A Utah woman is accused of choking her adult son, who has autism and a genetic disorder, and yelling at him to "die," KSL reported.
Gidget Charmaine Quilter, 42, of Pleasant Grove, was arrested March 26 and charged with one count of domestic violence aggravated assault and four counts of committing domestic violence in the presence of a child, the television station reported. She also was charged with one count of misdemeanor assault and tampering with a witness, according to court documents.
Pleasant Grove police were called to an apartment complex around 4:30 p.m. March 23 to investigate a domestic violence call in which a woman, identified as Quilter, had allegedly thrown a pair of scissors at her 13-year-old son, KSTU reported.
While investigating, police were told Quilter allegedly assaulted her 21-year-old son, who is mentally and physically disabled, earlier that day, the television station reported.
"She was making statements to the account of, 'Die you, die,' while the son's airway was being cut off," Pleasant Grove police Capt. Britt Smith told KSTU.
Interviewed later by police, Quilter allegedly said her son had severe autism and Langer-Giedion syndrome and could not communicate verbally, KSL reported.
Quilter was allegedly upset because her adult son had made a mess, the television station reported.
In a report, Quilter's 17-year-old daughter said she went into her brother's room to help her mother clean up. When Quilter sat down next to her son, he allegedly began to scream, KSTU reported.
“Her mother then grabbed (her son) by the front of his throat with her right hand and the back of his head with her left hand before she pushed him to the ground and straddled his trunk and arms with her legs,” the daughter told police. “(Quilter) applied so much pressure to [her son's] neck that the screaming stopped because she cut his ability to breathe off,” the television station reported, citing the police statement.
Police said the 17-year-old daughter captured an audio recording. In it, the daughter and a 13-year-old brother can be heard yelling, “Stop, Mom, stop!”
Quilter was originally booked into jail March 23 but was released the next day. She met with her 17-year-old daughter that day and confronted her about the audio recording, KSL reported. She told the daughter "that she needed a doctor, not the police or jail," the television station reported, citing the arrest report.
Quilter was jailed again Tuesday on the tampering charge, according to jail records.
