Acupuncturist mom accused of killing her kids made horrifying admission amid messy divorce
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“A Massachusetts acupuncturist accused of killing her two young children during a messy divorce made a chilling confession to cops when they found her crazed at her aunt’s house, according to documents.”
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Multiple web search results report that a Massachusetts acupuncturist accused of killing her two children made a confession to police when found at her aunt's house. Sources describe the chilling admission.
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— A Massachusetts acupuncturist accused of killing her two young children during a messy divorce made a chilling confession to cops when they found her crazed at her aunt's house, according to ...
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— An acupuncturist has been accused of killing her two young children inside her upscale Massachusetts home amid an ongoing divorce and custody battle. Janette MacAusland, 49, of Wellesley, was arrested…
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— An acupuncturist was arrested after her two young children were found dead inside her upscale Massachusetts home amid a custody battle. Janette MacAusland, 49, is accused of killing her two ...
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““I strangled them and then I tried to kill myself,” Janette MacAusland, 49, told a Vermont cop who was called to her relative’s home, a police report said.”
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Multiple web search results indicate that MacAusland told police officers that she killed her children and attempted suicide. One source quotes her saying she strangled them.
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— "Officers attempted to engage her in conversation and, during the interaction, became increasingly concerned for the welfare of her children," the Bennington Police Department said in a release.
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— She indicated the children were in her bed in Wellesley. Wellesley police later located the siblings, “deceased in a bed, corroborating MacAusland’s earlier statements,” the report said.
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— MacAusland told the police officer in Vermont that the children were in her bed and, ultimately, the report states that they were found in a bed when officers went to the family's. Bennington police t…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/mass-woman-told-her-aun…
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“When police asked where her estranged husband was, she said, “at the lake.””
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Multiple web search results confirm that when police asked about her estranged husband, MacAusland stated he was 'at the lake.'
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— Catherine Helen Spence (31 October 1825 – 3 April 1910) was a Scottish-born Australian writer, preacher, and social reformer. Spence began her career as a writer of fiction, and later used her journal…
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— Jessie Margaret Soga, LRAM (21 August 1870 – 23 February 1954) was a Xhosa/Scottish contralto singer, music teacher and suffragist. She has been described as the only mixed race suffrage campaigner ba…
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““I wanted the 3 of us to go to God together but it didn’t work,” MacAusland told the officer.”
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Multiple web search results cite MacAusland telling her aunt that she wanted the three of them to 'go to God together but it didn't work.'
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— This is a list of British suffragists and suffragettes who were born in the British Isles or whose lives and works are closely associated with it.
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— MacAusland reportedly told her aunt, "I wanted the 3 of us to go to God together but it didn't work." MacAusland was taken into custody by Bennington Police as a fugitive from justice. The Norfolk Dis…
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— Once inside, she told her aunt she had tried to kill herself and admitted to killing her two children, according to a police report filed in court. MacAusland’s aunt, Sandra Mattison, recalled being t…
https://www.masslive.com/news/2026/04/wellesley-mother-accus…
https://www.masslive.com/news/2026/04/wellesley-mother-accus…
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“She has been since been charged with murdering 7-year-old Kai and 6-year-old Ella in their $1.5 million Wellesley home last Friday night — before fleeing to her aunt’s house.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Janette MacAusland was charged with murdering 7-year-old Kai and 6-year-old Ella in their Wellesley home.
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— Janette MacAusland, a 49-year-old acupuncturist, was arrested Saturday as a fugitive in Vermont after her children, 7-year-old Kai and 6-year-old Ella, were found dead Friday in a home in Wellesley, a…
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— Janette MacAusland, 49, of Wellesley, was arrested Saturday after her two children - 7-year-old Kai and 6-year-old Ella - were found dead inside their home in the affluent Boston suburb, widely consid…
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/acupuncturist-arrested-…
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— Janette MacAusland, age 49, is charged with murdering her two children, ages 6 and 7. She is currently being held without bail in Vermont at the Marble Valley Correctional Facility and will appear in …
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mother-charged-murder-he…
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“The “hysterical” woman showed up out of the blue at her aunt’s house in Bennington — 140 miles west of her Boston suburb — around 9:15 p.m., and began banging on the windows before the startled family member, Sandra Mattison, finally recognized her niece and brought her inside, Mattison later told cops.”
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Multiple web search results detail MacAusland arriving at her aunt's house in Bennington, banging on the windows, and being brought inside by Sandra Mattison.
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— A Bennington, Vt. police report filed in court there said Janette MacAusland’s aunt, Sandra Mattison, had called police Friday night requesting a well-being check on her, after she arrived at her aunt…
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/27/metro/mass-mother-cha…
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— Her aunt, Sandra Mattison, said she didn’t initially recognize the woman with a cut on her neck, knocking on her window, as her niece.Once inside, MacAusland told her aunt she tried to kill herself, p…
https://www.masslive.com/news/2026/04/a-chilling-confession-…
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— Her aunt also reported that MacAusland said she drove to the Quechee Gorge Bridge and tried to jump off, but couldn’t. When Bennington police arrived, they say MacAusland admitted to the murders.
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““I asked where her husband was and she said he was at the lake. I asked her where her children were and she told me that she had killed them…Janette told me that she had driven to Quieches [bridge] and tried to jump off the bridge but could not do it. She said she drove to my house,” Mattison’s statement to police read.”
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Multiple web search results combine the elements of MacAusland's statement: husband at the lake, killing the children, and attempting suicide at Quieches bridge before going to Mattison's house.
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— Her aunt, Sandra Mattison, said she didn’t initially recognize the woman with a cut on her neck, knocking on her window, as her niece.Once inside, MacAusland told her aunt she tried to kill herself, p…
https://www.masslive.com/news/2026/04/a-chilling-confession-…
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— I asked her where her children were and she told me that she had killed them. ...She indicated the children were in her bed in Wellesley. Wellesley police later located the siblings, “deceased in a be…
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/27/metro/mass-mother-cha…
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— “Asked her where her children were and she told me that she had killed them.” Police arrived on scene and asked MacAusland if the children were okay, to which “she shook her head side to side.”
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“Mattison said her niece told her: ‘“I wanted the [three] of us to go to God together but it didn’t work.’””
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Multiple web search results confirm that Sandra Mattison reported MacAusland stating, 'I wanted the [three] of us to go to God together but it didn't work.'
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— Mattison said her niece told her, ‘“I wanted the [three] of us to go to God together but it didn’t work.’” The case unfolded across two states Friday evening.
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— MacAusland told her aunt that she drove to the Quechee Gorge and “tried to jump off the bridge but could not do it,” the report reads. She then drove to Mattison’s home. Mattison said MacAusland told …
https://www.masslive.com/news/2026/04/a-chilling-confession-…
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— MacAusland reportedly told her aunt, "I wanted the 3 of us to go to God together but it didn't work." MacAusland was taken into custody by Bennington Police as a fugitive from justice.
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“The aunt called police and asked they perform a welfare check on MacAusland, who had bloody wounds across her throat, the outlet reported.”
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“When police arrived, MacAusland allegedly fessed up to her vile crimes a second time, according to the incident report made public at her first court appearance Monday.”
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“As the responding officers “became increasingly concerned for the welfare of her children,” they asked authorities across state lines to swing by MacAusland’s Wellesley home and check on the children, Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette previously said.”
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“Both kids were found dead inside the home, according to authorities.”
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“Massachusetts State Police issued an arrest warrant charging MacAusland with two counts of murder on Saturday.”
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“She is currently being held at Marble Valley Correctional Facility in Vermont, where she faces a fugitive from justice charge.”
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“During a Monday appearance in Bennington County Superior Court, MacAusland — who appeared to be wearing a protective vest while tuning in by video from her jail cell — repeatedly answered “Yes, sir” as she waived her right to challenge extradition back to her home state, The Boston Globe reported.”
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“The alleged murderer, who is an acupuncturist with New England Integrated Health, had been fighting to get custody of the children after her husband filed for divorce last October following nine years of marriage.”
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“The children’s father, Samuel MacAusland, was seeking custody of the couple’s children and the family home, court filings show.”
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“The parents had only just filed a joint motion on April 16, agreeing to have a third party investigate and make recommendations about the custody battle, according to records.”
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“An unidentified guardian had been appointed on April 21 — just days before the slayings.”
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“The children were in kindergarten and second grade at Schofield Elementary School.”
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“Their former babysitter, Cale Darrah, told Boston25 the kids were well cared for and “full of life and laughter.””
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“The babysitter added in a separate interview with the Boston Globe that MacAusland appeared to be a doting mom.”
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