Wellesley mother pleads not guilty to killing her children, held without bail

On Tuesday, November 3, 2026, Janette MacAusland, 49, pleaded not guilty to two first-degree murder charges in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Massachusetts, in the deaths of her children, Ella and Kai, and was ordered held without bail. The children were found dead at their home in Wellesley on April 22.