Shocked by depression after the death of her mother, a mentally ill Styrian (48) decided to take her own life – and “take her twelve-year-old daughter with her”. For this, she grabbed a pillow and tried to suffocate her child. The girl fought back so fiercely and was able to flee. A jury then referred the woman to a forensic therapeutic center.
A woman from Styria (48) has been plagued by depression since childhood. When her mother passed away earlier this year, her world came crashing down: “She was my best friend, I could talk to her about everything. When she died, I didn’t know how to deal with everyday life anymore, I just functioned,” says the former pharmaceutical representative. Even going to the supermarket frightened her.
‘It’s so terrible what I’ve done’
She knew she needed help. But even going to the psychiatrist, psychologist, general practitioner, Caritas and the district administration and taking the right medication could not alleviate her suffering, the attraction grew stronger and stronger: “The disease soon made me her instrument.”
While she was plagued by days of insomnia at the end of April, suicidal thoughts and panic attacks alternated. Until she decided that only death could end her torment. “Today I can’t believe what I did back then, it’s so horrible!” cries and sobs the woman before the jury, presided over by Judge Angelika Hacker.
Mouth and nose covered
Not wanting her daughter to find her mother’s body, she decided to suffocate the girl. She picked up a pillow and pressed it into the sleeping girl’s face. She then also covered the twelve-year-old’s mouth and nose. In terror, the girl fought back and was able to free herself: “Mom, you wanted to kill me!” she yelled and locked herself in the bathroom.
At that moment the woman realized what she had done. She also ran to the police sobbing and immediately confessed. Experts confirmed her severe depression with psychotic symptoms and an anxiety disorder. She was not legally admitted.
Source: Krone
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