Child Accused of Murder Mother and her two sons from New Hampshire

Following the discovery of a woman and her two sons shot to death last week,

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a child has been taken into custody and charged with murder.

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The announcement of the triple homicide in Northfield, New Hampshire, was given on Thursday

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by Attorney General John M. Formella, Col. Nathan Noyes of the state police, and Chief John

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Raffaelly of the Northfield Police Department. Kassandra Sweeney, 25, and her two kids

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Benjamin Sweeney, 4, and Mason Sweeney, 1, were killed on August 3; Formella said

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a juvenile had been apprehended and charged with three counts of first-degree murder

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Last Wednesday, just after 11:30 a.m., police officers arrived at the Sweeney home and discovered

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