Syrup? - (Spoiler)
A 4 year kid killing himself with cough syrup?
It just sounds very improbable to me.
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ya but it kinda shows how *beep* up he was.
shareHe didn't kill himself intentionally. A four year old wouldn't even know that cough syrup would kill him. I think what they were getting at was that the kid couldn't sleep because his mom wasn't home and thought that taking more would help him calm down.
However, I really don't see how cough syrup could kill someone. It would have to be a really big bottle, because most bottles don't even have enough syrup in them for more than about four doses.
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I'm no psychologist, but a she made it sound like he did it on purpose. He is FOUR, I've never heard of a four year old commiting suicide. I also knew she did from the start since she took so long to tell Jackson the kid was in the car. I really thought the movie was horrible, had potential, but it was too obvious. I only watched to the end to see how it actually happened. She got off easy with the plea of Neglegent Homicide. I would have gone for the harshest sentence. But then again, its a movie.
shareShe was kind of messed up in the head. In her view, he did it to "make her sorry". I think he just did it cuz he KNOWS he's only supposed to take like a tspn.
shareIt wasn't even Neglegent Homicide. She got Criminal Neglegence, which is a lesser charge.
shareLet's don't forget that all we're getting is HER version of what happened; and her version shifted and changed and was filtered through her perceptions...
Assuming that the broad outline of what she said was true, I think the plausible version is that she gave him his dose, went downstairs and he wouldn't sleep.
She gave him another dose, he wouldn't sleep.
In her confused and unstable condition -whether mental or drug-induced (remember she was said to have been an addict, and we only have her word that she's been "clean')- she probably forgot that she already gave him two doses and then dosed him again and again.
"If you don't know the answer -change the question."
As someone mentioned before, no one killed the kid, she didn't dose him again and again. She said in the interview room that she told him it was night vitamin; so he probably thought he would drink it so he could go to sleep or something... since wasn't she having a fight w/ her lover, and he whenever she checked on the kid; he wasn't sleeping?
Being killed by a bottle of cough syrup; yeah that's highly questionable.
Your post is very confusing. Were you saying that the kid DID die from drinking the medicine or not?
shareYes I'm saying he did die from it. But that he didn't do it to commit suicide/hurt her, he did it because he thought it was good for him.
shareWell then the question still remains:
HOW DID THE FOUR YEAR OLD GET THE BOTTLE OF SYRUP OPEN?!
They didn't mention whether the cap had one of those child safety things on it. So I guess it's up to our imaginations.
shareit is very plausible that the kid died from an overdose on cough syrup... to those of you who were skeptical about it before. Not all cough syrup is nasty tasting, and a lot of teenagers take it to get a "high" thats why you have to be 18 or over to buy most types now. Most cough syrup bottles have more than just 4 doses, since youre only supposed to take two tsps at a time that would leave quite a bit for a person to overdose,maybe not a full grown adult.. not enough to kill them anyway but think of how small a four year old boy is. As for getting the bottle open...it just depends on the child safety device if there even was one.
shareFinally, a post I agree with... Wave surfer 87. You got it right, imo. The kid could definitely od & die from cough syrup. A woman was convicted for killing her child by giving her Benadryl (generic) to make her "drowsy". It happens. Any medication can have adverse effects; Including death. I don't know why people find this so hard to believe. And why would it be said that bottles only contain -4- doses??? Are you kidding? Do you people not have kids? Or just never get sick? You might not have liked the movie, but the argument about the cough syrup is w/o merit. It could kill a small child.
The bottle open... She (mom) might've left it open. Who knows.
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its definately possible to open a child proof bottle when your a child. not every kid can do it but theres tons ive seen that can. plus it depends which child safety was on because some are easier to open then others.
shareits definately possible to open a child proof bottle when your a child. not every kid can do it but theres tons ive seen that can. plus it depends which child safety was on because some are easier to open then others.
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Everyone is assuming that she use Children cough syrup. But she just said cough syrup that likely put him to sleep. I also believe that when he refuse to go to sleep, she might have given him the fatal dose By accident.
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