Left inset: Larena Jackson (Cass County Sheriff’s Office). Right inset: Larena Jackson’s son, Aaryan (Valley News Live). Background: The area around White Stone Loop in rural Cass Lake, Minn., where Larena Jackson killed Aaryan (Google Maps).
A mother in Minnesota is heading to prison for murdering her 23-month-old son by slamming his head repeatedly into a bedroom wall and then lying to police about what happened, claiming he was run over by his father — who happened to have his car in the shop at the time.
“She took my baby’s life,” said Robert Ortez, father of Aaryan, who was killed by his mom Larena Jackson in August 2023. “I still don’t know, to this day, what really happened because she isn’t saying anything,” Ortez told Valley News Live. “I’m still trying to figure out why she did it. I don’t know why[.]”
