“NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION” — LAWYER MAKES SHOCK MOVE TO FREE MASSACHUSETTS MOM ACCUSED OF KILLING HER TWO CHILDREN

Janette MacAusland is facing two first-degree murder charges. Now, just months after her children were found dead, her attorney is asking the court to dismiss the case and release her without bail.

A Massachusetts mother accused of killing her two young children is making a dramatic legal push to walk free.

Janette MacAusland, 49, of Wellesley, Massachusetts, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the April deaths of her children, 7-year-old Kai and 6-year-old Ella.

On Thursday, September 10, her attorney, Joseph Krowski, asked a judge to dismiss the case and release MacAusland, arguing that prosecutors had not provided enough information to justify keeping her behind bars.

The judge rejected the request.

MacAusland remains in custody without bail and has pleaded not guilty.

THE ALLEGED CONFESSION

The case took a shocking turn after MacAusland reportedly appeared at her aunt’s home in Bennington, Vermont, roughly 140 miles from her Massachusetts home.

According to a Vermont police report cited by the New York Post, MacAusland arrived with wounds across her neck.

When police responded, she allegedly told an officer:

“I strangled them and then I tried to kill myself.”

She allegedly also said she wanted the three of them to “go to God together” but that it had not worked.

Those statements are part of the evidence cited in the case, but prosecutors have not yet obtained the medical examiner’s official determination regarding the children’s manner of death.

THE DISCOVERY AT THE FAMILY HOME

After MacAusland’s aunt contacted authorities, Wellesley police went to the family’s home.

Inside, officers found Kai and Ella in a bedroom.

Dispatch audio previously described the scene as containing extensive blood evidence.

The children were students at Schofield Elementary School, with Kai in second grade and Ella in kindergarten.

People who knew the family had previously described MacAusland as a loving and devoted mother, making the allegations especially difficult for those who knew her.

A FAMILY ALREADY UNDER PRESSURE

Investigators are also examining the circumstances surrounding MacAusland’s personal life in the months before the children’s deaths.

Her husband, Samuel MacAusland, filed for divorce in October 2025 after nine years of marriage.

Court records show that the couple had been involved in a dispute over custody of their children and their home.

A court-appointed guardian was assigned to the family on April 21, 2026 — just three days before the children were found dead, according to the New York Post.

That timeline has become an important part of the broader investigation into what happened inside the family.

THE DEFENSE’S UNEXPECTED MOVE

Despite the allegations against his client, Krowski argued Thursday that prosecutors had not provided sufficient information to justify continuing to hold MacAusland.

He asked the court to dismiss the case and allow his client to go free.

The judge rejected the request, meaning MacAusland will remain jailed while the criminal proceedings continue.

The prosecution is still awaiting the medical examiner’s official findings concerning the children’s deaths.

THE QUESTIONS THAT REMAIN

The case has already drawn comparisons to another Massachusetts case involving a mother accused of harming her children during a severe mental-health crisis — that of Lindsay Clancy, whose own trial ended in a mistrial just days before MacAusland’s latest court appearance.

But the two cases are legally separate.

In MacAusland’s case, prosecutors still have to prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt, and no jury has determined her guilt.

For now, she remains charged with two counts of first-degree murder and detained without bail.

And as investigators await the medical examiner’s findings, one of the most closely watched questions remains:

What exactly happened inside the Wellesley home — and what led to the final hours of Kai and Ella’s lives?

The case is far from over.