A mother claims her son with autism required so much care and attention, she felt it best to slice off his head with a bow saw, Montgomery County police allege in a recently filed criminal charging affidavit obtained by ABC7.
Authorities have charged Kristina Petrie, 46, of Aspen Hill, Maryland, with attempted first-degree murder, first-degree child abuse and second-degree child abuse.
As police explain it, on Monday, March 12, an 11-year-old boy returned home from school to find his younger brother crying on the family sofa. His mother, Petrie, was nearby, bouncing in between bouts of laughter and tears.
The 11-year-old boy went upstairs to play video games. A short while later, Petrie reportedly appeared with a bow saw in hand, inquiring as to why her 11-year-old was not doing his homework.
According to the criminal charging affidavit, Petrie raised the razor-sharp saw and chased after her son, eventually pinning him down in a kneeling position. The 46-year-old then allegedly “jammed” the teeth of the saw against the back of her son’s neck, “moving it back and forth multiple times.”
The boy screamed, fearing his 5-foot-6, 175-pound mother was about to behead him. Somehow the child escaped, grabbing hold of the bow saw in the process. Petrie allegedly called her husband and confessed to attacking their eldest child.
Petrie’s husband took his wife to MedStar Montgomery Medical Center in Olney, Maryland, where she reportedly told staff she had felt “overwhelmed” and “was not doing enough to help her children with their autism.” Petrie shared personal fears that both of her sons would “grow up to be a burden to society.” Consequently, she believed they “needed to die.” When staff asked Petrie why she was at the hospital, the 46-year-old allegedly stated she had “tried to kill her kids again.”
“AGAIN,” she said. That means more than one attempt.
No indication that she looked for services or respite care, so I smell a martyr complex.
Do not tell me to sympathize or understand the stress she was under. I WILL NOT. I sympathize until a mom attempts to kill her disabled kids because she doesn’t want them to be a “burden” on society.
Burden? Fuck you, lady.
There is no justifying this. Anyone who tries to justify this and say “but she was overwhelmed” can fuck right off on a cactus and move to Uranus.
At least she went to the hospital for help before she finished the deed. That’s the ONLY good in this. Maybe now she can get help.
Before we leave this, go look at the #saidnomother (an antivaxxers) tag on Twitter and tell me those aren’t budding murderers too. Most of the moms hate their disabled kids and have a martyr / victim complex so big it’s turning into a giant black hole of ableism.
I will never try and sympathise with a monster like this. Nobody should. I don’t give a damn about how difficult parenting an autistic child is; nobody shouldn’t be asking anybody to see things from her side if her side is that of somebody who tries to behead children.
She is evil. She is a demon. She deserves no sympathy. Full stop.
Police: Md. mother tried to decapitate son with bow saw, claims she felt ‘overwhelmed’
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