Reply #5: Tragic story

[bluedeminredstate]

I read the story you posted then went back in the paper's archives to read more about the case. I wasn't surprised to read that there was a fanatical pastor involved in this woman's life. He testified at her trial that he believed some women were possessed with a "Jezebel spirit" and that mental illness was caused by demons. This woman was hallucinating before the birth of her child and continued having psychotic episodes after the birth. One of her delusions was that she was possessed with this Jezebel spirit.
The article didn't say much about her church and her family's involvement, but her lawyer was quoted as saying that she had been involved with a church and people that weren't good for her mental health. If her pastor believes that mental illness is caused by demons it's no wonder she didn't receive the help she needed when she first exhibited psychotic behavior.

Shades of Andrea Yates, who by the way, was her roommate at the maximum security psychiatric hospital where she was placed after her trial.

Schlosser's husband has moved away and divorced her and she is forbidden to have any contact with her two children. Shades of Rusty Yates, who eventually dumped Andrea and married another woman who he planned to have more children with.