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Source: Mom kills self after trying to strangle daughter

An injured child was discovered Friday next to her mother's dead body in the Great Swamp Wildlife Refuge in Long Hill Township. Sources tell News 12 New Jersey the woman tried to strangle her 10-year-old

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Oct 5, 2007, 10:59 PM

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