Talk about shocking. The beheading on the Greyhound bus was horrible, but now mothers eating their own kids...and now I find out a connection (however tenuous) with JWs. Terrible, terrible, terrible.
All I wanted to add to this thread was my own experience with a mentally unstable person that used to attend our hall, albeit sporadically. It was clear she had schizophrenia, but absolutely NOTHING was done to help her, by the elders or anyone else. She was asked to sit in the downstairs hall during meetings so as not to 'disrupt' the study, probably making her feel even worse and isolated when she did attend, and it was a shame to see how her children suffered as well (through no fault of their own). Her husband didn't seem to be too concerned that she got help either. The family eventually moved, and it seemed the congregation collectively breathed a sigh of relief.
It is way beyond time that any JW elder be properly trained to spot problems and be able to take some remedial action for the sake of those closest to these people who definitely need psychiatric help. The Society is way behind on this issue (as it is with just about everything else) and it's coming back to bite them in the ass.