Mother jailed for murdering son so 'she could blog about his illness'

by Guest Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:09 am

A suburban New York mother who blogged about motherhood was sentenced by a judge to 20 years to life in prison on Wednesday for murdering her young son with a salt overdose so she could bask in social media attention about his mysterious illness.
The sentence imposed on Lacey Spears, 27, who chronicled her 5-year-old son's illnesses on a personal blog called Garnett's Journey and other social media, was less than the maximum penalty of 25 years to life requested by the prosecution.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11523978/Mother-jailed-for-murdering-son-so-she-could-blog-about-his-illness.html

by Raggamuffin Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:32 am

Ah, Munchausen by Proxy again. It's a mysterious thing - a kind of extreme attention seeking - but unfortunately it harms other people rather the person who has it.

It's not clear if she actually meant to kill the child of course.

by Guest Thu Apr 09, 2015 9:04 am

Raggamuffin wrote:Ah, Munchausen by Proxy again. It's a mysterious thing - a kind of extreme attention seeking - but unfortunately it harms other people rather the person who has it.

It's not clear if she actually meant to kill the child of course.

Mystery or not I have no sympathy for her in any capacity, she caused great pain to her own child leading to his death.

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