A mum
butchered and ate her two young sons because she hallucinated and thought they
were pigs. (Weird!)
butchered and ate her two young sons because she hallucinated and thought they
were pigs. (Weird!)
The Thai
woman allegedly cooked and ate her children, aged one and five, and was found
by police sleeping in her home surrounded by their body parts.
woman allegedly cooked and ate her children, aged one and five, and was found
by police sleeping in her home surrounded by their body parts.
The woman —
a member of a hill tribe from the mountainous region of Chiang Main near the
Burmese border – had been suffering from mental illness since 2007 but had
recently stopped taking her medication.
a member of a hill tribe from the mountainous region of Chiang Main near the
Burmese border – had been suffering from mental illness since 2007 but had
recently stopped taking her medication.
She had been
left alone with her sons as her husband left for a few days to get her
medication.
left alone with her sons as her husband left for a few days to get her
medication.
Dr
Kiattiphum Wongrachit from the Mental Health Department said: “The woman killed
her children because she didn’t continue her treatment and didn’t take her
medication.”
Kiattiphum Wongrachit from the Mental Health Department said: “The woman killed
her children because she didn’t continue her treatment and didn’t take her
medication.”
He added
that it is believed that in her hallucinogenic state she thought her children
were pigs and that she has yet to realise that she killed her children.
that it is believed that in her hallucinogenic state she thought her children
were pigs and that she has yet to realise that she killed her children.
A hospital
report from her treatment in 2007 stated that the woman suffered from
hallucinations and believed someone was coming to hurt her.
The woman, whose name has not been released for her family’s protection, has
been charged with murder, although details of the charge have yet to be
released.
report from her treatment in 2007 stated that the woman suffered from
hallucinations and believed someone was coming to hurt her.
The woman, whose name has not been released for her family’s protection, has
been charged with murder, although details of the charge have yet to be
released.
She has been
deemed mentally unfit to fight her case and has been sent to Suan Prung
Psychiatric Hospital in Chiang Mai for treatment.
deemed mentally unfit to fight her case and has been sent to Suan Prung
Psychiatric Hospital in Chiang Mai for treatment.
