Sandra Chico, from 28 years, she was arrested on Monday afternoon; $ 2 million bond was posted
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Friday, September 20
Mother of 3 Hispanic Children Found Dead in California Home Arrested for Murder
LOS ANGELES, California – The mother of three Latino children found dead in an East Los Angeles home on Monday was arrested on a murder suspect, and was set on a two million dollar bond , the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) reported Tuesday.
Sandra Chico, of 28 years, was arrested this Monday afternoon as a “person of interest ” after agents found her children, all under the age of three , unconscious at home in East Los Angeles.
Around midnight the woman was officially arrested and sent to a detention center. The Hispanic woman must make her first court appearance on Wednesday, LASD detailed.
The Los Angeles authorities explained in a statement that the three children are under three years of age and the neighbors told local media that the children were two boys and one girl.
Emergency call alerted authorities
The Police answered a call to their emergency number on Monday afternoon and agents went to the home of the family in an eminently Latino neighborhood.
Upon arrival they found the children unconscious and seemed not to breathe, LASD Lieutenant Charles Calderaro told local media.
The mother of the children was in the house, along with another person who supposedly called the emergency service.
The little ones were declared s dead in the home, located in the heart of East Los Angeles.
No previous reports of child abuse
Calderaro noted that there were no “obvious signs” of trauma. He added that apparently there is no record in the Department of Children and Family Services that the minors were in danger.
LASD has not revealed the possible causes pending the results of the autopsy of the children, whose death occurs less than three months after a Latino mother allegedly murdered her three children in a neighborhood north of Los Angeles.
Last April, Liliana Carrillo, from 30 years, was charged with three counts of murder in connection with the death of 3-year-old Joanna, Terry, 2, and Sierra, 6 months, in the Reseda neighborhood.
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