Comments on: D.C. Woman: "Demons" Possessed Slain Girls

Mother Says Children Died In Their Sleep; Girls May Have Been Starved, Stabbed, Strangled

[faerie2]

rob from the rich, give to the poor. Where have I heard this before? Communism? Socialism? Somebody help me here...

Posted by berniepeders at 11:04 AM : Jan 11, 2008

Robin Hood?

[yamuttya]

A perfect storm of dysfuntion, all too common today.
Mental illness. Too much religion, not enough education, dead beat dads.
Really bad choices.
Tragedy.

[bigmojobone]

michaelt302 & berniepeders & abigail4476 thank you for your posts. I concur with all of you.

[random_radar]

People pick out any aspect of this woman''s background to attack what they personally hate--religion, home school, fathers, blacks, and so on. Just because one person has an affiliation with a group does not make that group bad.

And then there are people who seize upon any tragedy to justify increasing the Police State. The government is not the solution to our problems. The government is not going to prevent disasters or tragedies, and it does a lousy job of solving our problems.

If you are better off being taken care of by the government, you must be a pretty sorry excuse for a human being. Real people can take care of themselves and solve their own problems.

Now that the facts are coming out, we find that Banita Jacks did have family and friends trying to help her. She went to great lengths to avoid help. That is unfortunate, but I don''t think it justifies instituting totalitarian controls over all our lives. Bad things will happen, and we should be free to do our best to solve our problems.

[re_evolve]

Religion is a form of mental illness

[berniepeders]

michaelt302:

Excellent points.

[abigail4476]

"...and, this is just another strike against the "home-schooling" craze. We have public schools. Too many religious freaks and anti-social hermits, are determining that they will HOME SCHOOL their kids - in a public school, these children would have been looked for after a few days of unexcused (or excused) absence -"

Um. Wow. There are almost no words for the stupidity in your post. An EVIL person does an EVIL deed, but its not her fault? I''m sure those girls would beg to differ, if they had had a chance. People have been poor for centuries, and they didn''t kill their children over it. There are people in other countries who would call our poorest people WEALTHY by comparison. There is NO excuse or reason for what this woman did, except that maybe she is mentally ill.

The government doesn''t cause mental illness, and neither does homeschooling. If these children had been going to public school, the crime simply would have been NOTICED sooner; that doesn''t mean it would have been prevented.

This woman makes me want to throw up. I have zero sympathy for mothers who behave like animals. Actually, most animal mothers behave better.

Please explain to me how being COLD can lead you to murder your own children!

[berniepeders]

Why are we as a nation, not dedicated to making sure Americans have heat, running water, electricity, and a home? Posted by Rainyday9 at 10:40 AM : Jan 11, 2008

Let''s see...take money from people who work for a living and save what they can, and give it to people who don''t feel like working, or for some reason can''t work. So everyone has the same standard of living...
rob from the rich, give to the poor. Where have I heard this before? Communism? Socialism? Somebody help me here...

[berniepeders]

It used to be (pre-1960s)that people like this WERE locked up in mental institutions where they were watched and taken care of. Then someone decided that it wasn''t constitutional to keep them locked up because they hadn''t broken any laws, so they let them all out. NOW look where we''re at. Nut cases running around all over the country, how many murders/serial killings.

[rainyday9]

How incredibly sad - she loses a home, electricity shut off - sounds like trying to survive and looking for an answer to her financial problems, led her to become a religious nut. Why are we as a nation, not dedicated to making sure Americans have heat, running water, electricity, and a home? Old folks are freezing in their homes after the utility shuts off the heat - we have no insurance - I hope the presidential candidates see these stories - and, this is just another strike against the "home-schooling" craze. We have public schools. Too many religious freaks and anti-social hermits, are determining that they will HOME SCHOOL their kids - in a public school, these children would have been looked for after a few days of unexcused (or excused) absence -

enough - I could go on and on...

[bookwerm314]

Considering that the USA has one of the worst medical systems in the world, and the Mental Health area is the bottom of that barrel, it is highly likely this woman was insane, was left to her own devices, and they children dead because of that.
So all you nutty right wing ninnies who have cut all the mental health care dollars, these deaths are likely on your heads.

[ladyephesus1]

... from the sounds of it, this woman has become the victim of a mental illness. I am not saying that excuses her for killing her children - but I would venture to say that if she is found mentally ill, it would at least explain how a woman described as a "good mother" could kill her children. She should be placed in a mental institution and treated for the rest of her life there.

As for the children being dead since before September - SOMEONE, or many someones, should feel absolutely ashamed of themselves that no one made more of an effort to find the children. Problems were occuring for a year, and no one reached out to this woman to get her the help she needed and to make sure those children were protected and kept safe.
Posted by jennmarie620 at 10:11 AM : Jan 11, 2008
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I agree Jennmarie. She is definitely mentally ill and having your utilities turned off when things are not going right is a sure way to lose it!!
This is a very sad situation here. This woman had people coming to her home and nobody tried to at least see if the children were visibly okay??
How about the fathers? Havent heard from their own children in months and no phone calls and these people are surprised??

Lord help us.

I feel the manager should have entered her apartment with a police officer much sooner than this.
No contact by phone then he should have found a reason to get in there especially if there are children living there. Geezz

[darkie21]

Crump was right

[antoniof123]

This is the fault of the nut case religions out there. Mercy killing, demon possessed, and the rest of the nut jobs.

They say the love of money is the root of all evil. Look at religion they love money and they are the demons. Enough of them already I am sick of their lies and their hate.

I think it is about time we remove them for the equation.

[susieq_13]

I think that mother is a demon for doing what she did to her girls. I hope she has to spend the rest of her life in prison thinking about what she did. Too bad she won''t starve to death herself though.

[jennmarie620]

... from the sounds of it, this woman has become the victim of a mental illness. I am not saying that excuses her for killing her children - but I would venture to say that if she is found mentally ill, it would at least explain how a woman described as a "good mother" could kill her children. She should be placed in a mental institution and treated for the rest of her life there.

As for the children being dead since before September - SOMEONE, or many someones, should feel absolutely ashamed of themselves that no one made more of an effort to find the children. Problems were occuring for a year, and no one reached out to this woman to get her the help she needed and to make sure those children were protected and kept safe.

[tawannahall0742_]

I agree with what u said where is the determination for the kids .some one should have called the police and said (i needs to get in i hav'nt heard or seen the kids or the mom)where is the family.

[iceman_1960]

"D.C. Woman: "Demons" Possessed Slain Girls"

An ugly New Testament superstition.

[rushman71]

This is very sad that a mental lady like this could do something so profound. I feel sad for the four girls. Even though the oldest daughter was seventeen, her fear overcame any chance of a way out of this. All of the girls were as prisoners within their own cell block(home). My condolences go out to the family and relatives.