Police: Three children dead, mother suspected of murder

Three young girls were found dead in their home on Tuesday and their mother is suspected of murder.

According to CNN, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office has said that Carol Coronado is facing murder charges for the deaths of her children who ranged in ages from 2 months to 3 years.

KTLA reported that authorities arrived at the home and found all three children in bed with Coronado, who was naked and still holding a kitchen knife.

The tiny victims were in a pool of blood and pronounced dead at the scene.

Coronado was taken to a nearby hospital for an evaluation and will be handed over to police. She will then be booked on suspicion murder.

Some local media reports have said the 30-year-old mother was trying to cut her wrists when deputies found her, however, police have been unable to confirm or deny those reports.

The woman’s mother-in-law went to visit her granddaughters and found Coronado and the children. Their father was not in the home at the time of the incident.