OK. About the Georgia murder of the toddler.

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295. Here's why some DUers were logically eyeing the mother

There are accusations being tossed back and forth on this board about the "ghoulishness" of suspecting the mother. How could people be entertaining such monstrous thoughts about a poverty-stricken mom? What's WRONG with people?

I'll tell you why DUers might have qualms about the mother. Statistics, pure and simple.

For those who think it's wrong wrong wrong to EVER suspect a parent in the death of a child, I present the cold, hard fact:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/16/mother-kill-children-society-_n_850094.html

The primary person most likely to be responsible for the murder of a young child is ... the parent. In this case, since the mother was the one present at the time of the murder, naturally it's the mother one focuses on.

Now consider the mother's explanation: that a stranger walked up and deliberately shot an infant in the face. How often does THAT happen? Compared to parents killing a child, which is estimated to happen once every three days in America?

So it is merely logical to ponder the truth behind this story. It is not ghoulish; it is the fact that the purported act of a stranger killing a child in a stroller is so rare and so horrifying that we have trouble believing it. Even though it now appears it may likely be true.