Psychiatrist mom, son dead in murder-suicide

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A psychiatrist and her teenage son were found dead in their Kensington home in what Montgomery County police are calling a murder-suicide. The bodies of 54-year-old Margaret Jensvold and 13-year-old Benjamin Barnhard were discovered at their home on the unit block of Simms Court at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday. Police were called to the home after Jensvold’s co-worker contacted authorities, saying she had not been able to reach the woman for several days.

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