Mommy in TX is charged w/brutally abusing 2 slaves,suspected of killing 2 others,due to Munchausen Syndrome
Joe1orbit
Hello,
Over in Texas, a 31 year old Mommy named Cynthia Martinez has been charged
with abusing and deliberately injuring both of her male slaves. Cynthia has
been diagnosed as suffering from the "medical disorder" known as Munchausen
Syndrome by proxy, where biological creators of children have an uncontrollable
desire/need to abuse and injure their slaves, as a way of gaining attention to
themselves from doctors and hospitals. IMO, the odds are high that this
"disorder" is not a legitimate medical condition affecting the brain, and it is
simply another manifestation of the internal True Reality trauma and abuse that
the parent suffered as a child, which he or she then chooses to inflict upon
their slave, as a way of cathartically relieving their own emotional distress.
Cynthia not only abused and injured her two slaves at home, she also overtly
abused them while they lay in the hospital, as a result of her past abuse. In
the hospital, she would place toxic substances into the helpless little boy's
intravenous tubes, and turn off life sustaining medical equipment, which caused
one of the 2 boys to go into cardiac arrest. Neither boy died, no thanks to
Mommy Dearest.
Police confirm that Cynthia gave birth to a THIRD slave last month, but that
child WAS seized by the State at birth, due to how she allegedly treated her
first 2 slaves. She faces the possibility of Life in prison if convicted of all
the child abuse and endangerment charges against her, but being the
Mommy/slaveowner, you can count on leniency being shown by the jury.
If you would like to see a photo of Mommy Cynthia, in shackles, as she was
being led into court yesterday, simply point your web browser to:
http://www.expressnews.com/pantheon/news-bus/crime-crisis/3001ajv1.shtml
Mommy Cynthia was a bit tearful in court yesterday, but the most interesting
and ironic aspect of this case is that Mommy Cynthia was scheduled to begin a
civil trial proceeding yesterday in which she would ASK the court to RETURN her
newborn son to her, instead she found herself indicted on 6 child
abuse/endangerment counts. It took four years of investigation for prosecutors
to finally decide to file criminal charges now, AND the decision was likely
made only AFTER prosecutors learned that Mommy Cynthis would NOT quietly give
up her slave, but intended to fight in court to regain custody of at least the
newborn.
Only hours after her arrest and indictment yesterday, she was released on
unsecured bond. After all, she only tortured 2 of her helpless, but LEGALLY
OWNED slaves. Hey, guess what? TWO of our Mommy's previously born children
DIED, and investigators suspect that she killed them, but they don't have
enough evidence to bring criminal charges in those two deaths.
We get some interesting details on exactly how she abused her two survving
sons/slaves. With one little boy, aged about 3, she turned off a machine
monitoring the slave's respiratory and heart rates in1993, and then failed to
seek medical assistance when he went into cardiac and respiratory arrest. As a
result, that little boy, now aged 6, is in a permanent vegetative state.
With her other surviving son, when he was just an 8-10 month old infant,
hospitalized DUE TO Mommy Cynthia's abuse, she pursued the child right into the
hospital, and committed at least FOUR separate acts of life endangering abuse,
as the infant lay in the hospital. She:
1:Forcefully blew into a feeding tube in Joseph's stomach.
2: Obstructed his gastric tube by placing gauze into it.
3: Introduced a foreign matter into an intravenous line.
4: Poured an unprescribed substance into his feeding bag.
How nice to see how dedicated our Mommy was, in brutalizing and trying to
kill her slaves. She actually has FIVE surviving sons. Her lawyers will argue
in court that the children all suffer from a fenetic disorder that makes them
sick, even though whenever her slaves are taken away from Mommy Cynthia before
PERMANENT damage can be done, they become perfectly healthy and thrive.
Meanwhile, other lawyers, representing Cynthia's hubby, who apparently is
STILL married to her, as well as Cynthia's mother, intend to bring court cases
where they try to regain possession of the Slaves. Oh yeah, the 5 children are
nothing more than OBJECTS. Everybody wants to possess the valuable objects.
"Give me my property!", they shout, "the Sacred Blood Bond must NOT be broken,
that is what my society taught me!", they declare, from the depths of their
brainwashed, irrational, and malicious minds. How pathetic you humans are!
Take care, JOE
The following appears courtesy of today's Reuters News Wire:
Woman Indicted In Munchausen Case
4/30/98
Reuters
(SAN ANTONIO) -- A San Antonio woman has been charged with intentionally
injuring and endangering her two sons. Cynthia Martinez is charged with
inflicting harm on the boys so she could rescue them and be hailed as a hero.
The 31- year-old woman has been diagnosed with a bizarre disorder called
Munchausen Syndrome by proxy. A federal grand jury says Martinez placed foreign
substances in the little boy's I-V tubes and turned off medical equipment,
forcing one infant to go into cardiac arrest. Officials seized a newborn baby
last month, hours after Martinez gave birth, because of her treatment of the
two boys. If convicted, Martinez faces 99 years in prison.
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The following two articles both appear courtesy of the 4/29/98 online edition
of The San Antonio Express-News newspaper:
Mom accused of hurting kids
Munchausen's Syndrome case leads to federal indictment
By Melissa Prentice and Jacque Crouse
Express-News Staff Writers
A tearful Cynthia Martinez Lyda was arrested Wednesday on federal charges she
injured and endangered two of her sons.
A federal grand jury returned the six-count indictment against Lyda after a
nearly four-year federal investigation.
Among the charges against her are allegations Lyda had forcefully blown into
one son's feeding tube and turned off another son's respirator.
FBI agents arrested the 31-year- old mother at the Bexar County Courthouse as
she began a civil court fight to be reunited with her newborn son.
Child Protective Service caseworkers for the state of Texas took the newborn
from Lyda hours after his April 6 birth.
The mother of six sons has been diagnosed with Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy,
a rare disorder in which mothers and other caregivers cause illnesses and
trauma in children to gain admiration and respect as devoted caregivers.
Lyda was released hours after her arrest on a $50,000 unsecured bond. U.S.
Magistrate Judge John Primomo ordered her to wear an electronic monitor.
Lyda faces up to 212 years in prison if convicted on two counts of serious
bodily injury to a child, one count of injury to a child and three counts of
endangering a child.
The investigation by the FBI and Air Force Office of Special Investigation
began when a suspicious doctor prompted Wilford Hall Medical Center officials
to use a hidden camera to videotape the mother in her son Joseph's hospital
room in November 1994.
Lyda also is under investigation in Arizona for the deaths of her 25- month-old
son Aaron in 1990 and a foster boy in 1993.
Because of her diagnosis -- and the long history of unexplained injuries and
deaths -- the state of Texas took month-old Benjamin and his 16-month-old
brother Gideon from their mother at birth. The boys live together with a local
foster family.
Lyda saw and held Benjamin for the first time Monday under strict supervision.
After her arrest Wednesday, Lyda's court battle to be reunited with the newborn
was postponed until Monday before 224th District Judge David Peeples.
The indictment charges Lyda turned off a machine monitoring her son Daniel's
respiratory and heart rates Aug. 10, 1993, and failed to seek medical
assistance when he went into cardiac and respiratory arrest.
Daniel, now 6, remains in a vegetative state.
The indictment also accuses Lyda of injuring her son Joseph four times during
his stay at Wilford Hall Medical Center in November and December 1994, when he
was 8 months old. The specific charges are that Lyda:
• Forcefully blew into a feeding tube in Joseph's stomach.
• Obstructed his gastric tube by placing gauze into it.
• Introduced a foreign matter into an intravenous line.
• Poured an unprescribed substance into his feeding bag.
Joseph, now 4, made a complete recovery after his mother was prohibited from
seeing him.
At the federal court hearing Wednesday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Demetrius
Bivens asked that Lyda be prohibited from contact with her five sons or any
child under 14.
Three older sons, including the two she is charged with injuring, live in
Arizona.
Bivens said he fears Lyda will try to poison the babies in an effort to induce
seizures, which she has claimed are caused by a genetic disorder, not abuse.
"It is in her interest to show her children have a (genetic) problem. For
instance, to introduce some kind of poison to try to prove a genetic disorder,"
he said. "Some kind of poisoning to induce seizures, which has been something
she has claimed as genetic."
Federal Magistrate Primomo ruled Wednesday that "the experts" in state court
can continue to control Lyda's visitation with her newborn son and her 16-month
old son. But he ordered Lyda not be allowed to visit her children in Arizona.
State District Judge Peeples will resume the hearing next week to determine
whether the state was justified in taking emergency custody of Lyda's newborn
boy.
"This mother has a psychiatric condition that at least makes her incapable . .
. of making sound conclusions regarding these children," said Irene Cadena, an
attorney who represents both San Antonio boys.
Cadena told the judge Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy has a poor prognosis for
recovery, especially if a patient denies she has the illness.
"From this mother, we have had little or no cooperation to alleviate our
fears," Cadena said.
But Lyda's attorneys, Laura Galvan-Davis and Joanne Eakle, said they'll present
expert testimony Lyda doesn't suffer from the rare disease and her sons
suffered from a genetic disorder.
They said they'll extensively cross-examine Dr. Patrick Holden, who they say
made a 1995 diagnosis that Lyda suffers from Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy
that was "not based on the scientific method."
Attorneys for Lyda's husband, Paul, and his mother hope to convince the judge a
family member can provide a safe home for the babies.
Wednesday, April 29, 1998
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Experts say disorder could explain deaths
By Gloria Padilla
Express-News Staff Writer
Medical and law enforcement experts agree they may have overlooked hundreds of
cases in which children were killed by people with a rare disorder known as
Munchausen's Syndrome by Proxy.
In the past several years, there has been an increase in the number of reported
cases of Munchausen's -- a form of long-term, physical child abuse, usually by
a parent or caregiver.
Cynthia Martinez Lyda, 31, was indicted in San Antonio Wednesday on six federal
charges of injuring and endangering two of her six sons. Lyda has been
diagnosed with Munchausen's.
The syndrome is a form of child abuse in which the abuser fabricates an illness
in the child, and then seeks attention and gratification from the abuser's
heroic efforts to help the child.
It was named after 18th-century German baron and mercenary officer Hieronymous
Karl Fredrich von Munchausen, known for exaggerating tales of his exploits.
Victims of the syndrome usually are children, and the abuser usually is their
mother.
According to an article published in a 1991 FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin,
abusers with Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy kill 10 percent of their victims.
In that article, Orlando, Fla., Police Department Investigator Kathyrn A. Hanon
noted that while Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is a problem recognized by the
mental health community, law enforcement officers also need to be aware of it.
"Sadly, previous unexplained deaths of children may actually have been
preventable homicides if recognized early as cases of Munchausen Syndrome by
Proxy," Hanon wrote.
Bexar County Deputy Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Robert C. Bux agreed.
He said it's hard to tell if a child died as a result of abuse by someone with
Munchausen's because evidence often does not turn up in an autopsy. The
evidence, he said, usually is in the deceased's history.
In many cases involving Munchausen, the parents move frequently and their
children may have different last names.
Bux said he was an expert witness several years ago in a case that involved a
woman accused of killing seven children in three states.
"In her case the deaths occured in different jurisdictions, and they all had
different last names," he said.
Across the country dozens of Munchausen cases have been prosecuted or are
awaiting trial.
Yvonne Eldridge, a California foster mother who was once honored for her work
with children by the Reagan White House, was convicted in 1996 of willful
cruelty toward the sick foster children she took into her home. Her case
currently is on appeal.
The increase in the number of Munchausen Syndrome cases has prompted the
formation of a support group for the accused parents.
A national organization called MAMA (Mothers Against Munchausen Syndrome by
Proxy Allegations) was founded by Mark and Julie Patrick of Mississippi after
she was accused by hospital officials of having Munchausen syndrome after their
son died in 1996.
Express-News Researcher Stacy Gilbert contributed to this report.
Wednesday, April 29, 1998