Carol Ann Coronado
When it comes to the murder of children there is little sympathy to be had anywhere. Most believe there is no excuse, ever, to be had and you would find me in that line of believers. However, I have often said the line between excuse and reason is very blurry. I am certain this case will dredge up any feelings one has in the Andrea Yates case from Texas. It has been over fifteen years since Yates drowned her five children in the bathtub of her own and yet from time to time I still come across a debate on her culpability. There are those who strongly dismiss her, what I consider, blatant issues with mental illness as being any sort of legitimate reason behind her actions and there are those who are overly sympathetic to her plight. A significant difference in the Coronado case is that there seemed to be little documentation as to any mental illness that may or may not have come into play. On May 20, 2014 Carol Ann Coronado would slit the throats of her three young daug...