Marybeth Tinning: A Serial Killer

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In an ideal society, individuals would follow the law and coexist in harmony. However, as we know, the world is filled with corrupt people that degrade society’s welfare by harming those around them. These people include criminals such as burglars, robbers, rapists, and, the most jarring, serial killers. The latter murder multiple people in differentiated events due to psychological reasons. One of the most notorious serial killers is Marybeth Tinning, known for her multiple slayings of her children. Tinning had a generally ordinary, uneventful childhood. She was born on September 11, 1942 and has one brother (Marybeth Tinning). Marybeth attended Duanesburg High School in New York and worked a handful of low-paying jobs after graduating (Marybeth …show more content…
As stated before, Tinning completed high school but never went to college and instead worked at low-paying jobs. Tinning was eventually diagnosed with Munchausen by Proxy after her murder of her nine children (Fisher). A person with this disorder gains the attention-and loves this- by seeking medical help for made-up or exaggerated symptoms of a child in his or her care (Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy). In this case, Tinning loved the sympathy she received from her family and friends and this prompted her to keep killing her children (Fisher). She did not receive treatment as Tinning was diagnosed long after she committed the murders and was in the courtroom on trial for her actions. Moreover, treatment is often difficult because those who have it often deny there is a problem, and treatment success is dependent on the person telling the truth (Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy). When Tinning confessed her murders, her disorder was finally diagnosed and by then it was too late to treat her since she already committed multiple murders and was put in …show more content…
The fact that “none of the autopsies had resulted in a finding of homicidal death” shows how controlled and well planned the murders were since the autopsies could not detect any any scars, bruises, or any indentations on the victims’ bodies. Marybeth Tinning’s confession was on February 4, 1986, and it turned out to be 36 pages long (Montaldo). However, at the preliminary hearings Tinning expressed that the police threatened to pick up her children limb to limb from their graves and stressed that the confession was false (Montaldo). The trial was on June 22, 1987, and Marybeth was able to withstand the trial, although she kept expressing her innocence when it was over (Montaldo). The jury found her guilty of her charge, which was second-degree murder of Tami-Lynne (Fisher). The judge imposed the maximum sentence of 20 years to life

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