In a heart-wrenching incident in New York, New York, 12-year-old Kenneth Holmes, a young boy with autism, was tragically killed on July 28, 2010. The cause of his death was a fatal gunshot wound, an act of violence that cut his young life short.
The circumstances surrounding Kenneth's death were particularly devastating. Investigators determined that the person responsible for the homicide was his own mother, Michaela Jackson.
In a desperate and tragic turn of events, it was concluded that she had shot her son before taking her own life in a murder-suicide.
Law enforcement officials at the time suggested that the immense pressures and frustrations of raising a child with autism may have been a contributing factor in the tragic decision she made. The incident left the community in shock and mourning for the loss of a young life under such sorrowful and distressing circumstances. Due to the nature of the event, with the perpetrator also being deceased, there were no arrests or subsequent legal proceedings.
