03-18-2015, 09:48 PM
(03-18-2015, 07:56 PM)blueberryhill Wrote: In cases like this, just like restraining orders, they are going to be ignored by the offending individuals, but why didn't Aunt call someone?
I just did some checking for an update and more details, blueberry.
Here's what I know:
- About a month after Janiyah was born, her mother Deasia started acted very strangely towards the baby. 911 was called by a neighbor because she heard Janiyah crying non-stop for about an hour with Deasia screaming at the baby the whole time.
-When cops arrived, Deasia was taken in for a 72-hour psych hold.
-You were correct about the anti-psychotics. Deasia was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis and treated with Risperdal for 72 hours, and given a prescription for it. Then, unfortunately, she was released from the hospital. The baby was put in the custody of the aunt. Deasia was restricted from being around the baby by court order.
-I do not know why the aunt let Deasia move in sometime later. Maybe Deasia had nowhere to go and the aunt didn't understand the gravity of the illness. Maybe Deasia was taking her prescription for a while so the aunt didn't think she was a danger any longer and wanted her to bond with her daughter. (I'm just speculating; I'll post an update when confirmed details on that front become available.)
-In any case, since her arrest on Monday, Deasia has been in the hospital. She is zombied-out; hasn't spoken a word. Doctors say the illness can wreak havoc on those mothers afflicted with it and she is experiencing deep trauma (I remember Andrea Yates practically begging her husband and church to institutionalize her again because of the voices she was hearing; of course they didn't until after she drowned all of her children).
-It doesn't appear LE thinks Deasia is faking anything. Even the prosecutor says he's having a hard time not feeling sympathy for her.
-The investigators and prosecutors are at a standstill until Deasia is able to start talking to a doctor and they have more to go on. They're waiting for medication.
- Janiyah's father told the court that Deasia was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis after she started “acting crazy” and “speaking of demons”. He says he's lost; devastated.