""Had they really believed the child dead would they have carried it around in a suitcase? That seems to me to be the real question in this matter.""

I can't help thinking that any rational human being would be equally bothered by the idea of carrying a LIVE child around in a suitcase.

I don't know about the clinical niceties of their condition, but I would classify them as certifiable nut jobs, without hesitation.

Don T.