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CrimeQuiet 24d · day 27

Mother admits to killing 11-month-old son to avoid custody loss

A mother confessed to kidnapping and killing her infant over custody concerns, stating the act was 'worth it.'

What to know

  • A mother confessed to killing her 11-month-old son to prevent losing custody, calling the act 'worth it.'
  • Online discussion centers on contested theories: mental illness and psychosis versus possession-based motivation.
  • Commenters question the logic of killing the child rather than the father if abuse concerns were genuine.

The dispute Whether mental illness/psychosis provides meaningful context for understanding her actions versus treating them as a deliberate act of possession and control disguised by abuse allegations. · positions read across 15 posts and comments

some voices

Mental illness or psychosis may have impaired her judgment; she should not be categorically condemned as a terrible person.

  • “All I'm saying is that people are too quick to jump to assuming she's a terrible person, considering the possibility that she wasn't in her right mind.”

    Gilles_of_Augustine · reddit ↗
many voices

She treated the child as a possession to control; the stated custody justification is a rationalization for calculated murder.

  • “She just saw the baby as a possession. She likely could have secretly put him up for adoption.”

    HistoryBuff678 · reddit
many voices

The stated motivation—preventing custody loss—does not logically justify killing the child; alternatives existed or the threat was misrepresented.

  • “If she believed the father or someone in his family was a molester, why didn't she kill them instead?”

    John_cCmndhd · reddit

“If she believed the father or someone in his family was a molester, why didn't she kill them instead?”

John_cCmndhd, Reddit commenter · reddit · Aug 28

Unnamed mother Defendant

Mother admits to killing 11-month-old son to avoid custody loss
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The record 1 articles and posts · last 27 days

  1. ‘Worth it’: Mother admitted to kidnapping, killing her 11-month-old son because she did not want to give up custody press · Google News · Nation · ABC7 WWSB · 26d ago · +1 outlet

What people are saying 14 voices from 1 site · best of 15 · verbatim

Still unanswered
  • What evidence exists that the father posed an actual threat to the child, or was the stated justification a rationalization?
  • Was she evaluated for mental illness or psychosis prior to or after the crime?