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Those kids were keeping her from ending her misery. And so she had to remove the protective factor. … It was a choice.

Jennifer Sprague · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-04

Sprague argued that Clancy killed her children to remove a protective factor keeping her from ending her own misery.

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