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A 26-year-old Columbia woman who intentionally drove her car into the Kansas River with her two children inside has been sentenced to life in prison.

A woman charged with intentionally driving her children into the Kansas River waived her right to a preliminary hearing and did not enter a plea at a court hearing.

A woman who is charged with killing her and injuring her son reportedly told authorities she wanted to die and didn't want anyone else to have her children.

Law enforcement officials say a car that was driven into the Kansas River, killing one child, was stolen from a central Missouri town.

A Missouri woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a car plunged into the Kansas River and the body of her 5-year-old daughter was pulled from the water.