A mentally-ill mother has admitted to killing her own daughters because she felt it would relieve their suffering.
According to local media reports, the mother from Perth killed her two young children before making an attempt to take her own life. Moreover, the mother is reported to have justified her crime in the courtroom by mentioning how she was only trying to relieve her kids’ suffering.
Now, 40-year-old Milka Djurasovic faces a judge-alone trial in Western Australia’s Supreme Court after being charged with murder on two counts.
The woman has admitted to killing her two daughters, which include 10-year-old Mia and 6-year-old Tiana, whose bodies were located by their dad at the family’s home in Madeley in 2019.
In addition to that, the mother has claimed that she is not guilty of murder because she has an unsound mind.
After carrying out the horrifying crime of killing her two children, the mother underwent a mental checkup. And that’s when she was diagnosed with depression of the worst kind with several psychotic features.
Recent reports revealed how the court heard about her previous struggle with a number of worsening mental health issues, fearing her children would have to go into care, in case she had to be hospitalized.
Meanwhile, an agreed statement of listed facts that were submitted to the court revealed how the mother woke up around 7 am on the day that she committed the crime and recalled telling herself that ‘today was the day.’
The mother then stocked up her pantry with knives and ropes, which was seen by her daughter Tiana, who led out screams while asking her mom if she was going to do something.
After helping the girls get ready for school, the mother reportedly changed her mind and told them that they were going shopping. And that’s when she returned back home, and proceeded with the killing, making sure the vacuum cleaner was on to suck up their screaming.
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