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disturbing. Hello and welcome to True Crime News, the podcast covering high profile and under the radar

cases from across the country every week. I'm your host Anna Garcia. And our case

this week, a mother who wrote a children's book about grief following her husband's sudden death

has now been convicted of killing him, the father of her three children, the ones she wrote the book for.

It is a diabolical full circle.

Like nothing I have ever seen, the father is dead, the mother likely behind bars for the rest of her life.

What book is she going to write now to help these children cope with this trauma?

We are recording this on Friday, March 20th of 26.

Our guest today is Dr. Judy Ho, a clinical and forensic psychologist, author of several books, and a dear friend of the show.

And Judy, if we've ever needed you, we need you today for this case.

Oh my gosh.

I can't even, as we were just saying right now, before we hit record, it's an unbelievable case

and just a level of deception, right? And how much she's able to compartmentalize by writing

this book and seeming like this grieving widow when clearly that's not the case.

Judy, what really troubles me here is, well, obviously a life has been taken,

but I am worried about these three boys because she co-opted them to help write this book,

at least that's what she said. She said that when the father passed, that there were no books

available that she thought were suitable for her boys and that they were having

the hardest time at night.

Of course, that's when the father died in bed at night when he went to bed.

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