Massachusetts Woman Charged in Deaths of Her Two Children

A Massachusetts woman faces two counts of murder in the deaths of her young children, discovered during a welfare check at their family home in the suburb of Wellesley.

Authorities issued an arrest warrant for 48-year-old Janette MacAusland on Saturday after police found the bodies of her children, 7-year-old Kai and 6-year-old Ella, inside the residence on Edgemoor Avenue the previous night. The investigation began around 9:30 p.m. Friday when Wellesley police received a request from Vermont authorities to check on the family's well-being. MacAusland, an acupuncturist affiliated with New England Integrated Health and previously with Massachusetts General Hospital, was located in Vermont and is being held on a fugitive from justice charge. She is scheduled to appear in Bennington County Superior Court on Monday, with Massachusetts officials coordinating her extradition to face the charges.

The Norfolk District Attorney's Office has not released the causes of death, but the discovery prompted the murder charges. Court records indicate the family was in the midst of a divorce. Samuel MacAusland, the children's father, filed for divorce in October after nine years of marriage and...