I really don't know what to say about this, so I'm just going to copy the article from the WMDT website
A mother of five is facing several charges after police say she abandoned her newborn in a portable toilet. The suspect's former inlaws, say her actions are a result of a woman struggling with mental illness for many years.
Candy married into the Vigneri family 25 years ago. Her former father in-law Pete says she was beautiful and full of life, but after giving birth to her second child she began to struggle with depression and schizophrenia. Pete says as the years progressed she became worse. "Our biggest fear was that the family one day would get a call and say we found Candy dead." said Pete Vigneri.
That wasn't the news the Vigneri family received on Monday morning. Instead they found out that Candy Vigneri, was arrested for child abuse and reckless endangerment when she gave birth to a baby girl in a portable toilet. "She had blood over her from what people tell us. She just walked over had blood all over her and she said give me a cigarette. Then someone was going over to use the porta-potty and she said no you can't use that, there's a baby in there and they went and looked and there it was and she just walked away," said Pete Vigneri.
Those who knew Candy say they weren't surprised to hear she left her newborn in the portable toilet, and now they say they're hoping she'll get the help she needs. "It's sad. She's a danger to herself and she may be a danger to other people, I mean she's already endangered a child. Had nobody been there, had this been at midnight and she went to the bathroom there that child would be dead," said Pete Vigneri, fighting back tears.
Both Candy and the infant were transported to Easton Memorial Hospital for treatment. The baby is stable and has been released to social services.
WMDT.COM
1 comment:
postpartum depression and schizophrenia are both treatable illness's. The problem that most people who suffer with it though is that once they are diagnosed, and are treated they start feeling better and then go off of their meds because they feel better. Before they know it they are right back where they started from, if not further.
It is sad, as I have known people who have suffered from both of these illnesses, and the damage that is inflicted upon family members is often irreparable.
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