Guest guest Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 I got this from another sight, this is so sickening! PEKIN, Ill. (AP) — A woman accused of killing her autistic daughter testified Friday that she attempted to suffocate the 3-year-old with a pillow three days before she succeeded with a plastic garbage bag. McCarron said she couldn't go through with it using the pillow. When prosecutor asked her how long she held the bag over the toddler's head soon after, she replied about two minutes — until little stopped struggling. In a videotaped confession played in court Thursday, McCarron said she began having thoughts of hurting her daughter a year before the May 2006 slaying but put them out of her mind. On the day of the killing, though, the thoughts were stronger than ever. " They were so intense, " McCarron said. McCarron, 39, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murder, obstructing justice and concealment of a homicidal death. She was found mentally fit to stand trial, but a medical expert hired by her attorneys has said she was insane at the time of the killing. The trial resumes Monday. McCarron, a former pathologist, testified she felt responsible for 's autism because she allowed the child to get vaccinated. It " brought me a great deal of guilt, " she said. McCarron told investigators in the confession taped two days after was killed that she wrapped the white plastic bag around the child's head as played with toys on the floor at the home of McCarron's mother in Peoria. The child had scratch marks on her head and bite marks were found inside her mouth and on the bag as she apparently tried to free herself, according to other testimony. The confession was taped while McCarron was hospitalized after attempting suicide, investigators said. Wearing a hospital gown, she appears sitting on a bed next to her husband, McCarron. McCarron said she killed her child hoping to " fix her " and give her peace in heaven. " Maybe I could fix her this way, and in heaven she would be complete, " she said on the tape. McCarron said on the videotape that she took her daughter's body back to her own house and put her in bed. She then went to the store, bought ice cream and returned to her mother's home to get the garbage bag because, " if things get bad, their house would be searched. " Interviewers asked McCarron if she knew what she did was criminally wrong. " I have enough education to know that, " she answered. McCarron told police she felt like a failure because of the child's autism and was sad and hurt because the child couldn't interact with her very well. " I loved very much, but I hated the autism so, so much, " McCarron said. " I hated what it was doing to her. ... I just wanted autism out of my life. " Hosted by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 When I do a google search on 'karen mccarron' and I look at the article in wikipedia that comes up at the top of my search list, there is no mention of the fact that the mother blames herself for having vaccinated the child. There is also no mention of a taped confession. Granted, I have not read the entire article, just did a 'find in this page' search with my browser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Wikipedia is good for a quick scan on, say, element tables or pop music bios, but otherwise it's not a reliable resource. Wiki was " captured " a long time ago, though I don't know that it was ever neutral on the issue of psychiatry and pharmaceutical products. Just look at the Wikipedia entry for autism and you'll barf. I know members of a psychiatric reform group, some of them international experts, who attempted to edit Wiki articles on schizophrenia and bipolar disorder to correct the pharma-friendly distortions and unsubstantiated drug recommendations which were stated as fact. The edits were removed within hours each time. It isn't just that pharmaceutical companies " guard " wiki articles which they consider to be under their domain(a guy at Cal-Tech developed software to track the source of Wiki edits and discovered some coming from Merck and other pharmaceutical company computers. Since the expose, the companies may use WOM marketers working from private computers). I think the founders of Wiki have very mainstream views themselves. Anything embarrassing to pharma will be offset in hard-to-find articles under separate themes if at all. Articles on famous pharma critics constantly have " flags " indicating that they've been criticized for lack of neutrality and are frequently threatened with removal. You never find the same attacks aimed at pharma mouth pieces. > > When I do a google search on 'karen mccarron' and I look at the > article in wikipedia that comes up at the top of my search list, there > is no mention of the fact that the mother blames herself for having > vaccinated the child. There is also no mention of a taped confession. > Granted, I have not read the entire article, just did a 'find in this > page' search with my browser. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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