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CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - Toxicology tests show a New Jersey woman who decapitated her 2-year-old son and then killed herself in August had smoked PCP-laced marijuana.

The Camden County Prosecutor's released the test results Monday showing 34-year-old Chevonne Thomas had used the drug before killing her son and putting his head in a freezer.

The woman had suffered from mental illness and had twice lost custody of her son because of drug use. It was believed from the Aug. 22 tragedy that she was using the drug known as "wet," which is linked to violence in some users.

The same drug was linked to another horrific crime in Camden weeks later. In that case, authorities say a man broke into a home where he attacked a sleeping girl, then fatally stabbed her 6-year-old brother.


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    dwheeler wrote...
    CPS doesn't work in any state
    August 22, 2012 11:14 am
    It's not just local. CPS is flawed. Rather than working to improve the child's life from the point they are taken from the parent, they work at improving the parent so that they can return the child. Until this mentality is changed, we will continue to see sad stories like these.
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    duaned wrote...
    What the Heck
    August 22, 2012 1:55 pm
    How does any state call it child protective services. they keep giving kids back to parents to be killed and/or abused! As a parent I just don't understand!
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    The Big Truth wrote...
    Mom
    August 22, 2012 2:17 pm
    Mom of the year?
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