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'No, Debbie,' mom gasped on 'bone-chilling' 911 call made before she and husband found slain, officials say; daughter is charged

A "bone-chilling" 911 call captured the last moments of life of an Arlington Heights, Ill., woman, who authorities said was killed over the weekend along with her husband in an crime allegedly committed by the couple's daughter.

Deborah Martin, 43, was ordered held without bail Monday, charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of Anne Martin 71, and David Martin, 72.

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