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She Falsified Drug Tests And Parents Lost Their Children. Now She’s Going To Prison.

Ashe Schow
She Falsified Drug Tests And Parents Lost Their Children. Now She’s Going To Prison.
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For several months, Jennifer Severs’ children stayed with their father after she lost custody due to a drug test allegedly showing she had methamphetamine and marijuana in her system. Her mother, Judy McGinnis, didn’t believe the test and reached out to the doctor listed on the paperwork. It turns out he never tested Severs’ sample.

McGinnis, according to WTVY, worked to right the wrong, which eventually led to the arrest of Brandy Murrah, who forged drug tests for potentially thousands of victims.

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