Mother arrested after three children found slain in Los Angeles
The mother of three children, all under the age of five, found slain inside a Los Angeles apartment on Saturday morning has been arrested, police said.
Liliana Carrillo, 30, was arrested in Tulare County, about 322 kilometres north of Los Angeles.
It wasn't immediately known if she had a lawyer who could speak on her behalf.
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In this undated images released by the Los Angeles Police Department shows person of interest Liliana Carrillo. AP
The children's grandmother returned home from work and found their bodies and the mother missing, Los Angeles police Lt. Raul Jovel said.
The Los Angeles Police Department tweeted the children appeared to all be under five years old. A police spokesman initially said they were under the age of three.
The gruesome discovery was made around 9.30am.
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Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore exits an apartment complex as police investigate in Reseda, Calif., Saturday, April 10, 2021. AP
Police said initial reports suggested the children had been stabbed to death, but no official cause of death has been released.
Jovel said investigators were still working to determine a motive.
The department received reports Carrillo was driving her car and heading north on Interstate 5 when she got in an altercation in the Bakersfield area.
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A woman discovered her three grandchildren, all under the age of 5, slain inside a Los Angeles apartment Saturday morning and their mother gone, police said. AP
She abandoned her car and carjacked another vehicle, Jovel said.
Carrillo was detained in the Ponderosa area of Tulare County, about 160 kilometres north of Bakersfield, police said.
"At this point, she is a suspect in this incident but that doesn't exclude other people," Jovel said.
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