Bathtub Girls murder

The names Linda, Sandra, Elizabeth (Beth), and Bobby Andersen are aliases created by journalist Bob Mitchell for the victim, her older daughter, her other daughter, and her son, respectively. Her husband abandoned the family, leaving Andersen to support the children herself. She suffered from depression and a dependency on alcohol. Andersen then married a man who was convicted of drunk driving, and then domestic abuse in 2001. After her second husband left, Andersen's drinking worsened, Because of their discontent, the sisters began to search on the Internet for ways to kill their mother. The teenagers believed that by killing their mother, they would be entitled to $133,000 in insurance The friends remained steadfast in their support of the sisters and did not alert their parents, the police, or other authority figures about the crime. or 44 years old at the time of her murder, was an unemployed X-ray technologist. ==Murder==

During lunch time on January 18, 2003, the sisters began giving their mother liquor in order to get her drunk. Their plan was to make Linda fully inebriated so that she could not resist their attack. They also gave their mother six Tylenol 3 tablets (containing codeine) to slow down her heart. The murder was intended to look like an accident. Sandra and Beth filled the family bathtub with water and took their mother to the bathroom. She had difficulty getting into the bathtub, because of the mixture of vodka and pills she had been given. After putting gloves on, Sandra and Beth gave their mother a massage. Within minutes, according to police reports, Sandra instructed her mother to lie on her stomach so that she could scrub her back. Sandra instantly pushed her mother's head down and did not let go. After four minutes, Sandra released her mother's head and found Andersen to be dead. After having killed their mother, Sandra and Beth went with their friends to a nearby restaurant both to celebrate their victory Dr. Robert Langville, a forensic toxicologist, testified that Andersen had five times the legal blood-alcohol level for driving in her system and three times the safe level of codeine in her blood when she died. The girls lived with an aunt and their three-year-old brother lived with other family members. Manulife, an insurance company, paid out $133,674.90 to the two girls and $67,000 to their brother. About eleven months after Andersen's death, at a party, one of the girls spoke to a young male friend about the crime. He went to the police and told them that one of the girls had told him that she and her sister had drowned their mother. Following his report a car was provided to the male friend, who was wired for audio and video by the police. He talked with the girls about the details of their mother's murder over the course of one month. ==Arrest and trial==

The defendants, who came to be known as the "bathtub girls", were arrested on January 21, 2004 A computer was seized from the girl's residence and chat messages were found regarding the preparations, plans, and enactment of the murder. There were also searches for information about the effects of mixing alcohol and Tylenol-3 prior to the murder. In his decision about the case, Justice Bruce Duncan stated that the girls grew up in a poor, depressing and degrading home atmosphere, even though their mother earned a good income. They were not able to empathize that their mother was absent a lot because she worked double shifts, was often exhausted, and drank to self-medicate. A young man, Beth's boyfriend, was convicted for conspiring to murder her mother and covering up the crime, based upon chat logs between him and the sisters. He also provided about five Tylenol-3 pills for the murder. ==Aftermath==

By receiving youth sentences, the goal is for children to be rehabilitated and have a chance at a normal life. To pass the bar in Ontario, individuals are required to "be of good character". They are also required to report all criminal proceedings to the Law Society of Ontario, which could result in a hearing to determine if they meet ethical and professional standards. Liam O’Connor, a criminal defence lawyer, said in 2018 that he "might give a youthful killer a second chance" to become a lawyer, but not an adult murderer. == Popular culture ==

In 2008, journalist Bob Mitchell wrote the book ''The Class Project: How to Kill a MotherThe True Story of Canada's Infamous Bathtub Girls''. Linda Andersen's murder case was broadcast on the American television series Deadly Women in 2010. ==See also==