Gabriel Britt

Name: Gabriel Britt.
Died: March 3, 2001.
Age at death: 6.
Cause of death: Suffocation.
Location: St. George, South Carolina, USA.

Details:
Gabriel was six years old when his parents reported him missing. Nine days later, his body was found in a pond near the house and the initial autopsy concluded that Gabriel had drowned. But inconsistencies in the parents’ stories began showing up: Gabriel, who was severely autistic, would not have had the ability to steal a key from his father’s pocket without being heard, and could not have made his way to the pond quickly enough to avoid the search parties who would have seen him. A second autopsy was conducted and Gabriel was shown to have died of suffocation rather than drowning.

Gabriel’s father was sentenced to four years in prison. His mother was tried for murder, but her trial ended in a mistrial and she was released, and recovered custody of her two other children.

References:
Terrence Britt pleads guilty to reduced charge, sentenced to 10 years in prison, mistrial declared in mother’s case
Gabriel Britt’s death now ruled a homicide
Mother, Father charged in death of boy
Judge rules SC no longer has to monitor how Renee Britt cares for her children