It was a normal evening in the Maloney household. Mrs. Mary Maloney sat sewing, waiting for her husband to return home after a busy day as a police officer. Around 5 p.m., Mr. Maloney returns home to some shocking news and...Bang! ...a leg of lamb hit his head and Mr. Maloney fell dead to the ground. All evidence and theories point to Mrs. Maloney being her husband's killer, but why? Mrs. Maloney did not kill her husband out of anger after the recent wedding incident, but she did so out of mental anguish, self-defense, and trauma inflicted on her by her husband. All of these events explain exactly why Mrs. Maloney murdered her husband by reasonable measures. Preliminarily, it had been established that Mrs. Maloney was the murderer of her husband Mr. Maloney. Despite this, it was for good reason, as part of it was due to mental anguish. This can be concluded by the reactions and behaviors exhibited by Ms. Maloney in Dahl's eyewitness account. For starters, Ms. Maloney was heading to the store around 6 p.m. Why would she continue to act even if her husband is dead? "Hello, Sam," she said happily, smiling at the man in the store. “Good evening, Mrs. Maloney. How are you?" "I want some potatoes, please, Sam. Yes, and maybe a can of beans, too. Patrick has decided he's tired and doesn't want to go out tonight,” she said… “Anything else?” The grocer turned his head to look at her. “How about a dessert?” … “Perfect,” she said. “He loves it.” This quote from Dahl's story shows that she obviously can't function completely mentally. She murdered him, then went to buy him cake. At this point, she is very confused about herself and the others. events that happen... middle of paper... apart from a slight illness She did everything without thinking. This last sentence is key: “She did everything without thinking.” at the time of the murder and that she had no intention of committing murder due to the trauma, she could not "think clearly". possibilities and other theories that Ms. Maloney committed the crime out of anger or serious frustration with Mr. Maloney, there is no credible way to prove that Ms. Maloney simply killed her husband due to mental anguish. self-defense and the trauma inflicted on him. Mrs. Maloney did not intend to kill her husband. She was simply a victim of her situation and could not control her actions. Mrs. Maloney should not spend time in prison, but safe at home, mourning the loss of her husband..