Mom Allegedly Faked 12-Year-Old Autistic Son's Death & Left Him Stranded In Motel Room Alone

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A woman in Tennessee was arrested after allegedly faking the death of her 12-year-old autistic son and reportedly leaving him in a motel room.

The woman, who police identified as 39-year-old Vanessa Blanchard, is facing charges in the city of Clarksville, Tennessee for contributing to the delinquency of a minor and giving a “false impression of death” according to local TV news reports. Related: Farrah Abraham Arrested After Allegedly Slapping Club Security Guard! According to an arrest warrant in the case first obtained by local outlet WKRN, Blanchard was first approached in late October by a school resource officer from her son’s middle school who was inquiring about his absence from class.

At that point, Blanchard allegedly told the officer that her son “died from a seizure two days earlier.” Now, police know that was not the case, but at the time, the news stunned the boy’s classmates.

A parent of another student in the class, Alicia Maslo, explained how awful the (now known as false) report of the child’s death was for the other kids: OMG… After the school heard about the boy’s alleged death, his classmates started to raise money to pay for his funeral at a local mortuary.