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Mother accused in cancer case defends role

Criticizes ex-husband's move stopping son's chemotherapy

'That child has been my world,' Kristen A. LaBrie said of her son Jeremy. LaBrie was charged with child endangerment. "That child has been my world," Kristen A. LaBrie said of her son Jeremy. LaBrie was charged with child endangerment. (FAMILY PHOTO)
By Franci R. Ellement
Globe Correspondent / July 4, 2008

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The Beverly mother accused of withholding cancer treatment from her young autistic son broke her silence yesterday, saying she has been devoted to the child since his birth and lashing out at her former husband for his decision to stop chemotherapy and not try a bone-marrow transplant. (Full article: 792 words)

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