ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOUSTON, June 20 — A mother was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of drowning her five children, ages 6 months to 7 years, in the bathtub. Police gave no motive for the slayings
THE 36-year-old woman, whose name was not immediately released, had called police to her home.
“When our responding officer arrived, he was met at the door by the woman who was breathing heavily and you could tell she was disturbed,” police spokesman John Cannon said. “At that time she said to the officer, ‘I killed my children.’”
Cannon said the officer asked where the children were and was led on a grisly tour
The woman showed the officer the bodies of four boys on a bed, covered with a sheet. Police said they were 2, 2½, 5 and 7. The youngest victim, a girl, was found in the tub.
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“It is just rather unimaginable,” Cannon said. “It’s difficult to deal with when you are talking about five little kids who were killed, probably systematically.”
Police spokesman Alvin Wright said the woman called her husband home Wednesday morning and he arrived to find the children dead. Police said the woman apparently called officers about the same time as her husband.
She was led away in handcuffs.
The one-story Spanish-style home is in southeast Houston.