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Lacey Spears, accused of deliberately killing her son, on suicide watch at Westchester County Jail

The former Chestnut Ridge mother accused of deliberately killing her son for attention and sympathy is being held on suicide watch at the Westchester County Jail. Lacey Spears, 26, is also being kept

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Jun 19, 2014, 9:43 PM

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