--- description: She was subsequently arrested for aggravated murder, murder and 1st degree manslaughter title: Body Found After Mom Threw Son in Oregon's Yaquina Bay image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40f0ab0886dee6a1/6987640335ba6f3339c04cb6/141104-mother-mugshot_ee17bb374daf7e3630aefda0bd53226a.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Body Found After Mom Threw Son in Oregon's Yaquina Bay by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 4, 2014 3:20 PM CUT  Jillian Meredith McCabe Jillian Meredith McCabeNewport Police Dept. by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 4, 2014 3:20 PM CUT The body of a 6-year-old boy was found in Oregon’s Yaquina Bay after his mother called cops to say she’d thrown her son off a bridge, officials said early Tuesday. Police said that Jillian Meredith McCabe, 34, of Seal Rock, Oregon, had been arrested for the murder of her son London. An Oregon woman by the same name penned an appeal for funding to help take care of her autistic son London and multiple sclerosis-stricken husband Matt. A mugshot released by police matched social-media posts showing the wife of a Matt McCabe and their son. Authorities mounted an extensive search, with… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/body-found-after-mom-says-she-threw-son-oregons-yaquina-n240606?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3556202/body-found-mom-threw-son-oregon-yaquina-bay/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3556202/body-found-mom-threw-son-oregon-yaquina-bay/"},"headline":"Body Found After Mom Threw Son in Oregon's Yaquina Bay","datePublished":"2014-11-04T15:20:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:12:28.837Z","description":"She was subsequently arrested for aggravated murder, murder and 1st degree manslaughter","url":"https://time.com/3556202/body-found-mom-threw-son-oregon-yaquina-bay/","keywords":["Crime","oregon","Mother"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40f0ab0886dee6a1/6987640335ba6f3339c04cb6/141104-mother-mugshot_ee17bb374daf7e3630aefda0bd53226a.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40f0ab0886dee6a1/6987640335ba6f3339c04cb6/141104-mother-mugshot_ee17bb374daf7e3630aefda0bd53226a.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jillian Meredith McCabe","caption":"Jillian Meredith McCabe","creditText":"Newport Police Dept.","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3556202/body-found-mom-threw-son-oregon-yaquina-bay/","name":"Body Found After Mom Threw Son in Oregon's Yaquina Bay"}}]}] ```