The youngest child was 1 year old. It’s possible that this woman was suffering from Post Partum Depression.
I’ve read many times about women not being in their clearest state of mind after the birth of a child.
Actress Brooke Shields had a very difficult time after her child was born back in 2005. She wanted to be happy, but found herself thinking about suicide or having visions of seeing her infant being treated with violence. She found herself crying more than the baby was. Luckily, her husband stuck with her and they found the right treatment for Brook’s depression.
Brooke writes about this in a book called “Down Came The Rain”.
Many think that post-partum depression is merely an emotional issue, but it is often a severe vitamin deficiency after pregnancy has leached important nutrients from the mother, such as Omega-3 fatty acids—vital for brain health. So much more work needs to be done with pre- and post-natal nutrition. The medical industry in the U.S. is so highly biased against vitamin and mineral supplementation that they refuse to consider the chemical effects of vet/min deficiencies on the brain.