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'Indentation in the wall': Woman pushed her 63-year-old mother down a staircase to her death during argument, cops say

A woman is accused of shoving her mother during an argument at the older woman's Pennsylvania home, causing her to fall down a staircase to her death.

By Skyler SaundersPublished 3 months ago 3 min read

Just when you thought things like this only happen in the movies and on TV, tragically, entertainment must have been inspired by cases like this. Thirty-four-year-old Elissa Blair Waltman has been charged in the death of her mother, Eileen Flugrath by way of pushing her down the stairs.

The woman first claimed that her mother simply tripped and fell down the stairs, but such was not the case for cops. They allege that Waltman panicked and moved her own mother to her eventual death. Now, she didn’t break her neck but she was injured severely. A few days after the incident, she expired in a hospital.

The extreme emotionalism involved here led to matricide. That is such a disgusting thing, especially coming just a month after Mother’s Day. Waltman has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and simple assault. What a pity for this tragedy to transpire. Waltman only felt, she didn’t think. In her mind–blankout. She didn’t use her mind. In her capacity to feel, she allegedly took the life of her own mother because she failed to reason. When talking couldn’t go anywhere, she knew she would have to resort to violence. She pushed Eileen because she was sixty-three-years-old and didn’t have the strength to square up with her daughter and fight if necessary.

Waltman seized the opportunity to take her mother’s life allegedly because of some frivolous misunderstanding. She never thought about the consequences of her actions. If she did, then she’s the most selfless, unselfish, sacrificial, altruist in the world. If she had been rationally self-interested, she would have been able to see that dispatching the woman who gave her life would not be the choice to make to better oneself.

What this woman supposedly has done is create a chasm in her own psyche. There was the real world and then there was her grim fantasyland. In the moment where she could have just walked away and left her mother unharmed, she instead made the worst decision ever. When it comes to stories like this, it’s like the bitter image of our state of affairs. There is little forethought and just spastic action. The way that she is described is as a woman who couldn’t handle the sense of responsibility bestowed upon her.

With the power of the law, there is at least a reprieve against the horrors of the world. All it takes is for the legal system to function properly and Waltman and those like her will be stopped totally. There is no excuse for such behavior. And to allegedly kill her own mother out of spite or envy or whatever, it only shows that feelings and emotions are taking on an even uglier and more insidious role in our lives. Waltman is just the latest in a long line of vicious women who have harmed someone. Whether it be babies in a nursery, highway hitchhiker drivers, or their husbands, these women deserve to be punished for their flagrant crimes. Though she may not have intentionally wanted to kill her mom, it is still a case of manslaughter. She had the opportunity to speed quickly through the process of critical thinking. If she wanted everyone to remain safe and sane, all she had to do was just sit down with old mama and hash out whatever differences the two clashed over in life.

For all the times that she may have had the chance to speak to her, she, rather, chose to go the physical route and nothing will ever be the same again. Waltman will most likely rot in a cell. Good riddance.

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    Written by Skyler Saunders