At the end of June, Slaughter wrote her sister to say their mother would pay for Ben’s education for the coming year. Jensvold had planned to enroll her son in the Ivymount School, a Rockville, Md., private school specializing in autism and other learning disabilities. Tuition there ranges based on a child’s needs, but can be more than $60,000, the school said Monday. Her mother said she’d send a check.
In her final months, Jensvold only sporadically communicated with her family, as she had for years, Slaughter said. Emails frequently went unreturned, mail sometimes unopened.
Ben spent July 4 with his divorced parents aboard his dad’s restored boat, treading past the Washington Monument with a picnic dinner of barbecue and pineapple. It was a final moment of serenity.
He died a month later. One day after his body was found – co-workers hadn’t heard from Jensvold for days and newspapers had accumulated outside the house – a $10,000 check from Jensvold’s mother arrived, Slaughter said.
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