A California mother accused of stabbing three daughters, all aged below 3, was charged with first-degree murder.
Police arrested 30-year-old Carol Ann Coronado Tuesday evening after they found her lying on bed beside the bodies of the girls Sophia, 2 1/2; Yazmine, 16 months; and Xenia, 2 months, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
According to American Live Wire, Coronado's mother dicovered the bodies. She then informed 911. The police found Coronado lying naked, with self-inflicted injuries, on the bed next to the dead children. She was taken to the jail ward at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.
It was not clear whether Coronado tried to kill herself. Sarah Ardalani, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office, Los Angeles County, said that the accused will be arraigned once she is discharged from the hospital.
Father of the girls was working on a pickup truck parked across the street when the incident happened. Neighbors said he appeared dazed and confused. "Right now, he's giving her the benefit of doubt," relative John Carrion told The Los Angeles Times. "He just said he didn't believe he saw Carol - he saw a demon inside her. He said he doesn't blame Carol. He blames the ... demon."
Carrion also said that he never saw Coronado angry. "I don't know how I feel about the woman right now," he said. "I don't understand what was going on in that woman's head."
Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives are trying to find out what made Coronado kill her daughters. They were also checking her medical history and mental health, sheriff's Lt. Dave Coleman said, including whether she was suffering from postpartum depression after her youngest daughter was born.
