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HeiressofBickworth

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11. I'm curious

Reply to HereSince1628 (Original post)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 08:16 PM

Dec 2015

I wonder WHAT the couple told the grandmother when they dropped the baby off?

Hey, Mom, can you watch the baby for a while? We have a couple of errands to do.

or something along this line:
Hey Mom, can you watch the baby for a while and if we're not back, raise her to adulthood.

So, I suppose what I really want to know is what the grandmother's understanding was at the time she took the baby off their hands.

It's just hard to understand how the stockpiling of weapons and explosives wasn't some kind of an indication of something wrong. Did the grandma ever visit the couple's apartment?

So many questions.

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Unanswerable? Why would parents of a 7 month old go out and kill people? [View all] HereSince1628 Dec 2015 OP

People are complicated. It's not like in the movies or books, but quite complicated. uppityperson Dec 2015 #1

Her motivations were political. TeeYiYi Dec 2015 #2

How do you know the child was a prop? What did I miss? HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #4

What I'm suggesting... TeeYiYi Dec 2015 #14

There are lots of people in this world who ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #3

Only on teevee are all parents loving leftstreet Dec 2015 #5

That's true, but I suppose consideration of loving parents HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #10

There are plenty of soldiers in plenty of armies that have children jberryhill Dec 2015 #6

Yep to both observations. randys1 Dec 2015 #9

Idjit religion. hifiguy Dec 2015 #7

I do think religion can introduce belief in dangerous moral imperatives. HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #12

There is literally nothing that cannof be justifed hifiguy Dec 2015 #16

Similiar story for the Dear Fellow in Wellstone ruled Dec 2015 #8

I'm curious HeiressofBickworth Dec 2015 #11

Press conference summary. proverbialwisdom Dec 2015 #17

Latest news is that the grandmother lived with them. cwydro Dec 2015 #18

Yes, that conversation is also hard to imagine HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #20

Because they're demented, warped, hateful assholes? tabasco Dec 2015 #13

Exactly 6chars Dec 2015 #22

...+1 840high Dec 2015 #24

I think an American decided Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #15

I'd like to know what police/FBI think they mean when they say radicalized HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #23

I'd like to know more too. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #28

Root cause: Religion NightWatcher Dec 2015 #19

IT could hardly be more obvious hifiguy Dec 2015 #21

My head, too. I read 840high Dec 2015 #25

Saying religion really doesn't explain very much although HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #27

I'm not blaming a religion or even their religion. I blame the extremist actors NightWatcher Dec 2015 #29

Islamic fundamentalism JI7 Dec 2015 #26

Or any kind of fundamentalism ? obnoxiousdrunk Dec 2015 #31

Short answer ... GeorgeGist Dec 2015 #30