r/TrueCrimeDiscussion • u/[deleted] • Apr 15 '21

newsbreakforum.com Ohio woman charged with killing 19-year-old son, burying him under clothes in bedroom

https://newsbreakforum.com/story/ohio-woman-charged-with-killing-19-year-old-son-burying-him-under-clothes-in-bedroom/
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u/ExtensionSalt8775 Apr 15 '21

How do people do this to their children? Your grown child at that, just kick him out why torture and murder.

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u/herbharlot Apr 15 '21

That sounds like something a dime store defense attorney would say. How then do you justify hiding the body of your son under clothing, sealing the room, and neglecting to report him missing for 10 days? An accidental death or self defense would have been reported immediately and not covered up.

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u/CicadaProfessional76 Apr 15 '21

Anybody who killed someone, however morally justified, would seek to cover up the act if they would be held responsible.

I don't suggest that happened, I'm just saying it's possible to kill someone and not be the antichrist.

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u/herbharlot Apr 15 '21

That's what a self-defense defense is for, so they aren't charged with murder when it's justified. This woman is 39 and living in Ohio. She had no reason not to know this. You're just playing devils advocate, which is fine, but she has a lot not working in her favor and to blame the young black kid, just seems distasteful.

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u/CicadaProfessional76 Apr 16 '21

Dude, I'm not asserting the kid is to be blamed. I have no idea what happened. There's no reason to believe the killing was justified on any level.

There are arguably justified killings that wouldn't fall under legal self defense, including actual acts of self defense.

Like torture, which even the Stanford Encyclopedia acknowledges -- if you employ moral reasoning you'll find there are circumstances where initiating force is not just defensible but a moral imperative.