Mom upset over son’s education before Kensington murder-suicide

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Margaret Jensvold seemed to be a hard-working psychiatrist who doted on her son, spending hours researching the best educational options and doctors for him. Thirteen-year-old Ben Barnhard recently completed a camp for overweight children; he had worked hard to lose 160 pounds in the past year.

Both their lives ended when Jensvold fatally shot Barnhard, then turned the gun on herself, at their Kensington home.

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