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Chilling murders lift the lid on silent crisis of post-partum depression

A depressed woman covers her face as her husband plays the babay. [Getty Images]

The baby has refused to suck. These six words plus some absurd behavior of moving out at wee hours of the night with a days old infant were early signs that a woman codenamed CWM was suffering from post-partum depression.

CWM's aunt was concerned about the infant's health owing to the cold weather that the mother housed her.

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