Woman Allegedly Forced Own Son To Jump Out Of Window

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A woman in Florida  has been arrested after she allegedly forced her 7-year-old to jump out of a second-story window. The Huffington Post reports:

The boy told investigators that his mother, Michelle Vail, told him a serial killer was coming to get them, so they had to jump. Vail, 32, faces aggravated child abuse charges.

“The mother, for lack of a better world,encouraged him to jump out of a window,” an unidentified police spokesman told WTSP in an interview. “Children are obedient to their parents, is what it boils down to. He just did what his mother told him.”

A Florida woman was arrested after police say she forced her 7-year-old to jump out of a second-story window. The boy told investigators that his mother, Michelle Vail, told him a serial killer was coming to get them, so they had to jump. Vail, 32, faces aggravated child abuse charges.

“The mother, for lack of a better world,encouraged him to jump out of a window,” an unidentified police spokesman told WTSP in an interview. “Children are obedient to their parents, is what it boils down to. He just did what his mother told him.”