Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against a Miami-Dade mother accused of drowning her autistic son.

During a Zoom hearing Thursday, prosecutor Gail Levine said her office has filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty against Patricia Ripley, after she was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday.

Ripley, 45, faces a first-degree murder charge in the May 21 killing of her 9-year-old son Alejandro, who had autism and was non-verbal. Her attorney had said she would plead not guilty.Police said Ripley had taken her son to a lake behind a housing complex near 103rd Avenue and Kendall Drive and attempted to leave him in the water to drown. Police said video footage confirmed that Ripley pushed her son into the water and left him there by himself.