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The case of O'Brien Moore

Mental fitness is also important to run a healthy life.

By Narendran CPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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The case of O'Brien Moore
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People who lose their minds will behave vigorously many times. The acts they do might hurt themselves or even others sometimes. They can hurt themselves physically. They can even kill someone when they are out of control. In Michigan, in Kent County, lived a young mother named O'Brien Moore with three kids. In her first relationship, she had two kids, but as the relationship did not work well, she came out of the house and started living with the two kids alone. Love blossomed between them as the days passed. After some months, she moved in with Steven, and they started their life together. After some days, she got pregnant, and they were blessed with a beautiful baby girl.

Everything was going well in her life, but it did not last long. In 2018, she came to know that this relationship was not going to work between her and Steven, so she broke up with Steven. Then, with her three kids, she started living alone. Weeks passed, as she was alone, and her mental strength started depreciating. She started hallucinating. She even heard some voices talking to her from the television, even when it was switched off. The voice she heard started threatening her. It threatened her that it would kill her and her kids. As it continued, she started going into paranoia. She even stopped sending her children to school, fearing they would be kidnapped while they were away.

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She won't sleep all night worrying that they'll break down the door in the middle of the night. After some time, she started to realize that she was having some problems. She then talked with her ex-boyfriend, Steven, about this. After learning about her condition, he suggested she consult a doctor. After examining her mental condition, the doctor suggested she stay at the hospital and get treatment for her illness. According to his instructions, she was admitted to the hospital for a total of 10 days. But the treatment did not work for her. She then started hallucinating again in a few weeks. She started hearing the voice from the television again. In 2019, an unexpected event happened that nobody thought would happen. In the month of February, she went to meet her ex-boyfriend Steven with the kids. He went to sleep and woke up after hours. He started calling her but got no response. He thought that she might have left. He then went to look at the parking lot to check for her. He saw her holding his hunting rifle in her hand and shooting herself. He even saw the dead bodies of three children at the back of the car. With the help of the neighbours, he was able to call the police.

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Then, during the police investigation, they came to know that she picked up the kids from the school after two hours from the time of drop. She then drove her car to a farm, where she tied up the eyes of the three children and shot them one by one. Then she drove to her ex-boyfriend Steven’s house and then shot herself. Steven said that she was asking about the hunting rifle weeks before the incident. She was capable of using it. She also went hunting with that rifle. So Steven did not cross-question her regarding that. Mental depression is not a joke. If she had had proper treatment at the proper time, then this incident would never have happened. If you ever see a person going into serious depression, then help them with that. Never leave them unattended. This is one serious example of that.

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