Lucy Letby
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The JC Sounds Off™
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We’ve found a witch. May we burn her?
BBC Reporter Judith Moritz (reviewing social media posts on a ostentatiously product-placed MacBook):
“Sparky, full of fun, popular — she looks like the life and soul of the party in these photos. I don't know what Britain's most prolific child killer should look. I'm pretty sure it’s not this, though.
“She comes across as — mousy; a bit normal — you can’t really marry that with the enormity of what she’s been accused of.”
This fits two profiles: either this is some cold, callous, monstrous psychopath — or a perfectly ordinary young woman. You know — a sparky, fun, popular young woman. The life and soul of the party.
What are the percentages of serial killers with history of broken homes, physical or sexual abuse, mental illness. What percentage are female
“God complex”
Killing people is not evidence of a God complex. The basest criminal can take life. Bringing people back to life — that is evidence of a God complex.
Insulin “smoking gun”
Texas sharpshooter
The victim’s families
There are unquestionable victims here: the families. If Lucy Letby wasn’t responsible then this was either an unavoidable accident, in which case, there is no closure, or there is another culpable explanation — an alternative murderer seems extremely implausible — but medical misadventure of some kind is not. Difficult
The note
Everyone seems to accept the notes are highly inclusive and of little evidential value.
“The ramblings of someone under extreme psychological pressure.”
Yet they are routinely wheeled out.
Resources
- Mephitis - The Lucy Letby Case May In Time Be The Story Of The Century
- TriedbyStats
- That New Yorker Article (choose your own snapshot from the Wayback Machine)
- We need to talk about Lucy Letby podcast