[MeanWestTexan]

She's nutty as a fruitcake.

She was on all sorts of depression, hallucination, and other drugs. Indeed, she had been involuntarily committed several times before as a danger to herself in others. (Kept hearing God, demons, etc.)

The family was mixed up with this goofy preacher who exacerbated things. ("Depressed? Crazy? Just pray more! It's a punishment from God! You deserve it!" etc.)

She got a new doctor (via the HMO, I believe) who didn't like all those drugs (in part because she kept getting pregnant). When she went off, she went bat-s crazy.

IMHO, the husband is at least partially culpable for leaving the kids with a woman who so clearly had a more than a few screws loose.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Completely correct. That fraud of a preacher is as much to blame as anyone. And the husband what a PoS. "Sure the house was burning down but I figured the kids would be ok."

[Cheburashka]

IMHO, the husband is at least partially culpable for leaving the kids with a woman who so clearly had a more than a few screws loose.
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In the husband's defense, he had to go to work and his or her mother was supposed to be there in a half an hour to watch over his wife. He probably thought nothing could happen in a mere half hour, certainly nothing like this. No question, a big mistake.

[najida]

Agreed.

[bonfire]

I lived in TX when this happened so I know all about this whacko.

Yes, the husband is just as guilty. Last I heard he was looking for another wife to impregnate.