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Updated: 10:26 AM Jan 8, 2009
Mom accused of stabbing kids found not guilty by reason of insanity
Judge rules Jeanette Michelle Hawes was insane when she killed her two children. Posted: 3:12 PM Jan 7, 2009Reporter: Chris Thomas Email Address: chris.thomas@wrdw.com |
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January 7, 2009
AUGUSTA, Ga.---Accused murderer Jeannette Michelle Hawes was found not guilty by reason of insanity in Superior Court Wednesday afternoon.
Judge J. Carlisle Overstreet ordered her confined to a mental health facility for treatment for an unspecified time.
Ms. Hawes stabbed her two young children to death in late 2007 inside a southside gas station bathroom.
Earlier, her attorney announced plans to make the insanity plea.
Judge Overstreet presided over a bench trial. That means he, not a jury, decided the verdict.
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