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Toddler leads cops to slain mother

Updated on: 05 January,2009 08:31 AM IST  | 
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Authorities were searching for the gunman who killed a woman at her home and then abandoned her 4-year-old son at a highway rest stop in the state of Ohio.

Toddler leads cops to slain mother

Authorities were searching for the gunman who killed a woman at her home and then abandoned her 4-year-old son at a highway rest stop in the state of Ohio.

A couple found the boy on Friday, wandering around. The travellers, Mike and Judith McConnell, said the boy told them a strange man had entered his home without knocking and shot his mother.

Police later found the boy's mother, Jennifer Nelson (29) dead in her home.

The McConnells, who took the child into their vehicle and contacted authorities, said the boy was able to provide clear details about his home address and parents' names.

"I began asking him questions, and he told me that a stranger had come into his house without knocking," saidu00a0 Mike. "And I said 'Well, where was your mommy?' And he said 'He shot my mommy.'"

Vickie Nelson, Jennifer's mother-in-law, said her son's car had been stolen two weeks ago. She believed the car thief obtained personal information about where the Nelsons live.




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