Michelle Vail wielded a shotgun and forced her 7-year-old son Oscar Vail to jump out of a second-floor , window , police said . The 32-year-old woman jumped as well in an apparent suicide attempt , according to authoritiees . Oscar told investigators his mother said a serial killer was looking for the family , investigators said . The boy 's mother now faces an aggravated child abuse charge .
Michelle Vail wielded a shotgun and forced her 7-year-old son Oscar to jump out of a second-floor , window , police said . The 32-year-old woman jumped as well in an apparent suicide attempt , according to authoritiees . Oscar Vail told investigators his mother said a serial killer was looking for the family , investigators said . The boy 's mother now faces an aggravated child abuse charge .