A combination of cultural expectations and linguistic barriers can make accessing mental health support harder, especially for older migrants or those fearful of legal or social consequences. Yet the court also has mechanisms beyond prison; she may first be detained in a mental health facility under a compulsory treatment order, depending on psychiatric assessments. Research into filicide—when a parent kills their own child—has repeatedly shown that it is rare but not unheard of, and often linked with mental health crises. It asks us to inspect how societies care for the most vulnerable among us—the small children with suitcase-sized funerals—and how they care for the people who care for them. We can begin with small, practical responses: expand outreach in immigrant communities, create culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health services, invest in social supports for grieving parents.