Crime & Safety
MA Mom Charged With Killing Her 2 Children Waives Extradition
Janette MacAusland faced a judge in Vermont and chose not to fight her return to Massachusetts.
BENNINGTON, MA — The Massachusetts mom charged with killing her two young children faced a judge in Vermont Monday and waived extradition proceedings.
Janette MacAusland, 49, was arrested Friday in Bennington, Vermont and is being held without bail. She was charged with killing her 7-year-old son, Kai, and 6-year-old daughter, Ella.
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The children were found dead in their Wellesley home Friday night after MacAusland, highly distraught and bleeding, with a visible neck injury, showed up at a relative's home in the Bdennington area, according to police.
Probate court records show her husband, Samuel MacAusland, filed for divorce in October after nine years of marriage and sought custody of the children and the home. Janette MacAusland later filed a counterclaim, also seeking custody and the home. On April 16, they filed a joint motion agreeing to have a neutral third party investigate and make recommendations about custody. A guardian was appointed Tuesday.
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Janette MacAusland's LinkedIn page lists her profession as Associate Acupuncturist at New England Integrated Health.
New England Intergrated Health's website had listed Janette MacAusland as a member of its "group of talented Acupuncturists and Chinese Herbalists," but she was removed from the site over the weekend.
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Janette MacAusland appeared in Rutland Superior Court Monday via video link from the Marble Valley Correctional Facility, Norfolk District Attorney Press Officer David Linton said in an email.
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"At this time, we are arranging for her return and no date is set," Linton said. "The court allowed two weeks for her return."
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