Victim: Lara Sobel is seen here with her family. The family said that it hopes that the tragedy 'can create awareness of the dedicated professionals who devote so much of their energy to ensuring the welfare of children'.
The woman charged in the slaying of a Vermont social worker after losing custody of her daughter has entered a not guilty plea at her court arraignment Monday afternoon in Barre, Vermont where she was formally charged with Lara Sobel's murder.
Jody Herring is also 'the alleged perpetrator' of the deaths of three relatives whose bodies were found Saturday morning, Gov. Peter Shumlin said.
According to court papers, Herring was 'very calm and laughing,' after shooting Sobel, reports Burlington Free Press.
Police say she was 'making small talk about the incident like it was no big deal.'
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The three women found dead at a Berlin home Saturday morning were an aunt and two cousins of 40-year-old Jody Herring, the governor said at a news conference Saturday night after returning from vacation in Nova Scotia upon hearing of the deaths.
Sobel, 48, was gunned down after work Friday outside a state office building in Barre.
She handled a case for the state Department for Children and Families in which Herring lost custody of her 9-year-old daughter, authorities said.
She died Friday after she was shot twice at close range with a .270 caliber rifle in the parking area outside the Department for Children and Families office.
[. . .]
Jody Herring is also 'the alleged perpetrator' of the deaths of three relatives whose bodies were found Saturday morning, Gov. Peter Shumlin said.
According to court papers, Herring was 'very calm and laughing,' after shooting Sobel, reports Burlington Free Press.
Police say she was 'making small talk about the incident like it was no big deal.'
[. . .]
The three women found dead at a Berlin home Saturday morning were an aunt and two cousins of 40-year-old Jody Herring, the governor said at a news conference Saturday night after returning from vacation in Nova Scotia upon hearing of the deaths.
Sobel, 48, was gunned down after work Friday outside a state office building in Barre.
She handled a case for the state Department for Children and Families in which Herring lost custody of her 9-year-old daughter, authorities said.
She died Friday after she was shot twice at close range with a .270 caliber rifle in the parking area outside the Department for Children and Families office.
[. . .]
Suspect: Jody Herring , pictured, has been accused of killing her aunt and two cousins. She has also been accused of killing a social worker after losing custody of her 9-year-old daughter.
Herring is also a suspect in the deaths of three women whose bodies were found in a house Saturday morning in nearby Berlin.
The women, two cousins and an aunt, were all related to Herring.
'I think all Vermonters are as shocked, dismayed, horrified and grief-stricken as all of us are,' Shumlin said. 'I cannot remember, in my lifetime, four people being murdered by the same alleged perpetrator.'
Shumlin tentatively identified the three victims found Saturday as Rhonda Herring, 43, and Regina Herring, 48, the suspect's cousins; and Julianne Falzarano, 73, an aunt.
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Tiffany Herring, 23, who identified herself as the daughter of one of the victims, told the Burlington Free Press her mother received a threatening phone call from Jody Herring on Friday morning.
'She said: 'You guys need to stop calling DCF unless you guys are going to have it coming to you,'' Tiffany Herring told the newspaper.
The women, two cousins and an aunt, were all related to Herring.
'I think all Vermonters are as shocked, dismayed, horrified and grief-stricken as all of us are,' Shumlin said. 'I cannot remember, in my lifetime, four people being murdered by the same alleged perpetrator.'
Shumlin tentatively identified the three victims found Saturday as Rhonda Herring, 43, and Regina Herring, 48, the suspect's cousins; and Julianne Falzarano, 73, an aunt.
Tiffany Herring, 23, who identified herself as the daughter of one of the victims, told the Burlington Free Press her mother received a threatening phone call from Jody Herring on Friday morning.
'She said: 'You guys need to stop calling DCF unless you guys are going to have it coming to you,'' Tiffany Herring told the newspaper.
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Mother who lost custody of her daughter was 'laughing' when she 'shot dead her social worker' but denies murder - police also believe she killed two cousins and aunt
Jody Herring, 40, was charged with shooting Lara Sobel, a children's welfare caseworker, after she lost custody of her daughter
Sobel worked on a child custody case involving Herring and her 9-year-old daughter
Witnesses say Herring was 'laughing' after allegedly shooting Sobel in a parking lot - she was then 'tackled' by bystanders
Police say she talked about murder like it was 'no big deal'
The next morning, three women were found dead at a home in Berlin, Vermont - they were all related to Herring
Herring has not been charged in those murders as investigation is in its 'infancy'
By DAILY MAIL REPORTERS and KIRI BLAKELEY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 17:23 EST, 10 August 2015 | UPDATED: 00:39 EST, 11 August 2015
Mother who lost custody of her daughter was 'laughing' when she 'shot dead her social worker' but denies murder - police also believe she killed two cousins and aunt
Jody Herring, 40, was charged with shooting Lara Sobel, a children's welfare caseworker, after she lost custody of her daughter
Sobel worked on a child custody case involving Herring and her 9-year-old daughter
Witnesses say Herring was 'laughing' after allegedly shooting Sobel in a parking lot - she was then 'tackled' by bystanders
Police say she talked about murder like it was 'no big deal'
The next morning, three women were found dead at a home in Berlin, Vermont - they were all related to Herring
Herring has not been charged in those murders as investigation is in its 'infancy'
By DAILY MAIL REPORTERS and KIRI BLAKELEY FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED: 17:23 EST, 10 August 2015 | UPDATED: 00:39 EST, 11 August 2015
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