The Brooklyn woman jailed for two months for refusing to say what happened to her missing autistic son on Tuesday was ordered released by a judge who ruled she was being punished for exercising her rights. Jacqueline Pritchett, 50, must still show up in Family Court next week to be questioned once again about her son, Jacob Pritchett, a nonverbal 11-year-old missing since at least April. His mother, who has mental health issues, let police and an Administration for Children’s Services caseworker into her Brownsville apartment on Oct. 1 when they were checking on a tip about Jacob’s well-being. Read more about it in the New York Daily News.
