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Mom Was Battling Postpartum Psychosis When She Killed Kids: Reports Mom Was Battling Postpartum Psychosis When She Killed Kids: Reports
Mom Was Battling Postpartum Psychosis When She Killed Kids: Reports New details suggest that a woman charged with killing her two young children and injuring a third at their Massachusetts home this week was allegedly fighting a mental illness that impacts new mothers.  Lindsay Clancy, age 32, was possibly suffering from postpartum psychosis, sources told the WBZ-TV I-Team. The mental illness occurs in approximately .1-.2% of births, according to Postpartum Support International (PSI). The onset of PPD is usually sudden, most often within the first two weeks postpartum, according to the PSI's website. However, symptoms can appear in the first year, with re…

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by David Cifarelli
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Mom Stabs 5-Month-Old Daughter Dead: Salem County Prosecutor Mom Stabs 5-Month-Old Daughter Dead: Salem County Prosecutor
Mom Stabs 5-Month-Old Daughter Dead: Salem County Prosecutor A 26-year-old Penns Grove mom has been charged in the stabbing death of her 5-month-old child, authorities announced Saturday. Kristhie I. Alcazar, 26, was arrested on murder charges after her daughter was found with stab wounds on Friday, Dec. 3, the Salem County Prosecutor’s Office said in a news release. Police responded to an open 911 call with audible disturbance in the background. Investigators arrived at Alcazar’s home on Helms Cove Lane in Penns Grove, where they found her arguing with another person and the body of the infant with visible stab wounds to the chest, authorities …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Woman Arrested In CA 14 Years After Tossing Newborn Daughter Into Garbage In PA Woman Arrested In CA 14 Years After Tossing Newborn Daughter Into Garbage In PA
Woman Arrested In CA 14 Years After Tossing Newborn Daughter Into Garbage In PA Years of investigation and DNA evidence have led to the arrest of an Indiana woman who police believe left her newborn daughter in a dumpster in Lancaster in 2007. Tara Indrakosit Brazzle, 44, of Valparaiso, Indiana (formerly of Lancaster, Pennsylvania), was arrested in California for the 2007 infanticide by asphyxiation of a newborn baby girl, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney's office. UPDATE: Brazzle has been convicted and sentenced. You can read the updated report here.  ORIGIAL REPORT: The Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office and the Lancaster City Burea…

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by Jillian Pikora