CNN
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When they wanted, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon could be warm and caring parents.
A family judge described interactions with their children as “excellent,” with the two able to act in a “loving and attentive manner.”
But a high-profile court case that stunned even seasoned legal figures painted a different picture, of a couple so fixated on each other and suspicious of outside authority they failed to care for their own child.
This week, Marten and Gordon were found guilty of manslaughter after their newborn daughter, Victoria, was found dead in a grocery bag inside a disused shed. They will be sentenced later this year.
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