Here's another story. In an interview, the coroner stated that family members weren't suprised because she (the mom) had made comments about doing something like this. HELLO?!?!!? Why do people not ever take suicidal people seriously?? The other lady in Boston reportedly made similar comments. So, note to anyone reading this blog... if I hear you make a comment that even makes me think for one second that you will take your or someone else's life... you better bet I'm turning you in! People, we have got to start listening to the cries of those who are mentally sick... Ugh, just saddens me.
CINCINNATI -- A Delhi Township, Ohio, woman marked her children for death before killing them Tuesday morning in a murder-suicide, police said.
Hamilton County coroner O'dell Owens said Wednesday that it appeared that Jacob Wittich, 10, and Sydney Wittich, 7, were drugged with Benadryl or a similar substance, then shot twice in the heart at point-blank range by their mother, Mary Ann Wittich, reported WLWT-TV in Cincinnati.
Owens said each child had an X written with a black marker over the heart.
Owens said Mary Ann Wittich then shot herself in the heart.
Neighbors said Wittich was distraught because her husband had left the family, but they said they never expected anything like this.
"My wife said it was our neighbor, and I said, 'No it can't be.' I'm kind of still in shock," said Robert Satzger. "It would be the last thing I would think anybody would do, much less them."
Court records show John Scott filed for divorce Jan. 24 from Mary Ann Wittich.
One of the couple's older daughters came home to find the children and her mother dead, and Scott, who had moved to Highland Park, arrived shortly after at about 3:30 p.m. to pick up the children, authorities said.
The couple also has two adult children, Kathryn Wittich, 24, and Lindsey Wittich, 20, and had recently agreed to share custody of the two younger children.
Neighbors said they heard gunfire Tuesday afternoon, but Owens said it appeared the three died sometime Tuesday morning.
"This is probably one of the worst scenes I've seen. This is a very sad situation," he said.
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I agree with you. We ignored my Grandfather's comments when he was talking about killing himself after my Grandmother passed away. We just didn't think he would do something like that.
I know now that if I ever encounter a situation like that again that I will not brush it off as "just talk".
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