DEPRESSION MED: Postpartum: Woman Drowns Two Month Old Baby: Texas

Paragraph 12 reads: “Her family said Modarresi was depressed and on medication.” http://www.click2houston.com/news/23243608/detail.html Mom Charged With Capital Murder Narjes Modarresi First Reported Her Baby Son Kidnapped POSTED: Friday, April 23, 2010 UPDATED: 11:58 am CDT April 23, 2010 HOUSTON — A mother who first said her 2-month-old son was kidnapped and then led investigators to…

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ANTIDEPRESSANT WITHDRAWAL & ALCOHOL: Mother Murders her 3 Year Old Daughter: IL

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After an emotional week in court, the Herrin woman on trial for killing her three-year-old daughter has decided not to testify, according to court documents.

Prosecutors began presenting their case against Karrae Starr, 20, by playing the tape of the 911 call she made in late September 2008.

They wrapped it up Friday morning by showing the jury a recording of her interview with investigators, which was conducted hours later.

In the video Starr wore a t-shirt with blood stains on it. She acknowledged the blood belonged to her daughter, Bianca.

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DEPRESSION MED: Amnesia: Woman Can’t Remember Taking Money: Canada

A provincial court judge said he could not convict a Nackawic woman of theft, despite finding her testimony unbelievable.

Judge John J. Walsh announced his decision in a Woodstock courtroom Friday morning, finding Julie Boone, 34, not guilty of the crime of theft under $5,000.

“Her explanations were not logical, nor were they rational,” the judge said as he read his decision.

Boone’s trial began in May, as former members of the Nackawic Community Days committee took the stand, testifying about the disappearance of approximately $800 raised at a dance in 2007, a dance held to raise money for Nackawic Community Days, a dance where Boone worked the door and was supposed to deposit the funds raised into an account for the committee.

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