Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA New York judge has found 26-year-old Dimone Fleming not criminally responsible due to mental disease for the 2022 killings of her two young sons. Prosecutors agreed Fleming suffered from severe postpartum psychosis, hallucinations and delusions when she killed her children at a Bronx family shelter. Fleming will avoid prison and remain in custody at a psychiatric facility for ongoing evaluations, with her next court hearing scheduled for 18 September. Court reports revealed Fleming believed killing her three-year-old and 11-month-old sons was necessary to protect or "cleanse" them. The verdict comes as a Massachusetts jury deliberates in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, whose defence similarly cited postpartum psychosis over the deaths of her three children. In fullJudge finds mother with postpartum psychosis not guilty of murdering her two children in case echoing Lindsay Clancy trialMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Mother with postpartum psychosis not guilty of murder in case that echoes Clancy
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleA New York judge has found 26-year-old Dimone Fleming not criminally responsible due to mental disease for the 2022 killings of her two young sons. Prosecutors agreed Fleming suffered from severe postpartum psychosis, hallucinations and delusions when she killed her children at a Bronx family shelter. Fleming will avoid prison and remain in custody at a psychiatric facility for ongoing evaluations, with her next court hearing scheduled for 18 September. Court reports revealed Fleming believed killing her three-year-old and 11-month-old sons was necessary to protect or "cleanse" them. The verdict comes as a Massachusetts jury deliberates in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, whose defence similarly cited postpartum psychosis over the deaths of her three children. In fullJudge finds mother with postpartum psychosis not guilty of murdering her two children in case echoing Lindsay Clancy trialMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
