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Murder charge dismissed against mom in 2-year-old's death

A Wake County judge on Thursday dismissed a murder charge against Michelle Harpster, who killed her son in a Raleigh hotel room in 2012, finding that she was schizophrenic and delusional at the time of the crime and that she believed it was necessary to kill the boy because he was better off dead.
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A Wake County judge on Thursday dismissed a murder charge against Michelle Harpster, who killed her son in a Raleigh hotel room in 2012, finding that she was schizophrenic and delusional at the time of the crime and that she believed it was necessary to kill the boy because he was better off dead.

Posted 2014-01-16T18:43:00-0500 - Updated 2014-01-16T23:20:58-0500