LOS ANGELES – A woman was charged today with killing her three children earlier this week in East Los Angeles.
“In an instant, three innocent children were taken from us and we are crestfallen,” District Attorney George Gascón said. “Nothing is more heartbreaking than the tragic betrayal of a parent failing to protect their children.”
Sandra Chico, 28, was charged with three counts each of ‘murder and assault on a child causing death.’
On June 28, Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies were called to a home in the 600 block of Ferris Avenue. When they arrived, they found 3-year-old Mia R., 2-year-old Mason R., and 1-month-old Milan R. dead.
Officials did not immediately say how the kids were killed but family members say Chico suffocated them, KABC reported.
“I won’t criticize her,” the grandmother told the station. “I wish her well. She is also a victim of her illness, which is depression. And even more so during these times that people couldn’t go out. She never went out for anything.”
The case remains under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
