Disturbed Young Mother Drowns Her Three Children "to protect them from sex trafficking."

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Mother unraveled in depression, conspiracies in months before she killed 3 kids

Last month, the situation got gravely worse. She started making wild allegations of child abuse, according to court records. Social workers and police in two counties got involved. The children’s father, Erik Denton, convinced a judge to award him physical custody of their three children, saying Carrillo was experiencing a psychotic episode and he feared for the kids’ well-being.

In the very early morning hours of April 10, Carrillo tapped out a message to an unnamed judge along with several media outlets.

She wrote that she was “by my children’s side since they were born,” referenced her postpartum depression, and proceeded to offer a manifesto.

“I don’t know when I became a target, but I know that Porterville is the root of all evil right now. Both of my children have now vocalized to me more than once that their private parts hurt,” she said. She positioned herself as protecting the kids.

Last weekend, a day before Denton said Carrillo was to turn the children over to him, her mother discovered the three grandchildren dead in the Reseda apartment they shared. In an extraordinary television interview from a Bakersfield jail on Thursday, Carrillo confessed to killing the kids, saying she was trying to protect them from sex trafficking.

“I drowned them,” she said, claiming she did so “softly.” She added, “I hugged them and I kissed them and I was apologizing the whole time.”

“Do I wish that I didn’t have to do that? Yes,” Carrillo said. “But I prefer them not being tortured and abused on a regular basis for the rest of their lives.”
 

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Mother unraveled in depression, conspiracies in months before she killed 3 kids

Last month, the situation got gravely worse. She started making wild allegations of child abuse, according to court records. Social workers and police in two counties got involved. The children’s father, Erik Denton, convinced a judge to award him physical custody of their three children, saying Carrillo was experiencing a psychotic episode and he feared for the kids’ well-being.

In the very early morning hours of April 10, Carrillo tapped out a message to an unnamed judge along with several media outlets.

She wrote that she was “by my children’s side since they were born,” referenced her postpartum depression, and proceeded to offer a manifesto.

“I don’t know when I became a target, but I know that Porterville is the root of all evil right now. Both of my children have now vocalized to me more than once that their private parts hurt,” she said. She positioned herself as protecting the kids.

Last weekend, a day before Denton said Carrillo was to turn the children over to him, her mother discovered the three grandchildren dead in the Reseda apartment they shared. In an extraordinary television interview from a Bakersfield jail on Thursday, Carrillo confessed to killing the kids, saying she was trying to protect them from sex trafficking.

“I drowned them,” she said, claiming she did so “softly.” She added, “I hugged them and I kissed them and I was apologizing the whole time.”

“Do I wish that I didn’t have to do that? Yes,” Carrillo said. “But I prefer them not being tortured and abused on a regular basis for the rest of their lives.”

This sounds similar to Andrea Yates, and a few others I have read about. This is a tragedy that she will have to live with, and I hope the court will be empathic in dealing with her situation...if of course...it's the truth.
 
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This sounds similar to Andrea Yates, and a few others I have read about. This is a tragedy that she will have to live with, and I hope the court will be empathic in dealing with her situation...if of course...it's the truth.
I hope she’s allowed to complete the part of her plan that she tragically failed at and should have lead with.
 
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I hope she’s allowed to complete the part of her plan that she tragically failed at and should have lead with.

I hope you are not advocating for her suicide, that would just add another tragedy on top of another tragedy.
 
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This sounds similar to Andrea Yates, and a few others I have read about. This is a tragedy that she will have to live with, and I hope the court will be empathic in dealing with her situation...if of course...it's the truth.
I find the idea that one should pity this woman preposterous.
 
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She forfeited that three times over.
I think she can't be held fully responsible. She obviously has some mental problems and needs to be civilly committed. Maybe one day she'll be better and be able to understand what she did. Maybe it would be better for her if she stayed crazy.

But pity? Please.
 
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