Kensington tragedy blamed on MontCo school system

Published August 8, 2011 4:00am ET



A Kensington psychiatrist who committed suicide after killing her 13-year-old son last week blamed her distress on dealings with Montgomery County Public Schools. “School — can’t deal with school system,” began Margaret Jensvold’s suicide note, her sister told the Associated Press. She went on to write, “Debt is bleeding me. Strangled by debt.”

Jensvold shot her son, Ben Barnhard, in the head before taking her own life.

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