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I truly don't understand how anyone could ever do this to any child let alone their own. The kid was an innocent soul - breaks my heart.

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The father sounded like he loved his son so much that he couldnt bare to be seperated from him if the wife left and took his son with her. The neighbours said he was always with him.

I've heard that from some of the neighbours who were interviewed, too, including spending that Friday afternoon skateboarding, which apparently Noah loved to do. I don't think there is a question of the father loving his son as much as any parent can love their child or being able to take care of him; both the mom and the neighbours have repeatedly said that he was a very devoted dad and always with his son.

And to Los Arango, yes it was Catherine McDonald who conducted the interview on Global News.

There is a transcript and video of the interview here:
http://www.globaltoronto.com/mother+of+ ... story.html

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Heart wrenching to watch the mom in this interview. God help any child who's parent is as "devoted and loving" as this POS. Sounds more like a parent who wanted to be sure to destroy his wife and found the perfect means to do it. Kill yourself by all means but don't murder an innocent child who had his whole life in front of him because you can't handle what life deals you.

It is very difficult to make sense of something as heinous and selfish as the act of killing a child. The suicide only complicates the issue further, but it does not detract from the fact that an adult took the life of a child. An innocent child who was defenseless of the calculating decision made regarding his fate. A fate this child had absolutely no say in and could not prevent. An incredibly cowardly act, that was self serving and obviously retaliatory in nature. Whatever the motive was, or the circumstances in this situation, there is no justifiable reason for taking a child's life. It is wrong to speculate or try to determine why he did this. The very senseless nature of this crime makes it difficult to conceptualize "why" this happened. I think, as a community, we are all deeply affected by this terrible event (I live very closely too) and need to lend support to the surviving family and to the neighbours around us.

Here are some interesting statistics I found online:

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RIP Noah... Taken from the bible, but still appropriate for today.

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Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/crime/article/1268790--father-son-murder-suicide-milton-woman-says-husband-needed-help

If you can read this without crying, you have no soul.

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Some people are like slinkies. They're really good for nothing but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.

Guess I have no soul.

Perplexed on why this woman is doing interviews with the media. Don't think I'd ever talk to the media.

Just my thoughts.

She is speaking out. Maybe it helps her or is part of how she will overcome this.
What one person does doesn't mean the next will.

I find her strength incredible after all she has been through. For anyone to judge why she is doing what she is doing to help herself through this is ridiculous.

She lost her son to the hands of her husband, whatever she needs to do to heal and move forward is her perogative.

You're right. Doing multiple interviews with journalists only interested in making money off of your story must be very cathartic.

Like any of us know what it is. Unless anyone has been there you or myself non of us know.

So what they make money, I would rather hear about something like this considering it is world mental health day vs some stupid crap they report.

Great article....and yes I did have tears.
Thanks NIT for letting us know there was an article.

I didn't know the family but Tanya has been in my thoughts....can't imagine losing one of your own.
If talking to the press is how she can greive so be it. Unless you lost a child no one knows what she's going thru.

She's one strong lady.

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She needs to find closure, and the purpose of involving the media at this point is to educate others on the effects of addiction. To urge people that have an illness to get help. Really, whatever reason it was she went to the media, is none of anyone's business.

This was also published this morning, a letter she asked for the Star to publish. It is different then the previous article.

http://m.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1 ... s-birthday

She is one of the strongest woman I know. She continues to fight through a horrific tragedy that no parent should ever have to encounter.

Sorry, but, you're all a bunch of equivocating motherflowers.

On one hand, there is an opinion "you can't know what it's like unless you've lost a child"

On the other hand, and in the next sentence, it is said "She is such a strong woman".

Riiiiiiight.

When you start doing interviews that get published by the press, it has, in fact, become everyone's business. That's how it works.

I agree to some extent, although you have to understand that the woman has undergone some extreme tragedy that very few people will ever experience that has resulted in deaths and, although she doesn't point to the real reason, it is obvious that this was brought upon by her husband's alcoholism, a disease that has ruined many families.