Mother Of Slain Soldier Kills Adopted Granddaughter, Herself

Mother Of Slain Soldier Kills Adopted Granddaughter, Herself
The mother of a soldier who adopted her granddaughter after her son was killed in Iraq in 2005 killed the girl and herself, writing in a suicide note that she didn’t want to leave the 7-year-old behind.

CONWAY, Ark. (January 9, 2012)--An Arkansas woman who adopted her granddaughter after her son was killed in Iraq stabbed the 7-year-old girl and then set fire to their home in what authorities described as a murder-suicide.

Janice Robbins and her granddaughter Abby, who was stabbed once in the chest, both died in the fire Saturday, either of smoke inhalation or from thermal injuries, a coroner said.


Faulkner County, Ark., sheriff's spokesman Maj. Andy Shock said Janice Robbins left a suicide note in her pickup truck in which she said she didn’t want to leave the girl behind.
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