearly depressed and not thinking rationally.

So sad...

MrCleveland · 11-06-2014, 03:15 PM

As you all know...I have autism yet I'm high-functioning!

Hearing bad news about autistics makes me mad!

Vahan · 11-06-2014, 03:19 PM

Autism is nothing to to joke about, nor is it something people should use as an excuse to insult someone.

I have at least a little autism.

MacLeaper · 11-06-2014, 04:15 PM

Very sad to hear about. It's always sad to see such horrific examples of sin in the world...I pray for the family that God will touch their lives with His love through it all and bring them to faith in Jesus.

isiahthomas · 11-08-2014, 12:50 PM

I don't know why ignorant people diss and laugh at people that are mentally slow. That's not their fault that they were born like that. I love Rain Man movie with Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. Dustin was autistic and he did a very good job. He won a Oscar for that. Sean Penn also did a movie like that with Michelle Pfeiffer called Iam Sam and he was mentally slow. He did a good job. Cuba Gooding Jr did a movie called Radio and his character was mentally slow. He didn't talk that much but he loved football. Ed Harris who was the high school football coach started letting Cuba hang around him and the football players because he saw Cuba loved football. He even fed him a few times and one of the white men that was a parent of the football player got a little mad that Ed was letting Cuba hang around them. I think the white guy had a problem with Cuba because he was black and the movie took place in the south and ya'll know how whites in the south felt about blacks back in the day. Most whites are still racist towards blacks.

comedyfreak · 11-09-2014, 07:36 AM

So sad that she couldn't get help for her son before all this happened.

MrCleveland · 11-10-2014, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by isiahthomas

I don't know why ignorant people diss and laugh at people that are mentally slow. That's not their fault that they were born like that. I love Rain Man movie with Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. Dustin was autistic and he did a very good job. He won a Oscar for that. Sean Penn also did a movie like that with Michelle Pfeiffer called Iam Sam and he was mentally slow. He did a good job. Cuba Gooding Jr did a movie called Radio and his character was mentally slow. He didn't talk that much but he loved football. Ed Harris who was the high school football coach started letting Cuba hang around him and the football players because he saw Cuba loved football. He even fed him a few times and one of the white men that was a parent of the football player got a little mad that Ed was letting Cuba hang around them. I think the white guy had a problem with Cuba because he was black and the movie took place in the south and ya'll know how whites in the south felt about blacks back in the day. Most whites are still racist towards blacks.

True...even some who are handicapped get it in their life...I was 1 when I was autistic, so I wasn't really born that way it may have came from the vaccinations.

The other thing is...unlike blacks, gays, and Jews...the disabled have less of a chance to defend themselves!

Furienna · 11-14-2014, 03:25 PM

Such a terrible story!

Dude111 · 11-14-2014, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by MrCleveland

This is insane! I feel that the disabled should be defended more since many of them unlike me can't defend themselves!

Yes its very sad.... Probably got that way from a stupid vaccine

Poor boy........

Furienna · 11-14-2014, 11:18 PM

Wrong, Dude! You're born with autism, so you can't get it through vaccine.

Dude111 · 11-15-2014, 07:18 PM

Well vaccines can make it worse!!!!!!!

Furienna · 11-16-2014, 01:43 AM

Excuse me, but I don't see any connection between autism and some vaccine. You're born autistic and will remain so for the rest of your life. And I don't see how some medication can "make it worse".

11-05-2014, 08:51 PM	#3
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11-09-2014, 07:36 AM	#9
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11-05-2014, 03:35 PM	#2
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,593	Very heartbreaking!! Terrible!!!!

11-05-2014, 09:47 PM	#4
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,045	The mother was clearly depressed and not thinking rationally. So sad...

11-06-2014, 03:15 PM	#5
MrCleveland Drew Carey from Hell Forum Star Join Date: Nov 10, 2007 Location: The City of Cleveland, in The State of Cleveland, in The United States of Cleveland Posts: 14,222	As you all know...I have autism yet I'm high-functioning! Hearing bad news about autistics makes me mad!

11-06-2014, 03:19 PM	#6
Vahan Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 14, 2008 Posts: 2,712	Autism is nothing to to joke about, nor is it something people should use as an excuse to insult someone. I have at least a little autism.

11-08-2014, 12:50 PM	#8
isiahthomas Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Aug 20, 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 10,704	I don't know why ignorant people diss and laugh at people that are mentally slow. That's not their fault that they were born like that. I love Rain Man movie with Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise. Dustin was autistic and he did a very good job. He won a Oscar for that. Sean Penn also did a movie like that with Michelle Pfeiffer called Iam Sam and he was mentally slow. He did a good job. Cuba Gooding Jr did a movie called Radio and his character was mentally slow. He didn't talk that much but he loved football. Ed Harris who was the high school football coach started letting Cuba hang around him and the football players because he saw Cuba loved football. He even fed him a few times and one of the white men that was a parent of the football player got a little mad that Ed was letting Cuba hang around them. I think the white guy had a problem with Cuba because he was black and the movie took place in the south and ya'll know how whites in the south felt about blacks back in the day. Most whites are still racist towards blacks.

11-14-2014, 03:25 PM	#11
Furienna Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 22, 2006 Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Posts: 6,277	Such a terrible story!

11-14-2014, 11:18 PM	#13
Furienna Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 22, 2006 Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Posts: 6,277	Wrong, Dude! You're born with autism, so you can't get it through vaccine.

11-15-2014, 07:18 PM	#14
Dude111 Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 05, 2013 Posts: 35,897	Well vaccines can make it worse!!!!!!!

11-16-2014, 01:43 AM	#15
Furienna Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 22, 2006 Location: Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Posts: 6,277	Excuse me, but I don't see any connection between autism and some vaccine. You're born autistic and will remain so for the rest of your life. And I don't see how some medication can "make it worse".