Responsa for Ketubot 120:10

אמרי ליה לאו אדעתין והלכתא מת מותר גמלתו אסור מר בר רב אשי אמר אפילו מת נמי אסור דלמא קטלה ליה ואזלא ומינסבא הוה עובדא וחנקתיה ולא היא ההיא שוטה הואי דלא עבדי נשי דחנקן בנייהו:

They said to him: We did not know about this. The law is [that if the child] died, she may remarry immediately, but if she has weaned him, it is forbidden. Mar bar R. Ashi ruled: Even if the child died, she may not remarry, lest she killed him so as to remarry. It once actually happened that a mother strangled her child. But this is not proof. That woman was crazy, for it is not likely that [sane] women would strangle their children.

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