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Ontario mother pleads guilty in death of 3-year-old son, Kaden Young, swept into Grand River

11/24/2021
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The mother of an Ontario boy who died after he was swept into the Grand River in Ontario in 2018 has pleaded guilty in his death.

On Tuesday morning Michelle Hanson appeared via video in court where she pleaded guilty to criminal negligence in the operation of a motor vehicle causing death.


Her son, three-year-old Kaden Young, died in February 2018 when the minivan she was driving went through a road closed sign and into the Grand River during a period of heavy flooding. His body was recovered two months later, on April 21, 2018. Hanson was charged in October of 2018.

Court heard Tuesday that Hanson took Kaden out for a drive because he was having trouble sleeping. Minutes after leaving their home, Hanson drove around a road closure into a flooded section of 10th Line in Amaranth.

The van she was driving was swept into the Grand River. Court heard that Hanson was able to remove Kaden from his car seat, but lost her grip on him in the water.

Hanson’s lawyer, Hal Mattson, said she is currently in counselling.

“Michelle Hanson, when this unfortunate incident happened, is a completely different Michelle Hanson than we’re dealing with today,” Mattson said. “In that time period she had some ups and downs, but it would look like, for the last year and a half, she’s basically got her act together. By that I mean, she’s on the road to recovery. It’s almost an impossible hurdle to get over if you’re somehow responsible for your child dying, but I think she’s getting there.”

An agreed statement of facts presented in court on Tuesday said alcohol and therapeutic amounts of oxycodone were found in Hanson’s blood and she was suffering from hypothermia when she was found along the banks of the river.

FULL ARTICLE: https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/ontario-mother-pleads-guilty-in-death-of-3-year-old-son-swept-into-grand-river-1.5677654

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