Fear of empty nest possible explanation for murder/suicide

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<p>"Can a psychopath change? If not, then how can we hold him/her totally responsible for their actions? "</p>

<p>Psychopaths could choose to follow the law. </p>

<p>Moving on: Until this thread, I hadn’t realized that every day, there are stories in the news about mothers deliberately killing their children. Here’s yet another one:</p>

<p>“A South Lyon mother, who police have said may have killed her disabled, 13-year-old adopted daughter with prescription pills, died today, police said.”</p>

<p>[S&lt;/a&gt;. Lyon mom and her disabled teen dead in apparent murder-suicide | freep.com | Detroit Free Press](<a href=“http://www.freep.com/article/20100722/NEWS03/100722020/1318/S.-Lyon-mom-and-her-disabled-teen-dead-in-apparent-murder-suicide]S”>http://www.freep.com/article/20100722/NEWS03/100722020/1318/S.-Lyon-mom-and-her-disabled-teen-dead-in-apparent-murder-suicide)</p>