Tragedy as autistic boy, 5, found dead and dumped in bin bag

Tragedy as autistic boy, 5, found dead and dumped in bin bagThe remains of a five-year-old boy, who was non-verbal, were found wrapped in towels and some blankets, with authorities discovering he was "severely malnourished" at the time of his deathNewsEmma Mackenzie Features Writer18:00, 11 Apr 2026View 2 ImagesJalynda Smith has been charged with the murder of her five-year-old sonA mother has been charged with murder and tampering with evidence after the boy's body was brutally dumped by a roadside.The remains of a non-verbal five-year-old boy were found dumped in a bin bag along a major road in February, and his mother has been charged with killing him, and tampering with evidence by trying to hide his body. Initially, she had been charged with manslaughter, it has been reported, but new evidence caused the charge to upgraded to murder. After making the horror discovery, the local police saw that the young boy was "severely malnourished" at the time of his death, with his bones visible and his ribs sticking out starkly - he weighed only 20 pounds.The mother and son's loved ones had not heard from them for some days when the little boy's grandmother sounded the alarm and reported them missing to the police. The mother, Jalynda Smith, 36, all the while was allegedly covering her tracks.READ MORE: 'I was told my baby was healthy during scans - now he's blind with half a brain'READ MORE: Cape Verde horror as tragic diary entries of mum who died on plane home revealedSmith's sister received a strange message from a number she did not know, saying "to check her email for emails from two different email addresses" according to the arrest report. The contact appears to have been from Smith, and the affidavit alleges that it saw Smith instruct her sister to download a messaging app called Telegram, which keeps communications encrypted. Smith also told her sister not to mention to their mother that they had sp...