Post Partum Psychosis-mother kills children, self
Hugh Freaking Dillon
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I'm fucking distraught over this. No young child should die at the hands of their mother. I can't imagine the father being at work and being contacted by police and being told his whole family is gone. FUCK.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Police-investigate-well-being-call-in-Westwood-216763141.html
Two young children are dead after an incident in a home on Coleridge Park Drive this morning, Winnipeg police confirmed.
Now, a massive, city-wide search is underway for their mother, Lisa Gibson.
She is 32, described as 5'5, having a slim build with short strawberry blonde hair. There are few details on where specifically she was last seen, police say.
She was believed to be on foot, wearing pyjamas. Sources also say police are paying special attention to bodies of water in the city as they search for the woman.
A woman who works at Fly Salon in the 3300 block of Portage Avenue said she’s now certain she saw Gibson walk past the business between 8:30 and 9 a.m., pushing a baby stroller.
But Raisal Maxwell didn’t immediately recall the woman when police stopped by around 10:30 a.m. asking people in the salon if they’d seen a woman matching Lisa Gibson’s description.
It was only about 30 minutes later, during a conversation with her sister and a discussion about the tragic event they had read about online did the light go on for Maxwell.
"It just dawned on me that I had seen her… I put two and two together," she said. "I didn’t know who to call, so I called 911. I knew it was a pretty heinous thing.
"The dispatcher said someone would come by."
But Maxwell said she had not been interviewed by officers, as of 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Police rushed to a residence on Coleridge Park in the St. James community of Westwood for what they have only confirmed was a "well-being" call. Multiple sources told the Free Press a 911 hang-up call alerted them to a potential problem after 8 a.m.
Two children – one about three months old, one about two years old – were found not breathing in the bathroom tub.
Const. Eric Hofley, spokesman for the Winnipeg Police Service, said they were initially taken to hospital in critical condition but did not survive.
He wouldn’t confirm how the children died.
"This is a tragic, tragic incident," said Hofley. "Our thoughts are with the family... for friends, for emergency personnel that deal with these sorts of things. All these people will have to move on and our thoughts are with those people."
Gibson’s Facebook page had pictures of her two children, Anna and little brother Nicholas. Much of the information on the page was taken down by mid-afternoon.
The father of the children, Brian, was at work but was notified of the situation by police. His wife is now the subject of a major search involving up to 20 police units from both city police and the RCMP, sources say. A police K-9 unit is also on the scene.
A property search indicates the couple has lived there since 2011, which supports information from a neighbour suggesting the couple moved in 18 months ago.
The home is near the corner of Coleridge and Assiniboine Avenue, and yellow police tape is up near that intersection.
Neighbours had set up a memorial for the children Wednesday evening.
While police continued their massive search for the children's missing mother, the corner next to the home became an altar for flowers, stuffed animals and lit candles.
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Police-investigate-well-being-call-in-Westwood-216763141.html
Two young children are dead after an incident in a home on Coleridge Park Drive this morning, Winnipeg police confirmed.
Now, a massive, city-wide search is underway for their mother, Lisa Gibson.
She is 32, described as 5'5, having a slim build with short strawberry blonde hair. There are few details on where specifically she was last seen, police say.
She was believed to be on foot, wearing pyjamas. Sources also say police are paying special attention to bodies of water in the city as they search for the woman.
A woman who works at Fly Salon in the 3300 block of Portage Avenue said she’s now certain she saw Gibson walk past the business between 8:30 and 9 a.m., pushing a baby stroller.
But Raisal Maxwell didn’t immediately recall the woman when police stopped by around 10:30 a.m. asking people in the salon if they’d seen a woman matching Lisa Gibson’s description.
It was only about 30 minutes later, during a conversation with her sister and a discussion about the tragic event they had read about online did the light go on for Maxwell.
"It just dawned on me that I had seen her… I put two and two together," she said. "I didn’t know who to call, so I called 911. I knew it was a pretty heinous thing.
"The dispatcher said someone would come by."
But Maxwell said she had not been interviewed by officers, as of 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Police rushed to a residence on Coleridge Park in the St. James community of Westwood for what they have only confirmed was a "well-being" call. Multiple sources told the Free Press a 911 hang-up call alerted them to a potential problem after 8 a.m.
Two children – one about three months old, one about two years old – were found not breathing in the bathroom tub.
Const. Eric Hofley, spokesman for the Winnipeg Police Service, said they were initially taken to hospital in critical condition but did not survive.
He wouldn’t confirm how the children died.
"This is a tragic, tragic incident," said Hofley. "Our thoughts are with the family... for friends, for emergency personnel that deal with these sorts of things. All these people will have to move on and our thoughts are with those people."
Gibson’s Facebook page had pictures of her two children, Anna and little brother Nicholas. Much of the information on the page was taken down by mid-afternoon.
The father of the children, Brian, was at work but was notified of the situation by police. His wife is now the subject of a major search involving up to 20 police units from both city police and the RCMP, sources say. A police K-9 unit is also on the scene.
A property search indicates the couple has lived there since 2011, which supports information from a neighbour suggesting the couple moved in 18 months ago.
The home is near the corner of Coleridge and Assiniboine Avenue, and yellow police tape is up near that intersection.
Neighbours had set up a memorial for the children Wednesday evening.
While police continued their massive search for the children's missing mother, the corner next to the home became an altar for flowers, stuffed animals and lit candles.
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Those final moments must have been absolutely terrifying for Anna. What a way to leave the earth. The infant wouldn't have been able to comprehend the obscenity of it all. How could she possibly see the crime through until its finality?
Poor father.
As my girlfriend and I would say. That lady has that lost look in her eyes. And of course, the old stand by...look at the people who are having children nowadays.
The poison from the poison stream caught up to you ELEVEN years ago and you floated out of here. Sept. 14, 08
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
I AM MINE
in Winnipeg where this happened, at least in our area, the public health nurse was so helpful it bordered on intrusive. they were there the day after we got home, checking everything out, a couple days after that, they came in when my wife called them for breastfeeding help, etc. the help is there if you need it. I obviously can't speculate on this particular situation, but no one thinks it will ever come to this. They had one grandmother coming to help out and such, it just wasn't enough.
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
I don't think that's fair to judge like that. I don't think you can tell all that from one picture. anyone can get stricken with a mental illness.
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014
Understanding of mental illness would go a long way in helping prevent this type of tragedy. I have no doubt Canada is far different in their health care system but we definitely all need help in recognizing mental illness. Here in the US, at least in my area, throwing an anti-depressant at you seems to be about the extent of 'help' you get. Hope we can begin to change the mindset about mental illness.
Seems my preconceptions are what should have been burned...
I AM MINE
Fargo 2003
Winnipeg 2005
Winnipeg 2011
St. Paul 2014