A terminally ill mother has been jailed for 18 years after she murdered her five-year-old son with anti-depressants in an apparent double suicide attempt.
Claire Scanlon, 38, was given the minimum-term life sentence for killing Dylan Scanlon, whose badly bruised body was found on her bed.
Claire’s terminal illness and the circumstances surrounding her son’s death made the case especially heartbreaking and difficult to understand. But as investigators uncovered what had happened inside the home, the details of the tragedy became even more disturbing. Continue reading to find out what happened →
