Murdered Pregnant Woman

[Julnar]

What could have possessed a man to murder a pregnant woman and her unborn child?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/humber/8088 886.stm

[bigmamma]

This happened very close to my house , wher I walk past on my way into the shopping mall . Tragic .

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Que stion767232.html

[Julnar]

I'm sorry bigmamma, I didn't realise this topic had been discussed previously. Sorry about that. It just shocked me so much. What a terrible tragedy.

[Gromit]

There are no details as to motive, but the man and the victim did not know each other.

The man arrested was 53. It sounds like a mental health problem.

[China-Doll]

I'd probably go with some sort of mental health issue as well. It's very sad.

[Julnar]

If it is a man with mental health issues, I would imagine he has come off his medication. Is it New York City that has been given the power to enforce the taking of anti psychotic drugs or am I imagining that? I thought I'd seen it on one of the Law and Order franchises.

[bigmamma]

Oh Julnar , please don't apologise , not necessary . I just postd my thread here too so you and others in news section could see it as well as your posts x

[paraffin]

He allegedly told the guy who ran after and apprehended him that he didn't know why he did it.

Obviously far too difficult a question. But try telling that to the family of the murdered girl and her unborn baby who also didn't survive.

[rov1200]

Its not so long ago when these mental misfits were in secure locations having medication. For whatever reason Thatcher released them onto the streets to commit murder and closed all the institutions. Whether it was to save money or provide freedom for the individual no one has mentioned. Now many of them are locked up in prisons but those are the ones that have committed an offence and not the dearranged individuals now walking the streets. Only after they have committed these hienous events are they finally given treatment. Too late!

[Julnar]

rov1200, while I don't think it was right to lock people up indefinitely for mental health issues, I understand your point about them receiving the necessary medication for their condition in institutions. Unfortunately, mental health does remain a kind of hidden problem in our society and our ministers should tackle the issue more openly and thoroughly for the benefit of the ill and also the wider society in general.

[Haggisdj]

It wasn't just the money saved by releasing them into the community, if my memory serves me well it was also the millions that they made from selling the real estate.

[youngmafbog]

Another one for Jack 'Man of' Straw to wriggle out of, just like the 2 poor French scientists he has just absoved himself from.

Labour are to blame for this fiasco of violent people on the street, years of poor justice and refusing to pay for prisons.

[sqad617]

"What could have possessed a man to murder a pregnant woman and her unborn child?"

Simple......Paranoid Schizophrenia.