2 teens with autism were home alone when 14-year-old strangled himself with blanket he was wearing as a cape: DA

An Alabama parent charged with execution successful transportation with the decease of 1 of her teenage children has appeared successful court.

Amanda Morgan, 39, waived her close to a preliminary proceeding connected Monday aft her tribunal quality successful Alabama's Mobile County. Morgan is charged with felony execution and aggravated child abuse aft her 2 teenage children with autism were recovered location alone, her 14-year-old lad dormant of strangulation, successful October 2025.

Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood spoke to section media astir the lawsuit extracurricular tribunal and provided much details astir however the lad died.

As Law&Crime antecedently reported, the 14-year-old lad died of strangulation and was recovered with a broad wrapped astir his neck. Blackwood told section CBS affiliate WKRG that the lad tied the broad astir his neck to deterioration arsenic a cape, saying, "That was benignant of a comfortableness mechanism" for him. While Blackwood described the strangulation arsenic accidental, helium added, "[T]here was a agelong play of alleged neglect that led to these circumstances."

Blackwood besides told WKRG, "We're not alleging that Amanda Morgan physically killed her child."

Morgan is, however, accused of leaving her 2 children with terrible autism location unsocial for agelong periods of time. When the lad was recovered dormant connected Oct. 8, 2025, witnesses told constabulary that Morgan allegedly near her 2 teenagers location unsocial overnight. During a tribunal proceeding successful March aft Morgan was arrested, a witness testified that Morgan would permission the teenagers location by themselves for "extended periods of time."

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Morgan's 16-year-old girl was treated astatine the infirmary for terrible malnutrition. After her arrest, Morgan was ordered not to person immoderate interaction with her surviving child. Police said Morgan's location successful Theodore, Alabama, was infested with insects and quality waste. The location reportedly had nary moving h2o oregon aerial conditioning.

WKRG reported that Morgan waived her close to a preliminary hearing, and present the lawsuit heads to a expansive assemblage that volition determine whether oregon not to indict her for execution and aggravated kid abuse. Morgan remains successful custody astatine the Mobile County Jail, wherever she is being held connected $20,000 bond. Her adjacent tribunal day was not instantly available.