TWO young children were found dead inside their home after their mom allegedly fled to another state with a bleeding neck injury.

Police made the horrifying discovery after officers were asked to check on the kids’ welfare.

Mugshot of a woman with a gash on her neck.
Janette MacAusland, 49, has been charged with two counts of murderCredit: Not known, clear with picture desk
 

Police presence at the scene of a crime in Wellesley where a mother was arrested after 2 children were found dead inside a home.
The children were 6 and 7 years oldCredit: Bennington Police Department
 

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MacAusland was detained in Vermont after allegedly arriving at a family home highly distraughtCredit: Bennington Police Department
The tragedy unfolded in Wellesley, Massachusetts, on Friday night.

Their mother, Janette MacAusland, 49, has been charged with two counts of murder.

The children were 6 and 7 years old, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said.

A former babysitter identified them as Ella and Kai MacAusland.

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MacAusland was detained in Vermont after allegedly arriving at a family home highly distraught.

Police said she had a visible neck injury and was bleeding.

Officers in Vermont became concerned about the welfare of her children.

They then contacted police in Wellesley and asked them to check the home on Edgemoor Avenue.

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Wellesley officers arrived at about 9:50 pm and found the children dead inside.

Their cause of death has not been released.

MacAusland is being held in Vermont on a fugitive from justice charge.

She is expected to appear in court on Monday.

Police are working to transport her back to Massachusetts to face the murder charges.

The children were students in the Wellesley Public School System.

They attended Schofield Elementary School, where one was in second grade and the other was in kindergarten.

Superintendent David Lussier said the district was devastated by the deaths, NBC affiliate WBTS reported.

“We were devastated to learn of the tragic death of two of our WPS students,” he said.

“This is an unimaginable loss that will be deeply felt not just at Schofield but across our entire community.”

Lussier said a crisis team would support students, staff, and families when school reopens.

Neighbor David Kessler said he often heard the children playing and laughing in the backyard.

He said police interviewed him on Saturday morning.

“Police told me, ‘It’s as bad as you can imagine,’” Kessler told The Boston Globe.

“That’s when I knew it was something serious.”

Former babysitter Cale Darrah said she cared for the family for about a year until June 2024.

She described Ella as “an absolute angel.”

Darrah said both children seemed happy and healthy.

“Never did I enter the house and feel like there was anything that was extremely off,” she told The Boston Globe.

She added, “It doesn’t really feel real at all.”

“Not that it should happen anywhere but especially in a town like Wellesley where nothing like this ever happens.”

Darrah told Boston 25 News the children were “full of life and laughter.”

She said she did not want them remembered only for how their lives ended.

MacAusland was listed as an acupuncturist with New England Integrated Health.

Her profile said she also worked at Massachusetts General Hospital.

It said she founded Boston Acupuncture Trauma Relief after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

Investigators were seen entering and leaving the Wellesley home on Saturday.

They collected bags of evidence as the investigation continued.

Officials said there was no danger to the public.