Mom Cruelly Murders Her Autistic Children Because They Were Not Normal
by Saiqa Akhter is a thirty-year-old woman from Irving, Texas. On Monday, she joined the infamy of mothers who kill their own children – Susan Smith, Andrea Yates, etc.. As if the story of a mother killing her own children could get any sadder, these children were killed simply because they were autistic.
Saiqa Akhter is charged with capital murder after strangling to death her two children- Zain, 6-year-old, and Faraal, two- year- old. The 911 tape is nothing short of sickening. Saiqa is Pakistani born and the 911 operator had her repeat much of what she was saying over and over because of her heavy dialect. Listen to the tape here.
On the 911 tape, Saiqa can be heard over and over telling the operator, “I killed my kids.” When the operator could not understand her, she simply hung up. The operator called her back and began questioning her about the death of her children. Saiqa admits that she had tried to kill her children with bathroom cleaner, but they would not swallow it. At one point, she is washing her hands because the bathroom cleaner “smelled bad.” Saiqa explained to the operator how she resorted to strangling her children with a wire after they would not drink the cleaner. The 911 operator asked Saiqa what she was feeling. Her reply was, “Nothing.” The most difficult part for me was when the 911 operator asked Saiqa why she had killed her children. Saiqa told the 911 operator two different times that she killed her children because they were “autistic.” She went on to say, “Both are autistic. I don’t want my kids to be like that. I want normal kids.”
The police finally arrive and the 911 tape ends. Zain never had a chance. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. Faraal, his little sister, survived until she was removed from life support Wednesday.
Under Texas law, prosecutors can opt to seek the death penalty in capital murder cases. Do you think they should seek the death penalty?
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Post Commentpattiann
On July 22, 2010 at 7:09 am
Well written article. But that mother should nevr have been allowed to be a mother in the first place. There is simply no reason. I didn’t kill my yoingest daughter hen she was young even though she drove us crazy she ran around through the house so much. She walks around the house now at almost 39, but she can’t sit still.
PARAM
On July 22, 2010 at 8:21 am
excellent post….
CHAN LEE PENG
On July 22, 2010 at 8:38 am
This mom is crazy and should be prosecuted. She didn’t respect other’s life.
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Jamie Myles
On July 22, 2010 at 11:04 am
Hi Jo, we must be on the same wave link. I posted an article about the same incident. This is a terrible crime. Maybe it can come to some good by raising awareness about autism. Those poor innocent babies are in the hands of God. I wonder where the father is in all this ? there is certainly not much information about him available. I wonder if he was even in the picture or if the woman was a single parent. The whole thing is just so awful!
meandu
On July 22, 2010 at 3:04 pm
It is sickening to hear of mothers who take the lives of their children and they deserve to be prosecuted.
Rhodora Bande
On July 22, 2010 at 10:16 pm
This broke my heart… especially the part where she was trying to let the kids drink/swallow the bathroom cleaner.
Uma Shankari
On July 23, 2010 at 12:58 am
Outrageous and sad
Ammar H.
On July 23, 2010 at 9:58 am
What a disgusting person…good article.
kirozz
On July 23, 2010 at 10:07 am
autistic is not a word….
Yvonne K
On July 23, 2010 at 10:53 am
put her to death
Tiffany J L Alfonso
On July 23, 2010 at 12:34 pm
I’m autistic, and I’m lucky to be alive – it sickens me when a mother hears that her child(ren) has/have autism. Worst of all, it sickens me more when she reacts to the confirmed diagnosis by killing her affected kids. That mother should have sought for help for her kids, like therapy and counseling.
babygirl3605
On July 23, 2010 at 2:00 pm
That is so sad. How can moms kill their kids? I will never understand.
Anuradha Ramkumar
On July 23, 2010 at 11:25 pm
What kind of a mother is she?
suhail
On July 24, 2010 at 2:40 am
the kind of mother who is retard and the society turned a blind eye to…. should have been in an institution long time back …
Jewelstar
On July 24, 2010 at 4:16 am
How can human beings be so cruel… I cannot accept this fact!
Ann Yo
On July 24, 2010 at 8:33 am
Perfectionist people should learn something about this informative post. This is a very sad story to hear especially for moms who are also taking care of their autistic children. She could have asked help instead of killing her kids because she has no right to take away their lives. May God bless their souls.
Erin Miller
On July 24, 2010 at 12:40 pm
I have an autistic brother. This disturbs me. Well written article but that mother definitely deserves the death penalty.
briantaylor1992
On July 24, 2010 at 2:14 pm
All of could think of to say while reading this was “Wow…” The woman definitely deserves the death penalty. If she is that shallow that she couldn’t take care of her own children because of their disability, there is a little thing called adoption. At the very worst, she could have given them up for adoption. She obviously wasn’t a fit mother if she couldn’t take care of her children in the first place, and then she kills them over this? Give her the worst and most painful of the death penalties. Put her in the chair, I hear that is much more painful than our more “humane” methods. She obviously doesn’t deserve a humane death. Good article.
RS Wing
On July 24, 2010 at 3:21 pm
I saw this on FR, Jo. My god, that tape is so matter of fact. She’s way out there. No value for human life, not even her own flesh and blood. This is a syndrome and is happening too much. Truly horrible and sad.
goldie77
On July 24, 2010 at 5:53 pm
sounds like she needs help herself -this is not normal behaviour -she was clearly at the end of her tether -i’m not excusing her behaviour -especially trying to force cleaner down their throats -those poor kids -but it makes you wonder where the help was that she needed -two autistic children is a huge burden
NaeNaesOriginals
On July 24, 2010 at 8:17 pm
That is horrible!! The greatest joy in life is being a mother. If someone can’t understand something as simple as that, there is clearly something wrong with them- not the innocent children!!!
Lost in Arizona
On July 24, 2010 at 9:39 pm
I’m sorry, but a mother who takes her own children’s lives has no purpose on this earth. She shouldn’t be allowed to live. The Medea complex is a disgusting trait, and women who can’t even comprehend the loss of innocence is just confounding. Instead of harming her children, she should have sought out help. At least her children wouldn’t have had the unfortunate ending that was given them. Those poor babies were not asked to be brought into this world. This is just sad.
Athlyn Green
On July 25, 2010 at 12:42 am
I can’t help wondering why she didn’t surrender them into protective services? She must have been seriously disturbed.
cobaltinee
On July 25, 2010 at 4:50 am
Commiting a crime is bad for us. Good post!
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pinkrose88
On July 25, 2010 at 9:32 am
This is one sick mother. She needs psychiatric assistance.
heidiefernandez
On July 25, 2010 at 10:13 am
Mentally disturbed person…Good post
Sophocles
On July 25, 2010 at 5:33 pm
I am not outraged at all when I say that this woman in a psychopath, in the medical meaning of the word. To kill your own children and to feel nothing is literally impossible unless you have no emotions. She sounds like an interesting person, quite the hypocrite to murder children that have a messed up sense of emotion then to experience no emotion yourself.
I have often wondered what I would want for myself if I wasn’t who I am. But in such a case I would be who I am and therefore my wants would be different. However while I do find it wrong to keep people who would have died in nature alive (I’m not talking about disease, old age etc, I mean babies who would have died and would never have much of a life) it is foolish to raise children for 6 years and then kill them. Especially for autism, something that is outwardly a bane, however also tends to give one the ability to do great things- There is an autistic child who, if you give him a date on any year, he can tell you what day it was. I would vote yes on giving this woman the death penalty, because a. I am a cynical person and b. Do onto others…
serowa
On July 25, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Any one who kills and says she feels nothing, particularly a mother is very sick. I do not support the death penalty because it does not solve the problem, besides two wrongs don’t make a right. She needs psychiatric help and if she lives to be normal she has a life sentence of reliving the moments. She will have to deal everyday with the fact that with her own hands she murdered her children That in itself is a death sentence.
Swish3
On July 25, 2010 at 6:57 pm
She is crazy i would give her death penalty hands down
papaleng
On July 26, 2010 at 1:29 am
sad that this happening to our society, Guess there should be a greater penalty for these heartless mothers. Death by stoning.
tedifa
On July 26, 2010 at 4:54 am
maybe mom need go to hospital to check her soul, i’m sure his sick.
riannix
On July 26, 2010 at 4:40 pm
Nice choice of subject. It has a great impact and a bit maddening. What a devil…
Thank you for sharing!
blueunicorn
On July 26, 2010 at 8:14 pm
May God have mercy upon the souls of those children, Jo. I am disabled, and though not autistic, I went to school with a little boy named Jerry who was.
Jerry’s mother, too, was phyiscally and verbally abusive to him. Though she never tried to kill him, she was damned if anyone was going to tell her what to do for her son.
When Jerry’s grandmother tried to step in and have him removed from her daughter’s custody, his mother fled to another state.
I am sorry to say I don’t know what happened to Jerry. My heart aches for him and for these two beautiful children were died simply because they were different.
Phoenix Montoya
On July 27, 2010 at 10:01 am
This is horrific. Then again cases like these are always seen in the newspaper. That is why I don’t read them. Good post.
Veraelaine
On July 27, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Has this woman never heard of the word adoption? How do you really define normal? It’s not normal to kill your children because they don’t fit your notion of normal. My son graduated from high school through special school district. He doesn’t think the same way as most people, but he thinks…and he is autistic. The fact that he thinks, makes him normal.
Ruby Hawk
On July 27, 2010 at 9:04 pm
I cannot understand why women kill their children. I know about depression but I don’t think that explains it. I think a mother who is thinking as a normal mother can never understand. It must be that something snaps in that mothers mind. As you say in this article, “the mother showed no emotion” Maybe she becomes incapable of experiencing any feelings.
Step by Step Man
On July 27, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Hang her!! Just like this woman!!! http://www.RunescapePinGenerator.com/?me=83474
Faith Blues
On July 28, 2010 at 1:08 am
Ungrateful woman. What is her definition of a ‘normal child’? Non of us are perfect. If we’re ok physically it doesn’t mean that we’re ok mentally or spiritually.