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Woman murders her son, because she craved for attention

Kentucky:  A mother who blogged about her son's poor health has been convicted of murdering him by giving him an overdose of salt.

Lacey Spears, of Scottsville, Kentucky, blogged and tweeted about her five-year-old son, Garnett-Paul Spears, and the illness he suffered and 'craved the attention' his illness gave her, Fox News reported.

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