Mother Pleads Not Guilty to Drowning Anorexic Daughter

When Lynn Gibbs mother was 47 she took her own life. Lynn Gibbs tried to follow suit after first drowning her 16 year old, anorexic daughter in the bath. Lynn had also been anorexic at the age of 17 as well as suffering a bout of clinical depression. She has pleaded not guilty to murder by reason of insanity. The jury heard how she decided that it would be best for both of them to die when in a state of hopelessness. She remembers running the bath and pushing her daughter under the water before taking an overdose of anti-depressants and sleeping pills. Ciara’s body was found lying on the floor of the bathroom by her father and brother, and Lynn was found lying on the bedroom floor.

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