Episode 7: Part 1- Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, The Murder of Garnett Spears

5-year-old, Garnett Spears

Garnett with his mother, Lacey Spears

Lacey’s pretend boyfriend, “Blake”.

Sources

• My Sweet Angel: The True Story of Lacey Spears, the Seemingly Perfect Mother Who Murdered Her Son in Cold Blood - John Glatt

• Spears trial: Boy retching on video- Lee Higgins- lohud.com

• Beyond Gypsy Blancharde: When Mothers Harm Their Kids for Attention- Bryn Lovitt- Rolling Stone Magazine

• A new name for Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy: Defining fabricated or induced illness by carers- Ellen Fish, Leah Bromfield and Daryl Higgins- NCPC Issues No. 23 — September 2005

• Experts: social media feeds into Munchausen by proxy- Jim Fitzgerald- usatoday.com