manslaughter charges
Couple smoke marijuana as their autistic child wanders away to drown, police say
A couple were apprehended after their autistic child wandered away and drowned in a retaining pond within their apartment complex. It was at least the fourth time the child had left the residence on his own. Officers responding to the incident noted that the parents, Barbara Ruiz and Lester Ortiz, had bloodshot eyes and smelled…
