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By LAURA CRIMALDI, Associated Press
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- A Rhode Island mother has been convicted of strangling her 8-year-old daughter in 2009 after the girl refused to take a bath and threw a two-hour tantrum.
Kimberly Fry grimaced Thursday as she was found guilty of second-degree murder in daughter Camden's death. She faces up to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 20 years.
Jurors deliberated 5 1/2 hours over two days before reaching their decision. They could consider second-degree murder or manslaughter charges.
Fry's lawyer called Camden's death "a tragic accident" and said the girl had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and was prone to tantrums.
But prosecutors said Fry strangled Camden, then tucked her lifeless body into bed with her favorite stuffed animal. Camden's father found the girl dead in her bed the next morning.
Are you serious ?right with no Parent or child are aliie. My son has adhd as well as a few of our friends children and yeah we have gone through fits throwing things, hitting walls so on and so forth but if she had looked up any information on line she would know how to deal with it. Over a bathe? There are Crisis hotlines you can call in every state. I have friends who have kids on 4 different medications. The ADHD is hard to handle Trust me I Know but she could have called family,the Dr even emergency room nurses can be someone to help they always say as long as the child is not a threat to their safety of the safety of others walk outside, call someone and pick your battles a bathe is not something to kill a child. Unless it is a threat to their safety or health as a Police Officer even if she would have called 911 we couldve helped 24/7.children are our future. There is no life wasted in helping a child. NONE !!!
I feel bad for this mother who had a child she could not control. What do all you people suggest? Call someone? Get therapy? Find another way to deal with the child?
Don't you think this woman already tried everything until she was driven over the edge by one of the worst sounds in the world - that of an out-of-control child shrieking at the top of her lungs for two hours?
Does anyone think this mother enjoyed bathing her child who didn't want to take a bath? How about hearing nothing but "NO" and resistence to every effort she made at mothering properly? Who should she have called at bedtime when these tantrums most likely take place? What else could this woman have been doing with her life for all those wasted hours she spent fighting with an unappreciative child?
Not every parent willingly gives up his or her life in order to have a child. The parent with many interests is the last parent that should be paired with a child that needs constant care and supervision 24/7 but this often happens. Such a parent is doomed to wasing years of his or her life
As a health professional myself, I would like to say that ADHD is a valid diagnosis however our behavior is a direct result of what is going on with our brain chemistry. All the facts of this woman's case with strangling her poor daughter are not known and one cannot make a blanket judgement about her case without knowing all the details first. The mother's reality was obviously clouded and had she been in reality at the time of the strangling, this probably would have never taken place.
Mental illness is sad and unfortunate and coping mechanisms were not in place in this situation. Had the mom had some sort of coping mechanisms, she would have removed herself from the situation. She was clearly unable to process the situation in the correct way at the time.
Do not judge until you have walked the line in the same circumstances yourself---rhondairoberts. My guess is you are still young and inexperienced in life but think you know it ALL! That is a dangerous combination.
"The issue is NOT that a mother killed child" Well, I for one am so glad you straightened me out of this. Boy, they sure had me fooled thinking the issue was really about this woman killing her daughter.