Episode 9 | Naomi Gaines-Young

Content Warning: Child Harm. Naomi was a young, single mother of four children struggling to keep her mental illness at bay. Even after multiple stints in treatment facilities, her post-partum psychosis wasn't being handled properly. Tragically, Naomi's mental illness caused her delusions to spiral out of control on an otherwise beautiful 4th of July day.

Sources:

https://murderpedia.org/female.G/g/gaines-naomi.htm

https://www.jackricelaw.com/blog/can-i-use-the-insanity-defense-in-minnesota

https://www.minnpost.com/mental-health-addiction/2019/09/her-sentence-complete-naomi-gaines-young-wants-to-talk-about-mental-illness/

https://namimn.org/

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/145.906