Father Returns From Work To Find Two Babies Dead, Wife With Slit Wrists

[Marv]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...it-wrists.html

A father returned home from work discovered his two young children smothered to death and his wife had apparently slit both her wrists.

He raised the alarm but his 10-week-old baby boy and a one-year-old girl were later pronounced dead.

The man's wife has been arrested over the double deaths and is today being questioned by detectives.

The children had apparently been smothered and police were investigating the possibility that the mother was suffering from post-natal depression.

The young family lived on a street lined with £1million terraced properties in an affluent area nicknamed Nappy Valley because young professionals like to move there to raise children.

They had only moved in to their property three weeks beforehand.

Although the woman is understood to have attempted to harm herself she did not require any treatment.

Forensic officers are working on the scene and detectives are carrying out house-to-house inquiries in the area as a murder investigation gets underway.

A post-mortem examination was due to take place to establish the cause of death.

Police said they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the deaths.
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'Police were called to an address at 7.25pm on Wednesday 9 May.

'The ambulance service also attended but a 10-week old boy and a one-year old girl were pronounced dead at the scene.

'A post-mortem examination will take place in due course. Next of kin are aware.

'A woman in her mid-30s was arrested in connection with the incident. She is currently in custody at a south London police station.

[JGo555]

I can tell you she was overwhelmed. That was me a year ago. A baby & a 1 yr o. toddler.

There's so much to say about the harm that I want her to feel, so much pain. But it'll never happen, and when she wakes up from her PPD she'll be in a different kind of depression.

I just want to say that I am very glad I did not suffer this and I hope that no othe woman goes through it.

[CbabyRKO]

As much boinking as me and my husband did after our first kid it was a neccesity to use protection that and I was 19 goin on 20 and knew that there was no way on God's green Earth was I having another kid til the first one was walking talking and peeing on hhis own. He's 3 now and doing all that...I didnt think he'd catch on so damn fast so now I pushed up the age to 5 when he'll have a full school day and I have a bit more time to devote to 2 kids. He is insanely jealous might I add of other babies and his Granny so this should be fun if he hasnt grown out of it by 5 lol

[LeaveMeBe]

Wow. A one year old, a 10 week old and a move. If she was suffering from PPD then this most certainly would have pushed her over the edge. HOWEVER, even though the blame lies with her and she will suffer for this when/if she ever comes out the other side, I know that women who have this show behaviors and symptoms that their loved ones can see. What I don't get is why the people who surround them don't push the issue. I still feel for everyone invoved, even the mom if she has PPD. If not, smother the bitch with a plastic bag, but do it slowly and torturously.

[Shadow]

Wow. A one year old, a 10 week old and a move. If she was suffering from PPD then this most certainly would have pushed her over the edge. HOWEVER, even though the blame lies with her and she will suffer for this when/if she ever comes out the other side, I know that women who have this show behaviors and symptoms that their loved ones can see. What I don't get is why the people who surround them don't push the issue. I still feel for everyone invoved, even the mom if she has PPD. If not, smother the bitch with a plastic bag, but do it slowly and torturously.

my oldest girls are 18months apart. When my second daughter was born, within weeks of her birth, we moved to base housing. The baby came in January (she was hospitalized at 2wks for failure to thrive and spent a week in the hospital. After she came home, her sister ended up with some sort of illness (they never were able to identify it) and spent a week in the hospital), in February or March, we moved to base housing. In October I was hospitalized for depression and a suicide attempt ('d walked in on my husband and best friend in bed together). Even though I was depressed, and overwhelmed and dealing with a dozen different things at once, I never once considered going after my kids. Maybe I'm one of the lucky ones. Maybe it just never entered my mind, or maybe I just couldn't bear the thought of hurting one of my babies. I don't know, but I do know this... I am grateful and I do believe that even when I sliced my wrist, (yes, I went down the road, not across the street) I knew exactly what I was doing. I was aware. And I knew that at that moment in my life, my own pain was so great, I did not want to live, any longer. But, alas, I pulled through it and am here to talk about it. I'm in agreement with you LeaveMeBe. When she 'wakes' from this fog, she will have a greater pain than her depression to deal with.


~shadow

[LeaveMeBe]

my oldest girls are 18months apart. When my second daughter was born, within weeks of her birth, we moved to base housing. The baby came in January (she was hospitalized at 2wks for failure to thrive and spent a week in the hospital. After she came home, her sister ended up with some sort of illness (they never were able to identify it) and spent a week in the hospital), in February or March, we moved to base housing. In October I was hospitalized for depression and a suicide attempt ('d walked in on my husband and best friend in bed together). Even though I was depressed, and overwhelmed and dealing with a dozen different things at once, I never once considered going after my kids. Maybe I'm one of the lucky ones. Maybe it just never entered my mind, or maybe I just couldn't bear the thought of hurting one of my babies. I don't know, but I do know this... I am grateful and I do believe that even when I sliced my wrist, (yes, I went down the road, not across the street) I knew exactly what I was doing. I was aware. And I knew that at that moment in my life, my own pain was so great, I did not want to live, any longer. But, alas, I pulled through it and am here to talk about it. I'm in agreement with you LeaveMeBe. When she 'wakes' from this fog, she will have a greater pain than her depression to deal with.


~shadow

I am thankful you are here, shadow. I have depression and have had it my whole life, at times way more severe than others, and I have never had the urge to harm myself or my children so I count myself very lucky. I cannot imagine what it is like, so I was willing to hold my tongue on that. I don't whether or not to wish this is what this story entails or not. :(

[Shadow]

I am thankful you are here, shadow. I have depression and have had it my whole life, at times way more severe than others, and I have never had the urge to harm myself or my children so I count myself very lucky. I cannot imagine what it is like, so I was willing to hold my tongue on that. I don't whether or not to wish this is what this story entails or not. :(

Thank you, LeaveMeBe. I am grateful for you, that you've not had the urge to self-injure, harm yourself or to injure anyone else. It's a feeling that never really goes away. There are moments in my life, even now when the thoughts creep in, and I have to be careful not to let them become reality.. Am I depressed? No. Not at all. Sometimes I just get tired of certain things in my life. Not to worry, it's not something I will ever do again. I have other ways to handle those feelings. :) I promise!

~shadow

[Aena]

I had post-partum psychosis after I had my ten year old. You don't fuck around with that shit. I didn't sleep for 2 weeks, every time I laid my head down I had a massive panic attack. I then started thinking about killing myself and my daughter, because I was so scared something was going to happen to her, twisted logic I know. You get to the point when nothing makes sense anymore, you just want it to end. I am so glad I went into a full blown panic attack in front of my sister and BIL, they rushed me to the ER because I was hyperventilating and they had no idea what was going on. That trip to the ER saved my life and my daughter's life.

[newstarshipsmell]

father returned home from work discovered his two young children smothered to death and his wife had apparently slit both her wrists.
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Although the woman is understood to have attempted to harm herself she did not require any treatment.

Guess she sliced across instead of along her wrists?

YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.

[Marv]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...dren-home.html

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Neighbours heard investment banker Jeff Boots, 34, cry ‘Oh my God, oh my God’ as he desperately tried to save his ten-week-old son and 14-month-old daughter Lily Skye.

He was later heard wailing: ‘My lovely son, my beautiful daughter. They have gone. Help me, help me, help me.’
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His wife, Felicia, also 34, was arrested at the family home. She had apparently tried to harm herself but did not need hospital treatment.

Mrs Boots, a jewellery designer who runs a website called Pink Tangerine, was being questioned by detectives from Child Abuse Investigation Command yesterday.
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The couple, originally from Canada, had moved into the three-storey, five-bedroom house near Wandsworth Common only two weeks ago. The home is in a part of south London nicknamed ‘nappy valley’ because of its popularity with rich young professionals starting families.

One neighbour described them as appearing to be ‘a typical middle class couple’.
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Neither of the children had any visible injuries and it is believed they may have been smothered.

Oliver Jones, 27, a business consultant who lives opposite, said: ‘I arrived home when the first police car arrived and he was in floods of tears. The police were here from about 7.30 to about 9.30. The wife was led out to the police car. She seemed very calm and placid.

A recent picture of a baby taken from Jeffrey Boots' Facebook page believed to be his 10-week-old boy

[Marv]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...lley-home.html

A mother has today been remanded in custody charged with murdering her two babies after they were discovered dead in their £1.2m 'Nappy Valley' home.

Felicia Boots, 34, is accused of murdering her 10-week-old son Mason, and his 14-month-old sister Lily at their upmarket family home.

Boots, wearing grey tracksuit bottoms and a dark grey jumper, spoke in a soft Canadian accent when she confirmed her name and address at Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court in Battersea, south west London.

She was remanded to appear at the Old Bailey on Tuesday.

Metropolitan Police officers arrested their mother, Felicia, 34, at the semi-detached home after emergency services were unable to revive the children at the scene.

As she left the court she waved to her parents and a friend who were watching proceedings from the public gallery.
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A formal cause of death has not yet been determined, police said.

[Dakota Valkyrie]

Two babies found dead in a bedroom at their parents' £1.2 million home died from suffocation, an inquest heard today.
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The first post mortem on the siblings identified a provisional cause of death as asphyxia, the hearing at Westminster Coroner's Court was told.

The hearing was adjourned by the coroner after police asked for more time to carry out their criminal investigation.

Mrs Boots, a jewellery designer originally from Canada, was "too ill" to attend the Old Bailey earlier this week and is currently sectioned in a mental health hospital. It is believed that she was suffering with post natal depression when her children were found dead.
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On the request of the Police Coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox the inquest was adjourned. A review of the progress was set for a date in November. If a second post mortem is required by Mrs Boots' defence team it must be carried out within 28 days of the deaths.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...d-inquest.html

[CbabyRKO]

Guess she sliced across instead of along her wrists?

YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.

Was I supposed to laugh? If I wasnt then damn I'm hell bound coz that made me laugh and feel bad at the same time.

[Pete Bondurant]

This guy is free as a bird. No more nagging wife....no more whining kids....it all worked out fine for him.

[Marv]

A mother who suffered postnatal depression has admitted killing her two children at their home.

Felicia Boots, 35, killed Lily Boots, aged 14 months, and her 10-week-old brother Mason in Wandsworth, south-west London, in May.

Her manslaughter plea on the grounds of diminished responsibility was accepted by the prosecution at the Old Bailey, and murder charges were dropped.

She was ordered to be detained at a psychiatric hospital.

The judge, Mr Justice Fulford, said the case was indescribably sad and what she did was a result of psychological forces beyond her control.
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Boots, who was in court to enter her plea, gave a note to her counsel Kate Bex to read.

It said: "May 9, 2012 is a day I will be eternally sorry for. It should never have happened.

"It troubles me more than anyone will ever know. Part of me will always be missing.

"I am a good person. I am a good mum and I never meant any of this to happen.

"I am truly sorry."

The court heard Boots had been detained at a psychiatric unit since the deaths and the prosecution's decision followed consideration of doctors' reports.

The couple had moved to the UK in the past few years from Canada.

The court was told that Boots suffered postnatal depression following the births of both children, but appeared to be getting better.

She had been prescribed anti-depressants but had not been taking them after becoming convinced the babies would be taken away from her because of the effects of the drugs on her breast milk.

Edward Brown QC, prosecuting, told the court the Crown had closely examined the medical evidence and spoken to Boots' husband, who was in court.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-20136443

[Dakota Valkyrie]

She had been prescribed anti-depressants but had not been taking them after becoming convinced the babies would be taken away from her because of the effects of the drugs on her breast milk.

I think I would have opted for formula. Breast milk may be better but a sane mom is better yet. I guess they had no way of knowing that it would get that bad.