A false science led a mother to bleach her autistic children with bleach – and the police did nothing to prevent it



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Laurel Austin has documented the first dose of chlorine dioxide from her son Jeremy on YouTube. In the 30-second video, broadcast to 4,465 subscribers, Jeremy, 27, sits at a kitchen table while his mother recounts his mood. Then his arms seem to twist involuntarily around one another and he screams in his forearm before taking a bite of banana.

"It's to hope and pray," she says.

Austin, 51, is a photographer in Lenexa, Kansas, the mother of six children, including four adults with autism. According to her publications on Facebook, she has tried almost all of the "remedies" online for autism – a developmental disorder that has no known cure – including treatments for intoxication by heavy metals, hormonal treatments used in chemical castration and "natural" remedies such as coriander and seaweed.

For the past year, according to her social media posts and police investigation documents, Laurel Austin has donated chlorine dioxide to two of her adult sons, Jeremy and Joshua. The Food and Drug Administration warns that bleach is a solution and that doctors claim that it can be harmful to health when it is ingested, especially for the digestive system and the kidneys.

Joshua, 28, is talkative and likes "The Simpsons" and playing retro games on Nintendo, while Jeremy, 27, does not talk and can rage in which he bites his arms, according to their father, Bradley Austin, who provided police investigation records to NBC News. Joshua and Jeremy live with Laurel Austin, their court-appointed guardian, who makes medical and other decisions for them. Jeremy lived in a group home until his mother took him to try chlorine dioxide, according to his father.

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