Infanticide

Fox news reports that Deanna Laney has been acquitted.

A jury found that Deanna Laney was legally insane May 9 when she killed her two older sons, ages 6 and 8, in the front yard and left the youngest, now 2, maimed in his crib.

Radio talkshow host Mark Davis had a listener question why it seems to so often be mothers murdering their children. Davis did a little research and discovered the following:

In 1994, the last year available, 1111 children were killed by their parent.

611 (55%) were killed by their biological mothers.

438 (39%) were killed by step-fathers or boyfriends.

62 (5%) were killed by their biological fathers.

There is a fascinating thesis for a future psychology major in those numbers.