An Indian woman who threw her 19-month-old daughter into the Hudson River's cold water in New York and then jumped in herself has pleaded that her shocking act was a result of bipolar disorder.
Devi, 33, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges and had asked Justice Lewis Bart Stone to release her in her husbands care until she faced trial. Initially, the woman claimed that she acted to get back at her husband but now the accused insists that she was hearing voices, which the prosecutors insist is a fabricated story.
A depressed Indian-origin women threw her 19-month-old daughter into the chilly Hudson River and then jumped in behind her in a murder-suicide attempt to get back at her husband, prosecutors said on Saturday.
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