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Takket

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4. oh my........... 20 minutes?

Reply to tulipsandroses (Original post)

Fri May 22, 2020, 09:51 PM

May 2020

"A law enforcement source quoted by the Herald said security footage from a Home Depot parking lot near where the boy was allegedly abducted showed Patricia Ripley sitting alone in her vehicle for about 20 minutes before she phoned police."

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9-Year-Old Autistic Boy Found Dead in Miami Canal After Mother Reported Him Abducted [View all] tulipsandroses May 2020 OP

I agree with you - this raised my suspicions as soon as I read the headline. NBachers May 2020 #1

God, this makes me ill, no matter Ilsa May 2020 #2

I thought the exact same thing. Her story does not hold up. BittyJenkins May 2020 #3

oh my........... 20 minutes? Takket May 2020 #4

Thinking thinking thinking ... Doesn't sound good . Poor boy RIP lunasun May 2020 #7

First reaction?? Mom did it. niyad May 2020 #5

Me too. Squinch May 2020 #6

Or she's covering for a man she's involved with who did it ... (nt) mr_lebowski May 2020 #8

Also a possibility. niyad May 2020 #9

Or else she's covering for someone else who did it. Mariana May 2020 #10

The only way BigMin28 May 2020 #11

How terrifying for the child if it was a parent, and I'm willing to bet it was. Laffy Kat May 2020 #12

I will catch lots of shit for saying this, but poor mom, too cyclonefence May 2020 #13

Well said. Thank you. mia May 2020 #16

Well said. I'm worried about all the families who are suffering in isolation. yardwork May 2020 #17

Two things... BGBD May 2020 #14

It looks like you and the other posters were right MustLoveBeagles May 2020 #15