Robin Croft
In April of 2007, 36-year-old Robin Croft moved with her 4-year-old son Da’ath Locklear from Florida to Gastonia, North Carolina.
She was quiet, and kept to herself – seemingly a perfect neighbor to those who lived in the apartments around hers.
On the 6th of October, late on Saturday night, neighbors recall hearing gunshots.
That was the last night that Da’ath Locklear’s father ever talked to his boy.
Some time passed.
Robert Trujillo, Robin Croft’s father, began to feel a little worried that his daughter neither answered her phone nor responded when he knocked on her apartment door. She had told her father that she had been been feeling depressed recently over an incident relating to Da’ath Locklear’s father.
On the 11th of October, 2007, police responded to Robert Trujillo’s request to check up on his daughter. At about 9 in the evening, they entered her apartment and went to the upstairs bedroom.
There, police found little Da’ath Locklear’s body, tucked into bed. He had been shot in the head, probably while he was asleep.
Robin Croft’s body was found on the floor next to the bed. She had shot herself.
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that is a really sad story, that i don’t feel should even be on this website. Depression is a serious condition and yeah, if you believe what the bible says, she will go to hell simply because she killed herself. But because of the fact that she killed her baby and herself this story should not even be here. She was suffering immense pain and emotion that i don’t feel for this, one should be judged.
I somewhat agree with Metiche.
It’s tragic and she shouldn’t have killed her son, but depression, hopelessness and suicidal thoughts have a way of destroying rationality.
She sounds like she was a very angry person – why kill your child also if you feel hopeless. It wasn’t like there were no other family members who could take the child if she couldn’t handle life. And the name Da’ath – creepy name to give to your child.. sounds like death. Burn, woman, burn in hell.
i have very bad depression and when i am holding that razor blade in my hand i think of my kids and there smiles and them telling me they love me and thats what gets me through my worst times.before i had them i attempted suicide twice and hospitalized twice.she must have not had any good times with her child to blow a whole in his head.i think she was on drugs and very very high at the time
Mandy you seem very very high now…or at least thats my impression after reading your comment. Your bluntness is disturbing….
Having said that…I feel so sad for that family…I hate that the public isn’t more educated on Depression and the help that is out there…I hope everyone reading this will stop for a moment and appreciate what you have in life…you don’t have to look very far to find someone thats having a harder time than you are..
Tina, I find it rather ironic that you can say “Your bluntness is disturbing….” to Mandy then say “hate that the public isn’t more educated on Depression and the help that is out there”
People don’t get educated about Depression and aren’t aware of the resources because people don’t want to hear that someone would want to take their own life. And the people suffering don’t talk about it because they get strange looks, get ridiculed or ignored. Do you honestly expect someone to sugarcoat suicide?
Sarah, I agree. I think maybe Tina is the one that’s high.
I was a friend of Robin’s … Had known her for 20+ years, and in fact, dated her for about a year in high school.
I dare say that it is obvious to me that a person is seriously ill (from a medical point of view) when in a state of mind that is conducive to killing your own child and then killing yourself. Our own legal system recognizes this and has a special “not guilty” plea when the reason is by mental illness. Clearly, Robin was ill and was suffering. The rational mind was obviously not present that night.
Those of her ‘Crew’ that she left behind will miss her greatly. Many of us are left with our own questions as to why.
Having said that, I think it is in terribly poor taste to place an uninformed article on this website and then open up the comment floodgates for people to judge her when her own friends don’t even have all of the facts (and probably never will). To add insult, there hasn’t even been funeral services for her and her son yet. Please have some respect for her friends and family who may come across this (as I did) and remove this posting.
Michelle….how can you not be educated about Depression ? Do you own a TV ? And you say that people don’t want to hear about someone wanting to take their own life….then why are there suicide hotlines….why were anti-depressants invented…You tried to make an educated comment but failed…
Sarah….your comment really doesn’t deserve the time it takes me to reply…but what the hell..i’m feeling generous with my time tonight…My suggestion to you is….wait until you have something of your own to say before you start commenting…stop being a follower….be a leader…
Larry, whether this post was made to soon (which I do not believe it was) or not, the owner of this blog has the right to post what he wants. When Robin killed her child and then herself, she should have known that such an act in todays day and age would result in media coverage. I’m sure that it is devastating to the family and friends, but if you were truly hurt by what she did, I doubt you would be doing a Google on her death before the funeral, now would you?
First off JJ look up the true meaning of his name Da’ath then think about your ignorant statement
Then stick your head back up your….
and I agree with the consensus
It is incredibly poor taste for this site to vote on whether or not a very distraught woman is going to hell before her friends and family can even have a memorial for her and her son.
I mean really we aren’t all suffering enough without the media perahia and sites like this one
making judgements based on your opinions.
If you want to make a website why don’t you create one for Da’ath out of respect not this sick poll on the fate of his mother’s soul.
Any one with children has to have some idea how hard this is on a family to recover.
and I can tell you who’s going to hell, since you are so freaking interested.
Webmasters and news media sites who pump a tragedy like this to get a few more hits for your banner ads.
and print someones personal thoughts (Gaston Gazette FU!) why do you feel the need to understand why?!
Jesus the only person who knows why is gone And I’m not sure she even knew.
Thank you to all the people who stumbled across this story and genuinely felt pain for this family, and moved on.
If you have to do something….
Pray for Da’ath & Michelle’s Family and loved ones who have to live with this horrible tragedy every day not just until the next headline comes along.
Ricky…
Your post serves to illustrate exactly what I mean. You assumed I Googled her when in fact, I received the link from a third party who knows me (but is not associated with Robin). You formed an opinion without having the facts. You also assumed that she was of sound mind and could have rationalized that media coverage would be a consequence of killing her son and then herself. I submit (in both this posting and my last post) that Robin was not of sound mind when she committed these horrible acts. Finally, since when is “People You’ll See In Hell” considered “the media”?
The owner of this blog is well within his First Amendment RIGHT to post whatever he wants. I respect that, and can only do what I did: Ask that he/she have some respect for Robin’s family and friends. My request was apparently denied.
Since this blog is apparently going to stay live, here’s a window into the life of Robin Croft (and no, I didn’t Google for these either):
* http://blogs.gastongazette.com/BreakingNews/Default.aspx
* http://www.gastongazette.com/news/croft_11543___article.html/parents_filicide.html
You will form your own opinion, but in my humble opinion, Robin was not the horrible angry person that she’s being made out to be.
When there is a person with mental illness in the family, it is the rest of the family’s responsibility to take the appropriate steps to mitigate that person’s possibly harmful actions.
If anything, reading her blog entries make me more determined that the choice between Hell and No Hell should be made by the readers. The fact that she was so cognizant about the world around her and took her sons life to spare him some unimagined fate…terrible.
I cannot beleive that you are so tactless that you would have people vote on such a painful and personal situation. And think about the family members involved, such as myself.
I can’t believe that someone would willingly let a woman with psychological issues take a child and isolate herself from any assistance.
I can’t believe anyone would shoot any child, much less their own.
So I suppose we all have things we can’t believe.
I can’t believe you’re such a dick!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t think that anyone is going to hell based on a website poll. I don’t think it works that way people.
Tina, you’re an idiot.
The admin I’m sure feels the pain of the family and friends of everyone here..
Tina, you’re still an idiot.
Questionalbe Poon ? Um……who is really the idiot here…Save your time in trying to have a battle of the wits with me Poon…you are obviously unarmed…
You are over using ellipses.
I remember that insult from when it first came out in 1934.
I see someone has their dictionary close by…and it seems your boyfriend has jumped in to try and help you…thats just precious…
The creator of this site obviously has such a small life that they felt the need to take a poll on who is going to hell or not. I am a relative of Robin’s and her son just to clarify. Family memebers and friends have the right to google this information since we are all left with so many questions. That is not something that you are going to make me feel guilty for. Robin was a very private person and obviously did not advertise that she was suicidal or willing to commit this act or any one person whom knows or knew her would have taken that child.
That child, that 4 year old boy is a victim here and his memory, life, name and death are not yours to discus or make a mochary of.
Everyone has thier opinion of how a person could do such a thing, Obviously she was not in her right mind. Obviously something went seriously wrong – we may never know what.
You sir, are a bastard. Do not dare judge my family as people that would allow this to happen. I know from this experience alone you cannot stand on the outside of a situation like this and judge what should have been done, what signs should have been there. Sometimes the people that need the most help don’t show any warning. If you or the other people that have posted on this site have every read about depresion or mental illness in general you would understand that.
Shut your hole, have fun with your morbid and by the way half ass website and respect this child and his memory. A- hole!
Mmmm, Mocha-ry. We here at PYSIH Love Mocha.
Learn to spell, make Kat happy.
Hey I haven’t judged anyone. I haven’t voted yet.
Spot on Lisa
“Hey I haven’t judged anyone. I haven’t voted yet”
OOOH DON’T LET ME FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE YOU FUCKING ARROGANT PRICK THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY YOU INSENSITIVE COCK SUCKER!!!!!
MAYBE YOU COULD BE ON YOUR OWN SHITTY SITE SOMEDAY
Tina you are such an idiot. I said what I said of my own accord. I am also living with depression and so is my father.
And please, inform me, who exactly was I “following”? No one had mentioned what I said earlier and even if they had, agreement isn’t following.
Get educated before you comment on something like this.
Sarah…after commenting on you I realized that you were not the one following it was the girl that commented after you and for that mistake I apologize…
If you suffer from Depression, why are you not educated on the subject ?
” People don’t get educated about Depression and aren’t aware of the resources because people don’t want to hear that someone would want to take their own life. ”
You call me an idiot…but really…who is the idiot here ? If you had Cancer you would seek treatment wouldn’t you ? To save your life you would seek treatment…so by the same token, if you are suffering from something that may lead to suicide then why wouldn’t you educate yourself about it and get help for it ? So Sarah…maybe it is you that needs to get educated.
[...] Robin Croft’s PYSIH.com entry, a certain person who goes by the alias of JC had this to [...]
I could care less what her mental state is. A mother is expected to protect their children. Children come into this world innocent and vulnerable. She failed to live up to those expectations. Not only did she not protect that child, she murdered that child. It’s sad that she had a mental condition. It’s also sad, albeit fitting, that she’ll, most likely, go to hell as well.
tina-i dont do drugs…the point i was trying to make is that depressed or not she was not thinking of her son to kill him.she was all drugged up not depressed!!
i shouldnt say that…maybe she was depressed…but i still think that it was drugs also
and tina-i also think you cause people to feel worse about themselves.u probably drive people to suicide.
Mandy…you’ve attempted suicide twice….why didn’t you succeed ? Did you really want to end your life or were you just seeking some attention ?
Go rot in hell. I find your comment more disturbing than any other comment on here. You don’t like us bitching about a woman who MURDERED a little boy, and guess what, we don’t like you making stupid, uninformed comments about someones pain.
We are not condemning this woman for being depressed. We are condemning her for dragging a child down with her.
I tried to kill myself once. I didn’t succeed, obviously, because of the fact that I hadn’t hidden myself away from those who could help me. They found me, took me hospital. I was angry at the time, but I got over it. I have HVS, and it will kill me, it causes incredible amounts of pain everyday. It eats into your brain (And I can still write better than most of the idiots on this site) so is there any wonder why I did it? Everyone has a reason. I think is is very rude and disgusting of you to brush off suicides attempts as “trying to get attention”. The last time that happened at Dunedin Hospital they were faced by a murder-suicide.
This woman had a father who cared very much and a son to depend on her. She responded to neither and took “the easy way out”. If you have depression, for gods sake, ask someone for help.
To those of you who chose to comment on my statement that Mandy’s bluntness was disturbing….i was referring to the line….
” she must have not had any good times with her child to blow a whole in his head. ”
I just thought that was a blunt way to describe the death of this poor child. And for that all the simpleton’s came out of the woodwork to attack me. After reading some of the comments regarding this, I have formed the conclusion that most of you type before you think…and then with some of you there is obviously no thought involved…
To those of you who say you are depressed…maybe this isn’t a site you should frequent…it could push you over the edge…wait…on second thought…
Hey Mandy and Tina How about you finish your bullshit on another Blog. Your Both stupid!
Lisa…didn’t your mom tell you not to speak when adults are talking ?
I’m done with this site…this is obviously a site for youngsters…
What a shame.
And I am talking about this crap of site.
I would like to shed a little light on this situation for anyone still following this.
The name Da’ath means wisdom or wise one; although we did get a good laugh even before he was born that those with a southern accent would ask “Why’d you name him Dea-ath?”
He was a beautiful, loving child and she, if anything, was over-protective and I witnessed many wonderful times they enjoyed together. That she could ever get to a point where she could do that to the child she loved so much is where our understanding stops. Obviously, she was not in her right mind, rational, or sane at that moment.
Many of us worried about her taking him so far away from his father and the only life he had known. Da’ath was very close to his father and they spoke daily on the phone since he left until that awful last night (Sat., 10/6). It was his concern that triggered the police finding them five days later.
If any one of a number of people had even imagined that she could do this, we would have done something. She cut out people that could/would have helped and presented a distorted image to others.
And, by the way, it is highly unlikely that drugs were involved. She was not taking anything and only drank occassionally before leaving Florida. I doubt her pattern changed much after she moved.
I knew Robin, but not well. She was a kind, creative soul. The last time I saw her she was pregnant and looking forward to the birth of her child. She was not an angry, evil, cold person. I do not claim to have any insight into what brought her to the point where she felt that ending 2 lives was her only alternative, but I do know that she had been troubled for some time. I doubt that as she made the decision to end her life and that of her son she gave a thought to what the media would say about her.
Please let her rest in the peace I pray she’s finally found. Let those who cared about her and loved her keep her in their hearts. She was a good person.
If anyone here actually had a clue they would realize, this could have been anyone that this happened to. When there is any kind of mental illness, whether it is depression, bi-polar, manic depression, borderline personality disorder, social anxiety….(the list is long) once you get into the spiral of the disorder, you don’t realize you’re there, or what it’s doing to you.If you’re away from your support group as she was, and you spiral, tragedies happen.
No one knows what was going through her mind..what her perception was. Did she believe she was saving Da’ath from some imagined danger? or was she angry enough to know the pain this would cause? While her family and friends try to digest and process the fact that they are gone, wondering what was going through her mind, and what they could have done to change the outcome
of this situation, please remember that this could just as easily have happened to any one of you or your friends/family.
Lilio, you’ve got it exactly. It’s like the kind of thing you see on the news and say to yourself “Thank god this is not my family or friends.” And so, when it happens to you it seems unreal, at times surealistic. I’ve been telling anyone I know that is a parent or has children in their lives to love them up really good and give them lots of hugs and make sure the child knows they are loved. Thank you for your compassion. There were people at the memorial service in NC that didn’t even know them but were moved to be there. Currently when asked how we are I say it’s like a weather report – mostly calm with occassional showers. Now we start the process of finding out what “normal” is going to be, for it will never be the same for us. Again, thank you.
Mani – Last August my brother took his life but before he did we had a huge fight where he smashed my head against a counter top and then put a chefs knife to my throat and threatened to kill me and my daughter. I have no idea what was going through his mind because he adored both of us. I then screamed at him to go kill himself (he threatened many times over the years). He proceeded to sneak into my mothers garden on the other side of town and cut a length of garden hose. He found a isolated place in a field and gassed himself. I still can not come to terms with what I told him to do. I can’t be angry with him for what he did to me. I love him and always will. I miss him terribly and know that he suffered from depression. I tried to get him to see someone but to no avail. You can take a horse to water as they say. I’m really sorry for the family and friends of Robin and her son, I have some understanding of what they are going through.
Absolutely devastating.
To her family and friends – I’m sorry for your loss. Even to us outsiders it’s mind boggling that someone would do this; I can’t imagine your shock and sorrow. I also can’t imagine her despair. It had to run deep.
So sad.
From her blogs I get the impression she was searching for healing. She takes us through her own struggle to find happiness and health, and tries to provide encouragement to others as well. That’s a caring person.
Maybe those blogs were the signs everyone keeps talking about, but how could you blame the family for missing them? They were veiled in thoughts of hope, not despair. She was looking for and speaking of happiness, growth, healing, and new beginnings. We get the impression that she was a woman looking to a bright future, not one teetering on the edge of an abyss.
Nobody here is qualified to judge this woman. If we’re talking about hell, then we’re talking religion. If we’re talking religion then I’m here to tell you that God is the only one qualified to judge her.
Sorry to the family and friends for this intrusion into your lives. I pray you find peace, and I pray for Robin’s soul. Da’ath, I’m sure, has found his peace.
Marc
Thank you Marc.
In July, she was looking forward to the future. We were planning a visit by me in October. At that time she sounded optomistic.
There’s enough sadness already….rest in peace
there is enough sadness in situations like this without people adding and adding to torment! i just dont understand how people can enjoy sentencing people to hell and commenting on situations that they only have the vaguest idea about!!!! NOBODY will really understand my point of view until someone a friend/partner/family is involved in a situation like the ones featured on here! and reading some of these comments I sincerely hopes it happens to some of you! at least then you might become less judgemental and might consider things from other points of view!!! one of my favourite books is to Kill a Mockingbird and a famous quote in there is ‘You never really understand a person until you put yourself in there shoes and walk around in them!’!!! maybe some of you should consider doing this, i’m sure it would make you better people!!!!and i’m not talking about consider things from the point of view of the poeple who these articles are about but family/friends who are left behind/not in jail etc. who have to deal with hurtfull comments like these!!!
I don’t understand how anyone can judge Robin when they don’t know her or her situation. Any member of the family will tell you that she loved her son very much. I honestly believe that God will not condemn her to hell when she was suffering from severe depression even though I myself do not understand why Da’ath had to die. I pray that God gives his dad and the rest of those who loved him comfort and peace.
You don’t understand how anyone can judge her? Well I’ll try to put it simply: She shot her own son in the head.
Is it clear now? I for one don’t give a damn if she was a saint from birth until the moment she pulled that trigger, that does not change the fact that she murdered her own son, and frankly, I find that wrong. Don’t you?
I don’t know about you but when a parent murders their child I take aversion to that regardless of the reasons for doing so. (Mentally) Sick or not, healthy or not, coherent or not, medicated or not, alone or not, she killed her son in his sleep no less, and then herself.
That’s why people comment about the situation she created, and others who do similar wrongs. I am not saying she is a bad person, or that she was evil as supposed friends of the deceased have said, I don’t know all the facts, I can’t make an accurate judgment about that. But what I do know is that what she did was bad.
That’s the whole damn point of this. Can’t believe they haven’t figured it out yet.
I wonder if these idiots understand that there are people out here who have depression and bi-polar and DON’T shoot their kids, and DO get help? They seem to lump people like this woman in with mentally ill people who have normal lives. They feel a bit sad, a bit different, but still manage to create good things around them.
hey lisa…go f**k yourself you hoe!!
Now now. It’s “Go fuck yourself you WHORE”
Leave the innocent garden instruments out of this! They have suffered enough…
Kat- You owe me an iced coffee. I just snorted mine onto my computer screen (Ow Ow OW! It hurts! I have coffee in my sinuses!)
People just need to realize that there are people suffering due to this horrible tragedy, and have some decency to realize the pain they cause with what they say here or anywhwhere else.
Oh I believe people do in fact realize that, however the thing is they either don’t care, don’t think about it, or are intentionally doing it in order to annoy, or one of the many combinations of the three.
Personally, the way I see it is if these comments get you so riled up then just maybe they have struck a nerve, and because of that maybe there’s a hint of truth to them? I’m not trying to provoke you or anything, much less make you feel worse/angrier, I’m just being analytical from a neutral standpoint.
If all the things that have been said are false then you shouldn’t really care, be happy knowing we’re wrong and she really was a good person in that specific case, otherwise realize that you don’t need to read this website if it upsets you.
“Personally, the way I see it is if these comments get you so riled up then just maybe they have struck a nerve, and because of that maybe there’s a hint of truth to them?”
You know, I’ve heard that comment often over the years. I don’t know who came up with it, but it’s total nonsense. The “nerve” being struck is the recipient’s aversion to the UN truth he/she is hearing.
It has always bugged the hell out of me to hear someone use that comment and point a finger as if to say “See?! The fact that it bugs you so much proves that I’m right!!”
Hogwash.
I am one of the “people suffering due to this horrible tragedy”. Yes, some of the things said here have been wrong and some ofensive; but then again some have given me great support through all this. Tomorrow is one month from the day we found out. Right now we need all the support we can get just to get through this upcoming holiday season.
I’ve come to understand that some people simply don’t realize they might be causing pain by their comments. And sometimes I question whether I am simply being too sensitive. An example is something that lilio wrote “There’s enough sadness already….rest in peace”. That’s it, the entire message; right after I mentioned how positive Michelle was in July. The thought that provoked was: is she/he saying I shouldn’t share memories? is she/he telling me to shut up? I decided to think it was meant in a positive way and moved on.
The point is people all react to this in different ways. This site is for anyone to comment as they please. So, say what you want and, if you pause and give a thought to us and how it might affect us, all the better. If you find something offensive, I suggest you wait a day or two before responding. Things said in anger are often regretted later. If you respond with a little perspective, maybe you can express you thoughts in a clearer way.
Long live free speech.
Marc,
That’s why I phrased it as a question, and not a statement. I was asking you if that was correct, and apparently it wasn’t which is perfectly fine, in fact that’s what I expected you (or whoever would have responded) to say. Whether I believe that or not? Eh, that’s just a personal opinion which you shouldn’t let affect you. The important thing is to be able to move on. I am not saying you should just forget it ever happened, quite the contrary, but time does not wait for anyone or anything.
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Mani,
Yes I agree.
No, I didn’t mean not to share memories, I meant not to share hate.
I am apologetic to all the friends and family of Da’ath and Robin. I dont think that this case should even be on this site. Altho I have read some absolutly VILE stories on here, this is not one. I am a young mother of 2, my son is 4 and my daughter is 2. I can just imagine the pain, and depression a mother must be going thru to decide that that was the only way for her and her baby boy. I cant believe how far off these comments got. They went from the majority of them being sypathetic towards people suffering from depression, to petty name calling and insensitivity. There really are A LOT of cases on this site, where the offenders were absolute MONSTERS, but in the end, it is God and only God that judges. We have opinions, but they really dont matter. I really dont think that this case should be on this site. I feel Robin was a troubled soul who needed help, love and guidance, and nothing helped enough. She wasnt maliscious (sp?) and mosterous like the majority of the other cases on this site.
We all need more understanding when it comes to illnesses of the mind, I deal with one, actually many in one person, everyday. I understand what hes going thru, and I let go anything he says or does that offends me. Please, use discression when writing an opinion.
“I deal with one,actually many in one person, everyday.”
Are you saying you have Multiple Personality Disorder? It’s rare to acknowledge the other “people”. Which one understands the reasoning behind killing your kid?
Some free advice…step away from your children.
[...] Johni Michelle Heuser was the next most popular evil person in October. She was the one who left her dead child in the attic of her home while her boyfriend was in Iraq. Rounding out the list of the most popular evil people in October is Robin Croft, who shot both her 4-year-old son and herself. [...]
Hello, I was a good friend with Robin Michelle. It was an email relationship but I had got to know her quite well. We had lost touch over the last year or so and the news was quite shocking.
She had related to me that she wanted out of her situation but felt it was not possible. She indeed loved her son very much… the name da’ath actually means wisdom in Hebrew. She was quite aware of the biblical things having come through catholic schools, but was turned off by the many christian bigots that she saw in her life. She indeed suffered from depression, anxiety, and several other problems, but.. she understood what was going on.
In a very difficult time in my life she was most helpful and very insightful. She had tried in her iife to be the best person she knew how. Yeah, she had her faults we all do but she was a person with a good heart. She had adopted a paganistic view of things and while that conflicted with my christian beliefs she actually was more in tune with reality than most christians. She also was married to a Satanic priest and this is where she wanted out from. Self created mistake or not she wanted out but felt her options were limited.
Her care for her son was exemplary …
I for one will not judge her. It is easy to judge. Where were the ‘righteous’ ones when she needed them? Where were the people who cared? It is much harder to intercept these actions ahead of time. Judging afterwards is childish. We should set our minds to reaching out to those in need before such a tragedy happens. Look around you today… and take note of people in need, be kind, be pleasant, get to know someone….. you never know… it might be a story like this that you prevent.
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The first time I met Robin was at Charter Hospital when we here teens. She was placed there for having strong suicidal tendencies, and I will never forget the look of emptiness and doom in her tearful eyes on her inital day there. I grew to know her, and we were good friends during the years we were in contact with each other. She may have finally sealed her fate over a broken relationship with her man, named Torch, but that was not the true reason behind her willingness to kill her 4 year old child and herself…………
This one kind of hit close to home for me….I’ve been suffering from severe depression for about 10 years. The first couple years, I refused to seek help. I just kept falling and falling…it wasn’t until my mom’s death and my nervous breakdown that I finally sought help. I went to a psych hospital for nine days, but was eventually forced out because I couldn’t pay for it anymore. It was then I felt at my lowest as I remember crying and wailing to my aunt, “I can’t even picture tomorrow!” Like, just the thought of tomorrow seemed so far away because I just could not envision myself making it that far. I felt like that psych hospital was my last chance and it didn’t work.
Luckily, I had family who reached out to me and friends who made me smile. I was on medication and getting help.
That was all about 5-6 years ago. Now I’m mostly ok. I still struggle with the depression, but I’ve gone back to school and am trying to build a better life for myself. I still have a long way to go, but I feel like I’ve made a lot of progress.
I feel for this girl because it does seem like she had some serious mental issues. This wasn’t the usual story I read here where I go, “Oh! What a horrible person! Rot in Hell” I didn’t make that snap judgment here. I am sorry she didn’t get the help she needed.
However, I just cannot forgive her for trying to take her son with her. As much as I care for her deteriorated mental state, I think she is terrible for taking her child’s life. If she were concerned for her child’s well-being, why not give it up for adoption and make sure that the next parents would give it the love and attention it needed, thus providing him with the possibility of a better life? She could’ve saved her son by giving him away since it didn’t seem like she was in the right mind to fully take care of him. Addition by subtraction, you know?
I just don’t get how the parents on these sites come to the conclusion of killing their/other’s kids as the solution to their own perceived problems.
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what i don’t understand here is why all these people are telling everyone to “fuck off” and almost defending the mother who just killed her own son? she killed her own son so she should and is going to hell. why are people arguing this? she is a murderer and i don’t give a shit if someone has depression and has been “mentally ill”… YOU SHOULDN’T KILL PEOPLE. period. go to hell robin croft and all the people that are defending her. tell me why this SHOULDN’T be on this site? she’s a murderer.
The name of the site is PEOPLE YOU’LL SEE IN HELL. It should serve as a warning pertaining to it’s content, so don’t act surprised by what you read here.
Robin murdered a child. Put a gun to his head, pulled the trigger. Depression does not make you forget that murder is wrong. It doesn’t make you forget that taking a loaded gun in your hand, pointing it at a baby’s head and DECIDING to go ahead and pull the trigger is hell-worthy. Murder of an innocent baby is hell-worthy alone. I don’t know about suicide, don’t really care. Her first act, IMO, wrote her destiny in stone. Anything after that is irrelivant.
Excellent comment Dawn – In my mind, there is no good reason to kill a child. Once you do that, you deserve whatever evil comes your way, whether it’s years in prison or insulting opinions from people who post on websites like this one. it seemed to me that out of all these people who tried to defend Robin Croft’s action, very few, if any, even mentioned her 4-year-old son Da’ath. It’s almost as if he didn’t exist to most of them. Da’ath was a victim, he had no choice about what happened to him that day – Robin made the decision to die for him. Another word for that is murder.
“Da’ath” means ‘knowledge, perception, skill, discernment, understanding, wisdom’ in Hebrew. For some reason, knowing that makes me even more disgusted.