Salon.com > Leo Krim http://www.salon.com Wed, 22 May 2013 00:22:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Krim family tragedy unleashes an onslaught of trolls http://www.salon.com/2012/10/29/the_krim_family_tragedy_unleashes_an_onslaught_of_trolls/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/29/the_krim_family_tragedy_unleashes_an_onslaught_of_trolls/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:49:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13056076 Shortly after the news broke Thursday that Marina Krim had discovered her 6-year-old daughter, Lucia, and her 2-year-old son, Leo, had been stabbed to death in their Upper West Side Manhattan apartment, allegedly by the children's nanny, Yoselyn Ortega, my friend and fellow NYC mother lamented wearily that she was bracing herself for the inevitable trend pieces and ugly comments the tragedy was about to inspire. And sure enough, we didn't have to wait long for them to erupt.

It's understandable how the Krim murders — two defenseless children brutally killed by, it appears, the very person entrusted to care for them — would provoke a primal response. It's the stuff of nightmares. The demoralizing aspect of the story is how quickly it's been exploited as an opportunity, both by the media and the sanctimonious troll community, for all kinds of judging.

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