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Janette MacAusland indicted on murder charges in deaths of her two children

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Daily Mail, The Daily Wire and the New York Post report that a Massachusetts grand jury indicted Janette MacAusland, 49, on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children, Kai, 7, and Ella, 6. The outlets say the children were found dead in April inside the family’s Wellesley home. The Daily Mail reports that MacAusland was arrested in Vermont, where she had gone to her aunt’s home, and that her arraignment is set for October 29 in Norfolk County Superior Court. The outlets cite coroners’ findings, released Wednesday, that the children died of mechanical asphyxia and the combined effects of several drugs. The outlets also report that MacAusland and the children’s father were in a bitter divorce and custody dispute at the time.

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  1. A Massachusetts grand jury indicted Janette MacAusland on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of her children.

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    Daily Mail, New York Post
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    The Daily Wire

  2. The children, Kai, 7, and Ella, 6, were found dead in the family’s Wellesley home in April.

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    Daily Mail, New York Post

  3. Coroners’ findings released Wednesday cite mechanical asphyxia and the combined effects of several drugs as the causes of the children’s deaths.

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    New York Post
    Far Right
    The Daily Wire

  4. The indictment alleges that MacAusland strangled the children; the charges carry a possible sentence of life in prison without parole.

    One outletDaily Mail· Right

  5. MacAusland was arrested in Vermont on April 24, where she had fled to her aunt’s home.

    One outletDaily Mail· Right

  6. MacAusland’s arraignment is scheduled for October 29 in Norfolk County Superior Court.

    One outletDaily Mail· Right

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Right-side outlets report the grand jury indictment and the coroners’ findings on the children’s deaths, with The Daily Wire also drawing a comparison to another Massachusetts case.

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    3 outlets

    Headlines lead with the mother’s occupation or name and the murder charge or the coroners’ drug findings; the Far Right Daily Wire adds a comparison to another Massachusetts child-killing case.

    Acupuncturist mother is indicted for the strangulation murders of her two young children at $1.5m New England home while she was going through Sensational language“nasty”The adjective adds a judgement about the divorce that the reporting does not establish.More neutral: contentiousDisagree with this highlight? divorce
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    nastyeerie

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  • Sensational language

    nastyMore neutral: contentious

    The adjective adds a judgement about the divorce that the reporting does not establish.

    …of her two young children at $1.5m New England home while she was going through nasty divorce

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

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    eerieMore neutral: similar

    The adjective manufactures drama about a comparison that the article does not substantiate.

    A mom accused of killing her two young children has eerie similarities to Lindsay Clancy.

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  • the indictment and murder charges
  • the mother’s occupation and divorce
  • drugs found in the children’s bodies
  • comparison to a similar case
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  • New York PostRight

    Cause of death for 2 young children allegedly killed by acupuncturist mom Janette MacAusland revealed

    Ella and Kai MacAusland's causes of death were revealed by coroners after their mother was indicted for murder.

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  • The Daily WireFar Right

    Mom Accused Of Killing Two Kids Shares Similarity With Lindsay Clancy

    A mom accused of killing her two young children has Sensational language“eerie”The adjective manufactures drama about a comparison that the article does not substantiate.More neutral: similarDisagree with this highlight? similarities to Lindsay Clancy. Janette MacAusland allegedly strangled her children in her $1.5 million Massachusetts home, just 40 miles north of where Clancy killed her children, before MacAusland fled to Vermont. …

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  • Daily MailRight

    Acupuncturist mother is indicted for the strangulation murders of her two young children at $1.5m New England home while she was going through Sensational language“nasty”The adjective adds a judgement about the divorce that the reporting does not establish.More neutral: contentiousDisagree with this highlight? divorce

    Janette MacAusland, 49, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder on Monday by a grand jury. She allegedly strangled her kids, Kai and Ella, to death on April 24 in Massachusetts.

    Read at Daily Mail (opens in a new tab)

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    Daily Mail, Oct 21, 10:00 AM EDT

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  1. Daily MailRightOct 21, 10:00 AM EDT
  2. The Daily WireFar RightOct 22, 9:24 AM EDT
  3. New York PostRightOct 22, 10:03 AM EDT

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