--- description: Allegedly scattered body parts by roadside in rural parts of state title: Michigan Mom To Be Charged with Killing, Dismembering Her Son image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Michigan Mom To Be Charged with Killing, Dismembering Her Son  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Feb 3, 2014 3:34 PM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Feb 3, 2014 3:34 PM CUT A Michigan woman is expected to be [formally charged](http://www.freep.com/article/20140202/NEWS05/302020138/Mom-expected-to-be-formally-charged-today-in-killing-dismemberment-of-son "undefined") with the brutal murder and dismemberment of her son Monday. She allegedly disposed of his cut-up body parts in rural Michigan, the Detroit _Free Press_ reports. Though the police have not yet released the suspect’s name, [local news outlets](http://www.macombdaily.com/general-news/20140202/ex-nurse-accused-of-killing-her-st-clair-shores-son-dismembering-body "undefined") are reporting that Donna Chaffin Scrivo, 59, was booked in Macomb County jail over the weekend for an open murder charge, pending a warrant review Monday. St. Clair County Sheriff Tim Donnellon told the _Free Press_ that the mother is expected to be arraigned Monday in Macomb County. Scrivo filed a missing person’s report for her son, Ramsay Scrivo, last Monday claiming he was missing for about a day. The dismembered human remains were [found Thursday](http://nation.time.com/2014/01/31/human-body-parts-found-on-michigan-road/ "undefined") in garbage bags in rural parts of St. Clair and China townships. The remains were later identified by the FBI through fingerprints. Donna Scrivo filed a mentally ill petition for hospitalization on May 16 last year, a request which was reportedly deferred. Scrivo was said to have been staying with her son while work was done on her house. \[[_Detroit Free Press_](http://www.freep.com/article/20140202/NEWS05/302020138/Mom-expected-to-be-formally-charged-today-in-killing-dismemberment-of-son "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4303/michigan-mom-dismembered-son/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4303/michigan-mom-dismembered-son/"},"headline":"Michigan Mom To Be Charged with Killing, Dismembering Her Son","datePublished":"2014-02-03T15:34:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:18:02.679Z","description":"Allegedly scattered body parts by roadside in rural parts of state","url":"https://time.com/4303/michigan-mom-dismembered-son/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"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/4303/michigan-mom-dismembered-son/","name":"Michigan Mom To Be Charged with Killing, Dismembering Her Son"}}]}] ```