Comments on: Rachel Anderson and Mitch Laputka http://pysih.com/2007/10/01/rachel-anderson-and-mitch-laputka/ Your daily dose of evil Mon, 21 May 2012 13:36:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Aletheia http://pysih.com/2007/10/01/rachel-anderson-and-mitch-laputka/#comment-112562 Aletheia Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:44:49 +0000 http://66.197.131.105/2007/10/01/rachel-anderson-and-mitch-laputka/#comment-112562 If what you say is true, it's good to think there may be hope for Rachel Anderson. What she did was unconscionable, and I don't think mental illness can account for all of it since she seems to have been at least marginally functional. I know that not every woman has maternal feelings, and that even many wonderful, devoted mothers didn't experience an instant bond with their newborns. But maternal feelings have nothing to do with it. I'm not a mother and I don't want to be, and on my worst day I wouldn't treat my worst enemy's pathologically bratty toddler the way Gabriel was treated - because I have a *conscience*. This was selfishness, not "lack of maternal instinct." If there is a conscience somewhere in Rachel, if she can bring that to the surface and learn from this and start standing up to people like Mitch even if that goes against the grain for her, if she learns to stay on her meds and off drugs, if she feels true remorse and chooses to take a different direction in life because of it, good for her, and I wish her all the best. True stories of redemption are rare around here, though, and I don't know that any of us will be holding our breath. P.S. A good way for Rachel to accept responsibility for her actions would be to agree to voluntary sterilization to make SURE this can never happen again. If what you say is true, it’s good to think there may be hope for Rachel Anderson. What she did was unconscionable, and I don’t think mental illness can account for all of it since she seems to have been at least marginally functional. I know that not every woman has maternal feelings, and that even many wonderful, devoted mothers didn’t experience an instant bond with their newborns. But maternal feelings have nothing to do with it. I’m not a mother and I don’t want to be, and on my worst day I wouldn’t treat my worst enemy’s pathologically bratty toddler the way Gabriel was treated – because I have a *conscience*. This was selfishness, not “lack of maternal instinct.” If there is a conscience somewhere in Rachel, if she can bring that to the surface and learn from this and start standing up to people like Mitch even if that goes against the grain for her, if she learns to stay on her meds and off drugs, if she feels true remorse and chooses to take a different direction in life because of it, good for her, and I wish her all the best. True stories of redemption are rare around here, though, and I don’t know that any of us will be holding our breath.

P.S. A good way for Rachel to accept responsibility for her actions would be to agree to voluntary sterilization to make SURE this can never happen again.

]]> By: Kelly http://pysih.com/2007/10/01/rachel-anderson-and-mitch-laputka/#comment-112558 Kelly Sat, 13 Aug 2011 15:22:24 +0000 http://66.197.131.105/2007/10/01/rachel-anderson-and-mitch-laputka/#comment-112558 At this point in time my comments may not be relevant any longer, but I feel compelled to comment. Mental illness is devastating, it can control everything you do and do not do.. Rachel was a wonderful, loving, caring, and gentle child. As she entered her teens years she began to change and her parents did everything they could to get her help, no avenue went unexplored, no cost was too much for the help she needed. Nothing worked and drugs took over her life. Mental illness and drugs are a deadly combination. Gina's statement about another cannot make you neglect your child is erronous. When you fall in with another person who also has a mental illness and is abusive, controlling, and unpredictably violent....you can be "made" to do things that you would never have considered before. When Rachel returned to Milwaukee she was pregnant and without Mitch, we got her help with prenatal care and settled. She did very well during her pregnancy and was drug free....Until Mitch showed up just shortly before Gabriel was born. Even following Gabe's birth she did ok...Things of course deteriorated and both Mitch and Rachel went to great extremes to hide what was happening and what they were doing from all of us. Gabriel is alive and all of us including Rachel thanks God for that daily. Rachel stood before the judge at her sentencing and took responsibility for her actions (unlike Mitch who blames her), Rachel told the judge that she had no explantion for actions, as she had a loving family that had been nothing but supportive. This in no way condones her actions or absolves her of the consequences. Getting clean and separating herself from codependency with Mitch was he hardest thing she ever faced, with the exception of living with what she did to her son. It is easy to judge when you have not walked a mile in another's shoes. It is also archiaic to think that being a woman automatically means that you have maternal feelings. I wish that Rachel had the courage and strength that Mitchs' first wife displayed and walked away from Mitch and that lifestyle. Gabriel has been adopted by loving people, he is a happy little guy who loves to run and play. Interestingly he is also very gentle and kind with other children younger and smaller than himself. He is also now in the 90th percentile for height and weight. Signed, Rachel's loving Aunt At this point in time my comments may not be relevant any longer, but I feel compelled to comment. Mental illness is devastating, it can control everything you do and do not do..
Rachel was a wonderful, loving, caring, and gentle child. As she entered her teens years she began to change and her parents did everything they could to get her help, no avenue went unexplored, no cost was too much for the help she needed. Nothing worked and drugs took over her life. Mental illness and drugs are a deadly combination.
Gina’s statement about another cannot make you neglect your child is erronous. When you fall in with another person who also has a mental illness and is abusive, controlling, and unpredictably violent….you can be “made” to do things that you would never have considered before. When Rachel returned to Milwaukee she was pregnant and without Mitch, we got her help with prenatal care and settled. She did very well during her pregnancy and was drug free….Until Mitch showed up just shortly before Gabriel was born. Even following Gabe’s birth she did ok…Things of course deteriorated and both Mitch and Rachel went to great extremes to hide what was happening and what they were doing from all of us.
Gabriel is alive and all of us including Rachel thanks God for that daily. Rachel stood before the judge at her sentencing and took responsibility for her actions (unlike Mitch who blames her), Rachel told the judge that she had no explantion for actions, as she had a loving family that had been nothing but supportive. This in no way condones her actions or absolves her of the consequences. Getting clean and separating herself from codependency with Mitch was he hardest thing she ever faced, with the exception of living with what she did to her son.
It is easy to judge when you have not walked a mile in another’s shoes. It is also archiaic to think that being a woman automatically means that you have maternal feelings.
I wish that Rachel had the courage and strength that Mitchs’ first wife displayed and walked away from Mitch and that lifestyle. Gabriel has been adopted by loving people, he is a happy little guy who loves to run and play. Interestingly he is also very gentle and kind with other children younger and smaller than himself. He is also now in the 90th percentile for height and weight.
Signed, Rachel’s loving Aunt

]]> By: emilybuggx3 http://pysih.com/2007/10/01/rachel-anderson-and-mitch-laputka/#comment-109838 emilybuggx3 Tue, 02 Aug 2011 06:03:16 +0000 http://66.197.131.105/2007/10/01/rachel-anderson-and-mitch-laputka/#comment-109838 only three & five years in prison? seriously? damn. what a great punishment for almost killing a child. well, on the bright side: atleast the baby survived. only three & five years in prison? seriously? damn. what a great punishment for almost killing a child.

well, on the bright side: atleast the baby survived.

]]> By: Gina http://pysih.com/2007/10/01/rachel-anderson-and-mitch-laputka/#comment-77449 Gina Sat, 18 Sep 2010 00:57:32 +0000 http://66.197.131.105/2007/10/01/rachel-anderson-and-mitch-laputka/#comment-77449 Pathetic is right. You see, regardless what her cousin thinks, no one can persuade you to neglect your child. Either you are a sorry bitch capable of doing it or your not. Period. It's clear which one of those she is. And Sideshow Bob can fuck off too. Pathetic is right. You see, regardless what her cousin thinks, no one can persuade you to neglect your child. Either you are a sorry bitch capable of doing it or your not. Period. It’s clear which one of those she is. And Sideshow Bob can fuck off too.

]]> By: spring chicken http://pysih.com/2007/10/01/rachel-anderson-and-mitch-laputka/#comment-77439 spring chicken Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:24:41 +0000 http://66.197.131.105/2007/10/01/rachel-anderson-and-mitch-laputka/#comment-77439 PATHETIC! PATHETIC!

]]> By: Ace http://pysih.com/2007/10/01/rachel-anderson-and-mitch-laputka/#comment-73896 Ace Sun, 08 Aug 2010 02:31:58 +0000 http://66.197.131.105/2007/10/01/rachel-anderson-and-mitch-laputka/#comment-73896 Yeah, I don't get it- why don't they just sterilize those two instead of sending them to prison? That would've been much more productive- or, actually, just the opposite ;) - for everyone's sake. Yeah, I don’t get it- why don’t they just sterilize those two instead of sending them to prison? That would’ve been much more productive- or, actually, just the opposite ;) – for everyone’s sake.

]]> By: V.XIII http://pysih.com/2007/10/01/rachel-anderson-and-mitch-laputka/#comment-62205 V.XIII Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:50:14 +0000 http://66.197.131.105/2007/10/01/rachel-anderson-and-mitch-laputka/#comment-62205 Ugly retard rachel should have got more time than 3 years... hope she never has another baby... Ugly retard rachel should have got more time than 3 years… hope she never has another baby…

]]> By: Katie http://pysih.com/2007/10/01/rachel-anderson-and-mitch-laputka/#comment-54732 Katie Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:50:33 +0000 http://66.197.131.105/2007/10/01/rachel-anderson-and-mitch-laputka/#comment-54732 I can tell you this, he comes back to Utah, I will be meeting him with a very large child support debt that needs to be paid. The last website I found, and a news clip I found said that because of unsolved warrants in Utah, he was getting 25 years. All I can say now, is good riddens. I can tell you this, he comes back to Utah, I will be meeting him with a very large child support debt that needs to be paid. The last website I found, and a news clip I found said that because of unsolved warrants in Utah, he was getting 25 years. All I can say now, is good riddens.

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