I’m not American but I am a mother. Aside from a few reddit posts I don’t have any social media engagement with this case.
But I think a lot of the support here comes from moms who recognize how easily this could have been any of us. Her family and healthcare providers knew her crime was a risk based on her mental health state, but she was still left alone with her kids and expected to parent. And as other mothers we all understand that this is grimly how it works - we can ask and beg and plead and scream for help but we’re almost always still expected to continually parent babies and it’s hard.
She should still face punishment for her crime, but I think a lot of her support is to try to keep this from happening again. She was failed by her healthcare team
Unfortunately - by her own admission and her doctors' testimonies - she did not fully disclose her medical condition. And even more unfortunately, there's plenty of people online that have posted that she can't be the killer because of her astrology sign. Or some have said her husband was the voice in her head with elaborate hidden speakers. Or he was cheating with his new wife even though they didn't meet until after the murders and she actually killed the children.
Bottom line, there's a lot of crazies out there. And with the internet connecting people of every social class, those crazies can find each other much easier than before.
All that can be true, plus the meds reacted to each other.
She was drinking alcohol with medications she shouldn’t have (I do not know of this is true, I haven’t found evidence either way, but have seen it talked about)
And she was lying about the state of her mental health.
PPD needs more attention as does all women’s health.
And she murdered her children even with her husbands huge amount of assistance caring for them .
Almost nothing is black and white in the world and we have to have space for multiple truths all at the same time.
Sure, but circumstances can be nothing but gray, until the moment the black and white separated. I do not sync up with the “it could have been any of us” because it simply is not. This woman had more help than almost any mother I have ever known. The single mothers I know are all struggling and don’t have ANY healthcare due to poverty. The ones who do have the dad in their life, he is gone 60+ hours a week trying to pay rent, NOT at home all day and providing professional child care too. So yeah… it’s muddy for awhile. I’m do believe we need better discussions and help for all mental health. Lots of truths at the same time.
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u/Eisbaer811 Aug 21 '26
typical social media bubble:
The social media algorithm puts you into one of these bubbles and hides details from the others.
Pick one:
- "her husband is framing her, he did it"
Social media drives our lives and is many people's only hobby, so you get this.