Mother killed 5 sons

**Unamused Cat** · August 15th, 2008, 12:51 AM

KIEL, Germany (AP) - A German court on Thursday ordered a woman who killed her five sons held indefinitely at a psychiatric facility.

The state court in Kiel ruled that Steffi Kitzmuller, 32, posed a danger to society. A court-appointed expert said she suffered from paranoid schizophrenia.

Kitzmuller has been in a psychiatric facility since December, when the bodies of her boys, aged 3 to 9, were found at their family home in the northern village of Darry.

During court proceedings to determine whether Kitzmuller should stay in psychiatric care, she admitted having suffocated her sons with bags _ which she resorted to after failing to kill them with sleeping pills.

In a written statement to the court, she said she had sent her husband, the father of the three youngest boys, to stay with friends in Berlin.The court determined the killings should be classified as manslaughter.

Judge Joerg Brommann said the defendant believed she and her children were threatened by evil powers and was unable to see that her actions were wrong. He said killing the children was «consistent and necessary» from her point of view.

In court Thursday, she listened to the verdict without showing any reaction.

http://www.pr-inside.com/woman-who-k...ld-r756274.htm

**katyk** · August 15th, 2008, 12:56 AM

Sheesh, I will never understand stories like this. What do you think about the insanity defense, really? I mean, yeah, you'd have to be fucked up to kill your 5 children, but if she was that crazy, wouldn't her husband notice and not leave to see friends in Berlin? Ugh.

**petrina** · August 15th, 2008, 01:06 AM

hate to contaminate this thread with caylee madness, but how interesting to see the similarities and differences. the indifference struck me as so familiar. but the motive... this lady is clearly delusional and casey is so sane-seeming. tho i guess histrionic/narcissistic can be just as crazy taken to a baby-killing level. i guess this shows the difference between the different disorders. two roads - same destination.

**Unamused Cat** · August 15th, 2008, 01:27 AM

This reminds me of the Andrea Yates case. It is a shame nobody saw this coming. :(

**Silvahalo** · August 15th, 2008, 01:47 AM

Crazy bitch.

Rest in peace little ones.

**celtic friend** · August 15th, 2008, 10:48 AM

There had to have been signs that something was wrong.

KatyK you are right, there had to have been signs if she was that crazy. So why would the husband leave her alone with the kids?
People need to take MI seriously and also we need to release the stigma associated it with.

**Pete Bondurant** · August 18th, 2008, 07:11 PM

Hey, it's just five less freaky Germans, so...uh...wha's the problem?

**Dakota Valkyrie** · August 18th, 2008, 07:57 PM

Other than your brothers in the French Foreign Legion, are there ANY people that you would care if there were less of? (taking a survey, dontcha know :))

Exclude bombshells of any race.

**Pete Bondurant** · August 19th, 2008, 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by Dakota_Valkyrie

Other than your brothers in the French Foreign Legion, are there ANY people that you would care if there were less of? (taking a survey, dontcha know :))

Exclude bombshells of any race.

No. There are not ANY people that I would care if there were less of, aside from the two exceptions mentioned above.