[worrywart]

She's overwhelmed and unemployed so she checks into a hotel (where'd the money for that come from!), kills her boys and then pushes her car (guess she didn't need that!) into the river.

The sheriff's statements get even more ridiculous the further into the article you read:

Williams described Duley as financially desperate, overwhelmed, a "young lady in trouble, in trouble in more ways than she realized."

"She was a mother that was unemployed," said Williams. "She had no way of taking care of her children."

"We believe that her thoughts were for me to be free and to do what I wish to do, whatever that may be, if I didn't have the children, I will get rid of them," he said.

[PistolPaknMama]

Williams described Duley as financially desperate, overwhelmed, a "young lady in trouble, in trouble in more ways than she realized." "She was a mother that was unemployed," said Williams. "She had no way of taking care of her children." "We believe that her thoughts were for me to be free and to do what I wish to do, whatever that may be, if I didn't have the children, I will get rid of them," he said.

The sheriff's job is to enforce the law -- nothing more, nothing less. Preparing the opening statement for defense at trial is NOT in his job description. Whatever his personal opinions are, he is still the chief law enforcement officer and his statements should be based on law and fact. If this trial stays in Orangeburg County, the woman will probably get only a Mr. Yuck sticker and a hankie.