The woman who slit her one-year-old baby’s throat in February 202 Villamarchante (Valencia) has been acquitted after it was proven that he was suffering from a psychotic break derived from a postpartum depression.
According to the judgment of the Provincial Court of Valencia, the investigation carried out by the psychiatrists of the Institute of Legal Medicine was taken into account as a key element of the acquittal, which confirmed that the accused was not imputable because at the time of the accusation crime has had its powers completely nullified due to postpartum psychotic symptoms. Thus, the Provincial Court of Valencia imposed a security measure of supervised release with an obligation to follow external medical treatment for five years.
The 38-year-old woman does not suffer from any type of diagnosed mental illness, but at the time of the events, on February 27, 2023, she was suffering from a psychotic crisis that led her to end her son’s life. believing he was protecting him.
According to the newspaper LevantThe woman had delusions and went to the doctor to warn him that she thought she was poisoning him with her own breast milk. In addition, investigators from Emume, the Civil Guard team for women and minors, found searches and questions on forums on her cell phone that indicated that the mother was obsessed with her son’s health and thought he was shrinking. At that time, no one detected anything and the the doctor prescribed only orfidala common anxiolytic for the treatment of anxiety.
Just two days after celebrating the little boy’s first birthday, the accused took his own life after stabbing him in the neck, chest and wrist. She then washed him in the bathtub and tried to commit suicide with a knife, swallowing a pill and jumping from the roof, located on the fourth floor. The SAMU troops treated the woman for severe multiple trauma and, after stabilizing her, evacuated her to the La Fe hospital in Valencia.
The woman could have faced a permanent prison sentence with review because she was a victim under 16 and vulnerable, but she was ultimately acquitted.
