The Price of Her Pain

In an upper-middle-class suburb of Chicago, a mom of three small children was going through a divorce while also battling crippling depression. Despite pressing on through divorce and parenting pretty smoothly... when she learned her spouse was moving on while still legally married... she made them pay the price in her own way... in the worst possible way.

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1. 1. Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/2001/11/11/18422484/one-mom-3-dead-kids-and-a-terrible-question-why-did-marilyn-lemak-do-it

1. 1. Daily Herald -
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1. 1. Chicago Tribune - https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2001-12-13-0112130296-story.html
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      5. https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/12/17/transcript-of-marilyn-lemaks-911-call/?clearUserState=true
      6. https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/10/08/lemak-divorce-granted-7-months-after-killings/
      7. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/03/25/marilyn-lemak-i-did-a-terrible-tragic-thing/
      8. https://www.chicagotribune.com/2019/03/02/20-years-ago-marilyn-lemak-killed-her-3-children-in-their-naperville-home-the-case-still-haunts-law-enforcement/

1. 1. The New York Times- https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/19/us/verdict-near-on-mother-of-dead-children.html

1. 1. UPI- https://www.upi.com/Archives/2001/12/18/Arguments-against-mom-who-killed-kids/1701008651600/

1. 1. Tallahassee Democrat - https://www.newspapers.com/image/247712883/?terms=marilyn%20lemak&match=1

1. 1. The Ledger- https://www.theledger.com/story/news/1999/03/07/mother-charged-with-murder/26528481007/

1. 1. South Bend Tribune - https://www.newspapers.com/image/521565377/?terms=marilyn%20lemak&match=1