Definitely, but she was a child for most of it, and, as the police psychologist said (
via lifo.gr), it is not normal for a 29 or 30 year old male to pursue a 15 or 16 year old teen.
Thank you for this link!
I cut out translation of much of this long interview but it's good to see some thoughts of a real psychologist after he has spoken to Babis.
(Psychologist' quotations in color)
Έγκλημα στα Γλυκά Νερά: Ψυχολόγος ΕΛ.ΑΣ για συζυγοκτόνο - «Έδρασε με συνείδηση» | LiFO
"From the beginning, the 33-year-old pilot was not emotionally conscious and that continues to play a role", explains the psychologist of the Greek Police who spoke with Babis after his confession of the murder.
"Even the way he killed, that she died in his arms, he had physical contact with the victim and that she was murdered while with their child also shows the lack of feeling for the act of murder.
Even if you try to justify a murder then it shows a lack of emotion.
This is also evident from the fact that he took a puppy that was not even a year old, and hung it from the stairs to justify an act and set a scene. He has already committed one murder and is committing a second. They adopted the puppy with the sense of him growing up with their baby. That is, symbolically, if one sees this, it is very sick".
At the same time, he emphasizes that animal abuse is directly linked to human abuse behavior.
Referring to the baby, he notes that she will need a lot of support.
"It is very tragic that this child when she grows up will learn that her father killed her mom. It can not be kept secret. She will see posts of the time. A very difficult way to start one's life and this is perhaps the most tragic of all beyond the murder of the victim herself"
He points out that what also worries him is the fact that the couple is very different in age, as their relationship started when Caroline was a teenager (15-16) while Babis was approaching 30.
"She was a girl who was married to a man much older and their relationship was unequal. There is no balance in it to be normal. For example, a girl is not 22 years old and he is 30, or she is 16 years old and he is 18. The relationship started when she was 16 and her partner was almost 30.
The difference is big and it worries what he saw in a girl aged 15-16. A man at this age is not normally attracted to a girl of that age".
As he explains in most cases this shows a lack of personality, confidence and security.
That is, older men looking for younger girls often has to do with the fact that they cannot attract companions of similar age and maturity to them.
As he states, what impresses him is how a young girl wants to have a baby so quickly when their relationship had just started, she already had a miscarriage at a young age and the couple is trying so soon again for a baby.
"It is not normal"
The expert states that this event affected their relationship and does not hesitate to emphasize the social issue that arises from the case of Caroline.
"It should make us wonder what is it that makes a man 27-28 years old fall in love, get married, and have a relationship with a girl who is 15-16 years old?
What do we do as a society for this thing?
How much does the social, the professional status matter in how we react to it?
If he was not a helicopter pilot and did another profession, what would we do in this case?"
"Many times we see, hear, understand things, and leave them without paying attention to them, either considering that it is not our business or that they do not concern us or because we are afraid to get involved..
..domestic violence and abuse exist to a large extent not only because there are perpetrators but because there is an environment that is completely indifferent to what is happening.
No one knows what can happen in a house, but no one can believe that everything is angelic [a fairy tale?]
while it is not."
He emphasizes that we should have a more active role towards people who are perhaps weaker to ask for help themselves.
I controlled myself.
