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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not have sympathy for her.  She must have been acting normal or her husband wouldn’t have gone out for take out and left her alone with the kids.  She had enough self control to act fine and wait until he left to then strangle her three children one by one, and at least one of them put up a big fight.  This does not sound like an out of control psychotic break to me.  It seems like premeditated murder after lying in wait.  I also do not know how her husband is singing the praises of the person who strangled his children less than a week ago.  On a go fund me to raise money for himself no less.  There is more to this story.[/quote]

You clearly don’t understand serious mental illness and psychosis.

Further, you don’t even understand basic language used by law enforcement and EMS personnel. There is no evidence that any of the small children ‘put up a big fight’. When a body is described as having obvious signs of trauma, that means trauma to the body - strangulation marks would qualify. It doesn’t take a lot of force for very long to render a young child unconscious by neck compression - it is unlikely that any of the children had much opportunity to defend themselves or put up a big fight.

In my experience and training as a former prosecutor this case seems a classic example of post partum psychosis. It is not inconsistent for a mind to be in the throes of psychotic distress and yet still capable of knowing that the objective of killing and suicide can only be achieved when the other adult has departed the house. If you fail to grasp this concept then all you are exhibiting is your ignorance about how truly serious mental illness and psychosis works. Good for you, honestly. I wish I had never had occasion to know these things. Many of us who do the work of law enforcement and mental health work wish we didn’t know these things. It must be nice to still be in the bubble of ignorance that tells you there is good and evil and black and white and nobody ever behaves in ways they don’t specifically intend. If only the real world was such a simple place. But it is not, and your ignorance renders your comments useless in this discussion.[/quote]

Strangling a child much less 3 is not easily accomplished. Fighting for life is innate and toddlers will fight you in not life or death situations. Ever try to give a toddler who doesn't want medication some medicine? Ever try to give a shot to a toddler?

I'm sure it's easier for you to think those kids didn't suffer didn't feel any pain or fear and they essentially just went to sleep.
I'm sure it's easier for you to think she truly has no idea what she was doing.

But that's not reality [/quote]

+1 I really do understand.  The charges included assault. This wasn't mixing too much nyquil in the children's hot cocoa before bedtime and they didn't wake up, or putting a pillow over their faces while they were sound asleep.[/quote]

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