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CPS Confirms Prior Contact in Case of Texas Mother Charged in Children’s Deaths

The case has renewed questions about the limits of Texas mental-health laws.

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Texas Mother Charged With Capital Murder After Two Children Found Dead in Burned Car

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Texas Mother Charged with Capital Murder in Toddler's Death

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