Sunday, September 22

Liliana Carrillo was experiencing postpartum depression when she killed her three children aged 3 years, 2 years and 6 months


The Californian wrote on social media that she had had “invasive feelings of despair and pain.” His environment had warned that he could pose a danger to children

Liliana Carrillo atravesaba depresión posparto cuando mató a sus tres hijos de 3 años, 2 años y 6 meses
Carrillo assures that he loved his children and wanted to protect them.

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The mental health of Liliana Carrillo had alarmed her environment in the months prior to the death of her three young children. The woman would be going through a postpartum depression and would have embraced the conspiracy theories of QAnon related to child abuse and the COVID pandemic – 19.

The Californian of 30 years ago he had written on Facebook about “random invasive feelings of despair and pain ”. She also said that she hated being the mother of her three children and that she would like to go back in time, according to Los Angeles Times . “I have absolutely no patience or tolerance left,” he added.

Carrillo’s environment had already warned of these behaviors of the only suspect for the death of her children . Especially the children’s father, Erik Denton, who brought it to the attention of the authorities of the Los Angeles and Tulare counties , as recorded in court documents.

The man had disputed custody of the children the Hispanic woman with the argument that feared for “the physical and psychological well-being” of Joanna, Terry and Sierra , as the little ones were called. A judge from Tulare awarded custody to Denton , but their children remained with their mother.

Carrillo, who requested an order for temporary restriction for domestic violence against the father of his children, had been making strange claims close to the conspiracy theories of QAnon a group of pedophiles had taken control of her city, Porterville, or that she was solely responsible for the coronavirus pandemic.

In an interview with the local channel KGET-TV 17 , the Hispanic assured that killed his children and said that he had killed them to protect them from alleged abuse . The woman also said that planned to commit suicide , but that his plan failed when his car crashed. When this happened, Carrillo stole another vehicle and continued to flee from the police, although at trial pleaded not guilty to theft .

I didn’t want them to continue to be abused. I loved my children . I wish this had not been the case, but I promised that I would protect them, “she said in the television interview.

In her statements, the woman also explained how she killed children. “ I drowned them. I did it smoothly . I do not know how to explain it. I hugged them. I kissed them. I was asking for forgiveness all the time. I loved my children, ”he insisted.

Before all this happened, there were clear signs that the woman was going through a postpartum depression was coupled with anger, childhood trauma and frustrations at being a young mother, according to reported in court documents the father of the children.

Last Saturday, a day before the children were transferred to Denton’s custody, the maternal grandmother discovered their bodies without living in your apartment in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Reseda. Carrillo had already fled to the north of the city.