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Evaluation ordered for Mom accused of attempted murder

Associated Press.

ALEXANDRIA, La. A federal magistrate has ordered a psychological evaluation for a Fort Polk soldier's wife arrested for the attempted murder of her two children.

Thirty-two-year-old Kelli Ann Spaulding is being held in the Rapides Parish jail.

She was arrested for giving her two children excessive doses of Chlonidine (klohn-uh-dyne), an anti-hypertension drug, which her autistic son was routinely taking -- but not her daughter.

Medical authorities said the drugs could have killed the children.

Spaulding's mother testified yesterday that she would care for her daughter if she is later released into her custody.

The two children are now in foster care.

Source: KALB-TV, Alexandria

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I wonder as the woman is a soldier's wife, if her husband is away in Iraq or somewhere, and she is caring for the children on her own.

As she tried to kill both children, it could be severe depression or psychosis affecting her.

So why was the child prescribed chlonidine?  It is supposed to be an anti-hypertension medication.  A child with high blood pressure or maybe that was not why it was prescribed.


In this thread, some parent mentions that they are giving their child this drug along with melatonin to make them sleep at night.  I think it is rather disgusting to medicate children like that, for convenience.


http://www.autism-pdd.net/testdump/test755.htm


Read this:  http://www.usyd.edu.au/su/psych/documents/Clonidine.pdf

This drug was never intended to be used for children.

read the side effects:

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100000829.html