NYCCR - THE DEATH SMELL
From The New York City Crime Report with Pat Dixon by Pat Dixon
December 14, 2025 · 1h 14m · Season 16 · Episode 6
About this episode
The episode discusses the case of a missing autistic boy and various violent crimes in New York City.
When an 11-yr-old autistic boy goes missing, the boy's mentally ill mother says she has no kid and never did. ACS and NYPD confront her with the child's birth certificate, but it still doesn't ring a bell. Family Court finds her in civil contempt and now she's in Rikers Island jail. The 11-yr-old has been missing for at least 2 months. Some mysteries are less mysterious than others, but there are a lot of unanswered questions. After a homeless man is set on fire - suffering third-degree burns from his knees down - he is reunited with his son at the hospital where he'd been for a week. A grisly double-stabbing in Violent Brooklyn leaves a man dead and a woman in critical condition. Their ex-son-in-law is under arrest for the brutal slaying. As he drove away from the crime scene, he called his ex-wife and told her, "I took care of your parents."
People in this episode
Host: Pat Dixon
Topics covered
- missing person
- mental illness
- crime
- family dynamics
- violence
- law enforcement
Keywords
- missing child
- autism
- mental illness
- double stabbing
- New York City crime
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: ACS, NYPD
Places: Rikers Island, Violent Brooklyn
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