Attorney for a Massachusetts mother who allegedly murdered her two children (not Lindsay Clancy) asks for her case to be dismissed, cites "mental illness." Janette MacAusland, 49, is accused of killing her two children, Kai and Ella MacAusland, ages 6 and 7. "I'm hoping that this district attorney's office and the new district attorney elect takes a look at this and takes a different approach in how we prosecute women suffering from profound mental health problems," attorney Joseph Krowski said. So are we just going to cite "mental illness" every time a woman commits a crime?