ABSTRACT
Almost two thousand adults are killed by family members or intimate partners annually in the United States. These unspeakable acts of violence may leave a psychological scar upon the children, to the extent that even citing incidents in references became unbearable for the author during this writing. Though becoming increasingly rare, cases of uxoricide do surface. Working with a child who has lost both parents is a mixed blessing—one draws upon compassionate efforts to assist the child to restore a degree of trust and security in the world, while witnessing the effects of the ultimate in child abuse. For children on the spectrum, we can expect the trauma to exacerbate their symptoms, predisposing them to even more severe markers on the continuum. This chapter presents a case study of a twelve-year-old boy named Jon who suffered traumatic loss at the age seven.
