GUILTY OH - Janiyah Watkins, 3 mos, stabbed, decapitated, Cincinnati, 16 March 2015

[Rayemonde]

She should have a good chance of being found not guilty by reason of insanity, imo.

 

[sloane7777]

Wow I cant believe the advances we have made with Mental healthcare and the court system! Ok please tell me the actual responsible adult that was not mentally ill and basically set up the scenario for this to happen will be on trial? To me she is much more culpable than the mother, post-Partum psychosis is very real and no one seems to take it seriously.

 

[JusticeWillBeServed]

Mom who decapitated baby gets 15 years to life in prison

http://www.centredaily.com/news/nation-world/article134596429.html

Deasia Watkins, 22, pleaded guilty in the March 2015 death of Jayniah Watkins. She told a Hamilton County judge that she loved her daughter very much.

Watkins previously had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to an aggravated murder charge. She was ordered to have psychiatric treatment and later found competent to stand trial.

Court records say she had been diagnosed with postpartum psychosis, and her attorney, Norm Aubin, said Thursday evening that she is taking medication for the condition.

"Nobody is arguing that she was not mentally ill — everybody agrees she was," Aubin said. "It's just whether she knew at the time it was going on, that it was wrong. This case is tragic."

 

[al66pine]

"Police responding to a 911 call on March 16, 2015, found the decapitated infant on the kitchen counter in the home of an aunt who was temporarily caring for the child. The baby had been stabbed several times with a large chef's knife, authorities said. She also had a fractured arm. Watkins had placed the knife in the infant's hand, police said.
"She later told police she did that so people would think the child did it — not her," Hamilton County Assistant Prosecutor David Prem said in court..."

^bbm = no ordinary thinking. IDK what to make of it.


http://www.centredaily.com/news/nation-world/article134596429.html#storylink=cpy Feb 23​

 

[Rayemonde]

"Police responding to a 911 call on March 16, 2015, found the decapitated infant on the kitchen counter in the home of an aunt who was temporarily caring for the child. The baby had been stabbed several times with a large chef's knife, authorities said. She also had a fractured arm. Watkins had placed the knife in the infant's hand, police said.
"She later told police she did that so people would think the child did it — not her," Hamilton County Assistant Prosecutor David Prem said in court..."

^bbm = no ordinary thinking. IDK what to make of it.


http://www.centredaily.com/news/nation-world/article134596429.html#storylink=cpy Feb 23​

I guess the prosecution argued that that showed she knew what she'd done was wrong, even though she was psychotic

 

[Indy Anna]

I guess the prosecution argued that that showed she knew what she'd done was wrong, even though she was psychotic

But, it was irrational thinking. A rational adult would realize an infant could not inflict those wounds on itself so no one would believe that.

 

[Rayemonde]

Yes, she wasn't rational. She was psychotic. But the prosecution say that even though she was seriously mentally ill, she still understood that killing the baby was wrong.

 

[cvaldez1975]

From the same article:

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After Janiyah was born, Watkins was placed on a 72-hour psychiatric hold at Deaconess Hospital, court records show. Watkins was diagnosed with post-partum psychosis, a condition characterized by the onset of psychotic behavior following childbirth.

Doctors prescribed Watkins an antipsychotic medication called Risperdal as treatment, but it was unclear whether she took it.

Oh Jesus. My son took risperdal (and Ativan) when he became psychotic from his steroids when he was being treated for cancer. That is some strong stuff.


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