OK. About the Georgia murder of the toddler.

[IdaBriggs]

207. Agreed about the evil. I am convinced (as a mother)

that (given the chance) I would put myself between my children and danger.

Unequivocally. Without a second thought.

I wasn't a parent when the woman (Susan something?) drowned her children (after claiming a carjacker stole them). I remember initially being horrified and feeling such pity for her - but every parent I spoke to at the time was skeptical of the story to the point of rude. Their "spider sense" was going off the charts because that simply isn't how parents behave. We *protect* our children - except for the people who don't, who lose custody of theirs because they are a danger to them (like she has already been proven to be, since her daughter was taken away from her due to either abuse or neglect). As it turned out, they were right - the mom wanted a man, and sacrificed her children in the mistaken belief that doing so would get her what she wanted.

Psychopathic SCUM. (Um, still have some rage issues there - poor babies!)

Anyway, now I am a mom, and I *get it* -- my life for theirs without hesitation.

But that assumes I have the chance to make that bargain.

Obviously there is evil at work here. None of us can solve the crime on the internet, but we can think and talk about our reactions / assumptions.

I believe cali's "spider sense" is going off because of the "where is momma tiger?" stuff, too. (To be fair, mine is tingling. One quick flip of the wrist, and the baby would have been behind her -- but at the same time, it probably happened fast....?)

If she is innocent, she will probably relive those moments in her nightmares (including all of the what-if decisions and why-didn't-I thoughts) for the rest of her life. If she is guilty of anything, may she burn for it. There are many questions still to be answered, and hopefully they will be asked by investigators who will be fair, impartial, and stand for the innocent.

And as I said, we all mourn the baby.