Melatonin laced? Weird way to word it.
this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2023
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I think the shooting bit did it, not the gummy bears
IANL but I bet the gummies added substantially to the sentence as it showed premeditated intent. Feeding someone something and waiting vs snapping in the moment and killing.
You're on the right track, but in the article they say the crime was determined to be premeditated because she bought the gun just a week prior to the murders.
What if I just go buy a gun, and while holding it have an existential crisis and shoot myself or family?
I'm sure it happens. Ever stand at the edge of a cliff and wonder about how easy it'd be to just take a step over? That kinda thing.
Gummies would convince me better beyond a reasonable doubt vs they just happened to buy it recently. (Edit unless it was bedtime and it was a normal thing)
But that's just me. Also BOTH is even more proof than just one or the other.
I'm not arguing with you and I don't know why you're responding to my post like we're having a debate. I do not care either way. I was pointing out that the thing you were guessing about was written concretely in the article.
Why do you say that?
Laced means tainted with something. These are melatonin gummies she bought at cvs, probably.
If she told the kids they were just eating regular gummies rather than sleep inducing ones, then “laced” is still appropriate here.
Unfortunately story as old as humanity
Not to be confused with Madea, although equally tragic