Kelli Sly kills her two-year-old son before committing suicide by driving car into bridge after ex-husband fails to show up for visitation

A young mother went to tragic desperate lengths to rid herself of the frustration of solo child-care, killing first her son, then herself.

Kelli Sly, 23, of Indianola, was angry with her ex-husband for failing to show up for visitation, police said, and wanted more help looking after her son, Gavin.

She killed the toddler at their First Avenue apartment, before driving her car into a bridge support underneath the Iowa Highway 5 bypass along Iowa Highway 28.

Friends and family said she was suffering from depression and often appeared distraught. In the past she had been a victim of domestic abuse and was being threatened with eviction from her apartment.

But during a police check-up the day before her death she told offers she was not suicidal, just mad at her estranged husband, Tim, who had failed to pick up Gavin for visitation. Read More