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>> thank you so much. new york jury convicted a young mother of second-degree murder for using salt to poison her son. they believe lacey spears force fed her 5-year-old child lethal concentrations of sodium through his stomach tube. spears blogged about her son's health problems for years. prosecutors say she poisoned him to attract attention and gain sympathy. a shocking discovery at a high school in orange county, california on monday morning. teacher jillian jacobson found hanging from the ceiling of her classroom, an apparent suicide. students and teachers were sent reeling from the news. school officials cancelled classes, called in grief counselors. jacobson was a popular teacher of photography, married and just 31 years old. the so-called black hat bandits strike again hitting another bank. they may have left a major clue behind this time. they held up a bank in falls church, virginia, yesterday afternoon. the eighth since early january. investigators were able to take a mold of the footprint left in
feeding her child salt at toxic levels. >> reporter: 26-year-old lacey spears blogged constantly, posted multiple times a day on twitter, myspace and facebook. she wrote about parenting and play time with her son, garnett, and her son's chronic illness. my sweet angel is in the hospital for the 23rd time she tweeted in 2009. garnett was 1. five months ago january 23rd, spears posted on facebook, garnett the great journeyed onward today at 10:20 a.m. tuesday, charges of depraved murder and manslaughter were filed against lacey. >> this has been a research, plan and executed crime against her own son in a wanton and depraved manner. >> reporter: authorities suspect she poisoned the boy three times in january. during his last hospital stint, she had unmonitored access to her son and his sodium level spiked to suspiciously high levels. >> it's tragic when the caregive of any child does anything but