US EditionWellesley mother accused of killing her 2 children confessed, court paperwork reveals
Police say Janette MacAusland confessed to strangling her 7-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter before waiving extradition to return to Massachusetts.
- On Monday, Janette MacAusland, 49, waived her right to fight extradition from Vermont to Massachusetts, where she faces two counts of murder in the deaths of her children, Kai, 7, and Ella, 6, found Friday.
- Court records show MacAusland had been involved in a contentious divorce since October, with disputes over custody and the family's Wellesley home; the couple agreed April 21 to appoint a guardian ad litem to recommend parenting plans.
- Police report MacAusland arrived at her aunt Sandra Mattison's home Friday night "appearing highly distraught" with a neck wound, then told Mattison she had killed her children, prompting a call to the Bennington Police Department.
- Wellesley Police Department officers located the children deceased inside the Edgemoor Avenue residence Friday night, and Superintendent David Lussier called the tragedy an "unimaginable loss that will be deeply felt" across the community.
- Currently held at the Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility, MacAusland faces transport to Massachusetts to answer murder charges; authorities have 30 days to complete her transfer, with a status date set for May 11 in Vermont.
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Mother confesses to strangling her children, hoping they could ‘go to God together,’ court docs say
WELLESLEY, Mass. (WCAX/Gray News) – A mother confessed to strangling her two young children before driving to another state and attempting to commit suicide. Late Friday night, police found the bodies of Janette MacAusland’s 6-year-old daughter, Ella, and 7-year-old son, Kai, in her bed at their home in Wellesley, Massachusetts. MacAusland, 49, showed up at her aunt’s house three hours away in Bennington, Vermont, on Friday night, according to c…
Massachusetts mom waives extradition in Vermont court
Charged with strangulation deaths of her two children, ages 6 & 7 By Mike Donoghue Vermont News First RUTLAND — A Wellesley, Mass. mother, who is charged with strangling to death her young daughter and son and leaving them in her bed, will be headed back to the Bay State to contest the two murder charges. The lawyer for Janette R. MacAusland, 49, said Monday afternoon she would not fight the extradition request and wants to head home as soon as…
Mass. mother accused of killing her 2 children confessed, court paperwork reveals
Janette MacAusland, 49, is charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of Kai MacAusland, 7, and Ella MacAusland, 6, who were found dead in their Edgemoor Avenue home Friday. Police said she confessed.
Wellesley mother accused of killing her 2 children confessed, court paperwork reveals
Janette MacAusland, 49, is charged with two counts of murder in the deaths of Kai MacAusland, 7, and Ella MacAusland, 6, who were found dead in their Edgemoor Avenue home Friday. Police said she confessed.
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