But looking at her photo and reading about her, I cant help but wonder what happened ?? Or, how can this happen? What makes someone act this way? WE see it in the news too. Andrea Yates drowning her young ones. It heartbreaking.
The answer is severe mental illness. In Andrea Yates' case, her illness, post partum psychosis, was treated inadequately. In Tonya's case, it was never diagnosed or treated properly. If you read the things Mario has posted about her, she would seem to be either severely bipolar with psychosis or possibly schizophrenic. Getting care for mentally ill adults who will not accept that they need help, well it can be next to impossible in some states.
I posted a link earlier in this thread about grief, guilt and regret. I hope somehow Mario can get that information from somewhere. It would help greatly for him to learn the difference between guilt, which is destructive and regret which is much healthier and easier to bear.