Massachusetts Mom Charged With Murder in Deaths of Two Children Amid Custody Fight

A Massachusetts acupuncturist, Janette MacAusland, 49, is charged with two counts of murder after allegedly killing her two young children during a custody dispute amid a messy divorce. She reportedly told police at her aunt’s Vermont home that she strangled Kai (7) and Ella (6) and had attempted to kill herself; authorities then found the children dead inside their Wellesley home. MacAusland fled to Vermont and faces a fugitive-from-justice charge as extradition proceedings begin. The couple had been engaged in a custody battle since last October, with a guardian appointed days before the slayings; neighbors and the babysitter described the children as well cared for."