Houston attorney, George Parnham stood with the family of Narjes Modaressi, Saturday.
Parnham says he's looking into what will likely be an insanity defense, for the mother who's accused of burying her 2-month old baby alive.
"Well, it seems to me that a mother that does what she's accused of doing has got not to be in her right mind," Parnham said.
Parnham was also the defense attorney for Andrea Yates.
He says there are obvious similarities between the two cases.
"In Andrea's case there was no logic, except the logic of a mind that was upside and suffering from post-partum psychosis," he said. "In Narji's case, we have an inexplicable reason for this to have occurred."
Police say Narji Modaressi originally told them her son was kidnapped by two men, but then confessed she lied.
She eventually led investigators to a wooded area where they found the body.
Parnham says those statements will be something to deal with.
"Is it a situation where desperation overcame sanity? Is it a situation where she was free from mental illness when she made this particular statement? There's no question that's going to be an issue we have to deal with head on," he said.
Parnham says Modaressi has a history of mental problems.
"She was unable to bond with her children, her new child after the birth of her child for a period of two months. She was going to (doctors) to receive medications and evaluations."
Parnham wouldn't say if Modaressi confessed to the crime, but he did say the accusations are extreme.
"What mother would do that? And that has got to drive you to ask appropriate, but dark questions and to come up with some answers. That's what we intend to do," said Parnham.
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Parnham says he's looking into what will likely be an insanity defense, for the mother who's accused of burying her 2-month old baby alive.
"Well, it seems to me that a mother that does what she's accused of doing has got not to be in her right mind," Parnham said.
Parnham was also the defense attorney for Andrea Yates.
He says there are obvious similarities between the two cases.
"In Andrea's case there was no logic, except the logic of a mind that was upside and suffering from post-partum psychosis," he said. "In Narji's case, we have an inexplicable reason for this to have occurred."
Police say Narji Modaressi originally told them her son was kidnapped by two men, but then confessed she lied.
She eventually led investigators to a wooded area where they found the body.
Parnham says those statements will be something to deal with.
"Is it a situation where desperation overcame sanity? Is it a situation where she was free from mental illness when she made this particular statement? There's no question that's going to be an issue we have to deal with head on," he said.
Parnham says Modaressi has a history of mental problems.
"She was unable to bond with her children, her new child after the birth of her child for a period of two months. She was going to (doctors) to receive medications and evaluations."
Parnham wouldn't say if Modaressi confessed to the crime, but he did say the accusations are extreme.
"What mother would do that? And that has got to drive you to ask appropriate, but dark questions and to come up with some answers. That's what we intend to do," said Parnham.
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