{"id":7106,"date":"2026-04-28T00:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T00:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7106"},"modified":"2026-04-28T00:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T00:13:30","slug":"acupuncturist-mom-accused-of-killing-her-kids-made-horrifying-admission-amid-messy-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7106","title":{"rendered":"Acupuncturist mom accused of killing her kids made horrifying admission amid messy divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>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\u2019s house, according to documents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI strangled them and then I tried to kill myself,\u201d Janette MacAusland, 49, told a Vermont cop who was called to her relative\u2019s home, a police report said. <\/p>\n<p>When police asked where her estranged husband was, she said, \u201cat the lake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted the 3 of us to go to God together but it didn\u2019t work,\u201d MacAusland told the officer. <\/p>\n<p>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 \u2014 before fleeing to her aunt\u2019s house.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201chysterical\u201d woman showed up out of the blue at her aunt\u2019s house in Bennington \u2014 140 miles west of her Boston suburb \u2014 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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\u2026Janette 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,\u201d Mattison\u2019s statement to police read.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Janette MacAusland faces two murder charges for the deaths of her young children, as well as a fugitive from justice charge.  <span class=\"credit\">WCVB<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mattison said her niece told her: \u2018\u201cI wanted the [three] of us to go to God together but it didn\u2019t work.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The aunt called police and asked they perform a welfare check on MacAusland, who had bloody wounds across her throat, the outlet reported. <\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the responding officers \u201cbecame increasingly concerned for the welfare of her children,\u201d they asked authorities across state lines to swing by MacAusland\u2019s Wellesley home and check on the children, Bennington Police Chief Paul Doucette previously said. <\/p>\n<p>Both kids were found dead inside the home, according to authorities. <\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts State Police issued an arrest warrant charging MacAusland with two counts of murder on Saturday. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Both of MacAusland\u2019s kids \u2013 7-year-old Kai and 6-year-old Ella \u2013 were found dead inside her Wellesley, Massachusetts, home, according to authorities.  <span class=\"credit\">Cale Darrah<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She is currently being held at Marble Valley Correctional Facility in Vermont, where she faces a fugitive from justice charge. <\/p>\n<p>During a Monday appearance in Bennington County Superior Court, MacAusland \u2014 who appeared to be wearing a protective vest while tuning in by video from her jail cell \u2014 repeatedly answered \u201cYes, sir\u201d as she  waived her right to challenge extradition back to her home state, The Boston Globe reported. <\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The children\u2019s father, Samuel MacAusland, was seeking custody of the couple\u2019s children and the family home, court filings show.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>An unidentified guardian had been appointed on April 21 \u2014 just days before the slayings.<\/p>\n<p>The children were in kindergarten and second grade at Schofield Elementary School.<\/p>\n<p>Their former babysitter, Cale Darrah, told Boston25 the kids were well cared for and \u201cfull of life and laughter.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>MacAusland, 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 <span class=\"credit\">Janette Reber \/ Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey were two beautiful children who were full of life and laughter, and it pains me to think that the world should remember them only by the way their lives were tragically ended,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The babysitter added in a separate interview with the Boston Globe that MacAusland appeared to be a doting mom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI kind of got the impression maybe that she felt like she was shouldering more of the stereotypical child rearing and housework kind of thing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever did I enter the house and feel like there was anything that was extremely off.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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