Woman suffocates her 6-week old baby with pages from Bible

Submitted by the_captain on Thu, 2012-10-04 00:39

Story here. Excerpt:

'A UK woman, Jullia Lovemore, 41, admitted to the manslaughter of her 6 week old daughter in court stemming from an incident in 2009. Lovemore has been in the custody of the state for three years prior to her latest courtroom appearance. She now awaits the punishment for smothering her child to death.

When the child was discovered dead, it was found to have pages of the bible in its mouth and throat. The mother admits to blocking the airways of the less than two month old child's mouth. She said, "I sat in my bedroom and I was ripping pages out of my Bible. I put some small bits of paper in Faith's mouth and she spat them out."

Many sources have reported the mother describing sitting on the child, and then bouncing up and down. She says she does not know why she did this and that she "got bipolar." Quite an excuse for someone who admitted to taking the life of a child.'

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First, she's described as 'Christian'. Last time I checked, Christianity didn't condone murdering babies by stuffing pages from its primary written source down their throats. So calling her "Christian" certainly doesn't seem to fit. Second, she's also touted as "insane". Well arguably anyone who murders an infant is insane. And it may explain why she did it, in a sense. But it doesn't excuse it-- unless of course the killer happens to be female.

My bet is that she will get committed to an asylum and be released after a few years. If this had been the baby's father, well, he'd undoubtedly be sent to prison for life. But based on the story, they both sound completely bonkers. Criminal, certainly the mother, in her actions, but totally nuts. I have said it before and I'll say it again: Some people really should never even consider reproducing.

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Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2012-10-04 00:54