Washington state authorities say a woman wrote damning Facebook messages about killing her 2-month-old daughter — and now she has been charged with attempted murder and assault.
Shannon McNease, 27, was apprehended by Mason County Sheriff’s deputies on Thursday after an investigation apparently connected to her injured baby. McNease is now in custody in Washington’s Kitsap County, where she is being held on $1 million bond.
According to Bremerton police, the baby’s father on Aug. 7 brought the girl to the emergency room, where she was found to have “suspicious” injuries. After the baby was transferred to Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital, doctors found that the baby had a brain bleed and “20 rib fractures and six metaphyseal fractures,” which were believed to have been caused by “non-accidental trauma.”
Further investigation by police allegedly revealed that McNease had allegedly expressed “homicidal intent” toward her baby.
baines@lemmy.cafe 1 week ago
postpartum?
Lovstuhagen@hilariouschaos.com 1 week ago
It really could be, yes. It could also be that she is part of the 1-2% of people that are just born sociopaths with little empathy.
Little babies can be completely overwhelming.
If you are immature or low IQ, plus you have little empathy, plus you can’t cope with your feelings… You might shake or outright smack a baby, which is fucking insane… and I think most people who do this then STOP, and they do not do it again, so they may not really damage the baby, at least not lethally…
And then there’s people who just can’t cope it all and this becomes their norm, and… I think they deserve to rot in jail.
My advice to someone is that if you are at the point where you are about to do violence, the one thing you can do… to not be judged… to maybe even be THANKED someday… Is to say, “I have some really bad thoughts that are un-maternal/un-paternal, I really have this instinct to physically harm my kid. So, I can’t be a parent. I need to surrender this baby to family or the authorities right now.”
(This is likely completely irrelevant to everyone who will ever read this but I write it because I think it makes a point and it is good advice… Like the people who have inappropriate inclinations sexually that nobody can or will consent to, or people who have violent inclinations… Just remove yourself from any situation where this comes up & GTFO as much as is relevant. That is how you be ethical.)