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January 30, 2014

Frisco mother confesses to killing 10 year-old son; charged with first degree murder

Frisco police say a woman has been arrested and charged with killing her 10-year-old son.

In a news conference Thursday, Sgt. Brad Merritt, with the Frisco Police Department, said the boy’s father, Sumeed Dhawan, called police and asked them to conduct a welfare check on his wife Pallavi and son, Arnav.

Sumeed told police he had been traveling for an extended period of time and that he was concerned about the well-being of both his wife and child after receiving an email from his son’s school that said he’d been absent for several days.

Visit NBC5 to read the full story of how the details of the boy’s murder unfolded.

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