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Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Md. Mom Who Killed Son Agonized Over School Costs

Ben Barnhard had reason to be optimistic this summer: The 13-year-old shed more than 100 pounds at a rigorous weight-loss academy, a proud achievement for a boy who had endured classmates' taunts about his obesity and who had sought solace in the quiet of his bedroom, with his pet black cat and the intricate origami designs he created.

But one month before school was to start, his mother, psychiatrist Margaret Jensvold, shot him in the head, then killed herself. Officers found their bodies Tuesday in the bedrooms of their home in Kensington, Md., an upper-middle class Washington suburb. They also found a note.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

thats one way to save money i guess.

Anonymous said...

Interesting that she's a psychiatrist of all things.

lmclain said...

Terribly sad...maybe the kids who taunted him should be made to carry their caskets. Or do some time. Their choice.