The body of 6-year-old London McCabe 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, according to authorities. His body was found four hours after the Coast Guard began searching.
Jillian McCabe was arrested on charges of aggravated murder, murder and first-degree manslaughter, after calling 9-1-1, telling dispatches she “threw her son over the side” early Monday evening.
Relatives report the 34 year old suffered a mental breakdown after caring for both her mute, autistic child, and husband fighting for his life full time, in addition to the death of her father.
Officials confirmed that McCabe told emergency dispatchers that she was reportedly hearing voices and that those voices told her to throw her son off the bridge.
Tanya McCabe, London’s great aunt, said London’s mother had expressed thoughts of harming herself, but the family never imagined she would kill her son.
McCabe is being held on $750,000 bond.