Overview
- A Bronx judge this week concluded that Dimone Fleming was not criminally responsible by reason of mental disease or defect for the 2022 killings of her two young sons, and she remains in custody for court-ordered psychiatric evaluation with a return date set for September 18.
- Prosecutors say Fleming repeatedly stabbed her sons and submerged them in a Bathtub at a Bronx family shelter on November 26, 2022, facts that led to initial first-degree murder charges before the mental‑health finding redirected the case.
- Forensic exams ordered by both sides found Fleming was experiencing severe postpartum psychosis, with a prosecution-appointed psychiatrist describing her as “grossly psychotic and out of touch with reality.”
- Separately, a Massachusetts jury is still deliberating whether Lindsay Clancy was criminally responsible when she killed her three children, and jurors will resume deliberations Monday as they weigh medical testimony against prosecutor claims of deliberate action.
- The two cases have focused attention on gaps in perinatal mental‑health care, disputes over medication and telemedicine management, and the legal paths that can lead either to prison or to long-term psychiatric confinement and periodic review.