A mother has been accused of killing her 11-year-old son following a three-day trip to Disneyland. 48-year-old Saritha Ramaraju, faces murder charges and a deadly weapon charge. If found guilty, she could receive a sentence of 26 years to life behind bars.
On March 19, at around 9:10 a.m., Saritha called the Santa Ana Police to say she had stabbed her 11-year-old son, Yatin Ramaraju, in their hotel room at the #LaQuintaInn. When officials arrived, they discovered the boy on the bed with severe injuries and #Disneyland souvenirs nearby. A large kitchen knife, which Saritha had bought the day before, was also discovered at the scene. Saritha was later apprehended and charged with murder.
The O.C. District attorney Todd Spitzer said, “It appeared the boy had been dead for several hours before his mother called 911.”
Saritha was taken to the hospital after telling 911 she had swallowed an unidentified substance, likely pills for self-harm. After being discharged, she was placed in Santa Ana jail. She reportedly killed Yatin after a Disneyland trip during a custody visit. Saritha and Yatin’s father divorced back in 2018 and she moved away. She was meant to return Yatin to his father on Wednesday.
Spitzer said, “The life of a child should not hang in the balance between two parents whose anger for each other outweighs their love for their child.”
He added, “Anger can make you forget who you love and what you are responsible for doing. The safest place for a child should be in their parents’ arms. Instead of wrapping her arms around her son in love, she slit his throat and in the cruelest twist of fate removed him from the very world she brought him into.”
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