Is it implied...


That Prendergast's wife may have kills their daughter?

Stay with me here. Prendergast said to Bill that his wife didn't want a child. He said she sacrificed her body to make him happy. He tells him she died of SIDS but it was very strange because she wasn't a baby, she was four years old.

Furthermore, Prendergast's wife is clearly mentally unstable. We know this from her behavior in the film as well as the anecdote he tells his partner about how he came home late from work one night and she was convinced he had been killed in the line of duty and was a ghost. He had to chase her around the house.
Did anyone else pick up on this?

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Yes true, Prendergast's wife was guilty of Munchausen By Proxy and killed her daughter, or so it is hinted. The clues were pretty strong I think but it's one of those sub-stories that is left to the viewer. I also think Prendergast knew she had topped the kid and maybe protected her cause she had behavioural issues and may have felt sorry for her.

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The directors commentary mentioned that it was SIDS . Certainly not murder or M bi proxy.

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