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MANDEL: Burlington mom accused of child murder blames everyone but herself

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After she and her wife were arrested for allegedly killing their foster son, she recorded videos proclaiming her innocence and blaming everyone else

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Woe is me. Poor me. Everyone else is at fault – but me.

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Becky Hamber’s 12-year-old foster son was dead – found soaking wet in a wetsuit, emaciated and wasted to the size of a child half his age on Dec. 21, 2022 – and she and her wife Brandy Cooney were facing numerous charges including first-degree murder.

But in a computer note and several videos entered at their trial, Hamber went on endlessly about how difficult and unfair it all was – for her.

Her narcissism was revolting.

The two brothers, their names protected by a publication ban, were apprehended as babies from their birth parents, placed with an Ottawa family and then taken in by the married Burlington couple in 2017 in what was promised to be their “forever family.” Both children were said to be of Indigenous heritage and suffering from complex mental health issues.

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By 2022, the younger boy testified, he had to spend “92% of the time” in his room and slept in a zip-tied tent on his bed. He was fed only pureed food, he said, and forced to do........

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