Comments on: Trial of Karen McCarron: Day 3

By: This Week’s Top Posts

This Week’s Top Posts — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 13:00:40 +0000

[...] Trial of Karen McCarron: Day 3Karen McCarron’s mother-in-law, Gail McCarron, and her sister-in-law, Jennifer McCarron, testified on the third day of her trial. [...]

By: Trial of Karen McCarron: Day 5—McCarron testifies

Trial of Karen McCarron: Day 5—McCarron testifies — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:00:02 +0000

[...] The January 10th Pekin Times includes testimony by Illinois State Police crime scene investigator Sgt. Monica Harms from day 3 of the trial: [...]

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:53:36 +0000

Regan, I really appreciate your writing these regular comments—every news story I read about this makes me feel, well, not so good. I’ve tried mostly just to report what happened—the facts say too much as it is.

By: Regan

Regan — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:28:58 +0000

Kristina,
I think that is why I finally kind of lost it–because, exactly, Katie was 3. I think that I would have thrown cartwheels if Eleanor had been able to do at 3 the skills that Katie had learned. Babysteps are to be treasured, not denigrated.

As for interacting, and this is my own filter speaking, based on the statements from the trial, that if Ms. McCarron was unwilling to put love in, it was unfair to expect love out. I’m not sure if she would have seen it even it was there.

The testimony paints a picture of someone who made it all about herself and how sorry she felt for herself. That is something that one has to get over for any challenge in life. In regards to a small child who needed love and help, it especially offends me.

By: Trial of Karen McCarron: Day 4

Trial of Karen McCarron: Day 4 — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:25:42 +0000

[...] rested their case in the trial of Karen McCarron on Thursday, January 10th, after forensic pathologist Violette Hnilica testified, the Times [...]

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:16:17 +0000

@Regan—- Katie was only 3 years old—I think of where my own son was then and of how he was just learning to do so many things…..

@Another Perspective—- Thank you; I have seen this point made elsewhere. A lot more evidence and details would certainly be needed to make any such argument.

By: Another Perspective

Another Perspective — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:14:30 +0000

Although it is not a cut and dry issue, I think that the drugs that Karen McCarron was on need to be examined. If she was on a type of anti-depressant in the SSRI family, she very well may have been in a drug induced insanity state. These drugs have been a godsend to many, but there is a portion of the population that cannot handle them and the drug companies are not yet forthcoming in their studies to reveal it to the general public. At this time, there are hundreds of families who are living through tragedies just like the McCarrons due to these drugs. The drugs have the propensity to induce suicidal and homicidal ideation and with the emotional blunting they produce, the results are deadly. The pharmaceutical companies have our politicians in their back pocket so getting anyone of consequence to look into this is difficult. There is a lot of information on the internet regarding this if anyone cares to examine it further. In the meantime, I wonder if Karen McCarron is a victim also.

By: Regan

Regan — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:43:45 +0000

“McCarron felt like a failure because of Katie’s autism and was sad and hurt because the child couldn’t interact with her very well.

“I just wanted autism out of my life,” she said, adding it was frustrating and heartbreaking for her to watch the child fail at simple tasks.”
http://www.pjstar.com/stories/011108/TRI_BFF9S16O.007.php
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Arrrrrrrgh!!!

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:58:10 +0000

From today’s WTHI tv:

A videotaped confession was played in a Tazewell County court today from a woman accused of suffocating her 3-year-old autistic daughter.

In the recording, 39-year-old Karen McCarron said she felt “relieved” after the girl’s death because she no longer had to deal with her autism.

By: Navigating Compassion « Retired Waif

Navigating Compassion « Retired Waif — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:11:28 +0000

[...] 10, 2008 Navigating Compassion Posted by retiredwaif under narcissism Today is the third day in the trial of Karen McCarron. I wrote about Katie a few months ago. Her story hit me hard from the moment I first heard it, [...]