"Blackstone mom’s life out of control, lawyer says" by Patricia Wen and Laura Crimaldi | Globe Staff September 13, 2014
BLACKSTONE — Erika Murray’s life began spinning out of control three years ago when she secretly gave birth to a third child inside her small home, despite the adamant insistence of her financially strapped high school sweetheart that he wanted no more children than the two they already had, her court-appointed defense attorney said Saturday.
Then, about five months ago, the 31-year-old mother gave birth to yet another child, and allegedly tried to hide her connection to both of these children from Ramon Rivera, 37, a Framingham native who lived in the same house.
“She lived in terror of their existence being known,” said Wellesley lawyer Keith Halpern. “She was frozen in this nightmare. She couldn’t get out of it.”
In the end, the modest 1,150-square-foot house where she had hoped to have a stable family life ended up a place of squalor and unthinkable horror....
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