Georgia mother, 26, faces murder charges after ‘stabbing her children to death’
Georgia mother, 26, faces murder charges after ‘stabbing her five- and six-year-old children to death, before turning the knife on herself’
- Berenice Jaramillo-Hernandez, 26, of Gainesville, ‘stabbed her two children’
- Facing two counts of felony murder, malicious murder and aggravated assault
- The Hall County Sheriff’s Office called Friday’s incident “heartbreaking.”
A mother in Georgia is facing murder charges after she “stabbed her two children to death before turning the knife around”, according to reports.
Investigators say Berenice Jaramillo-Hernandez, 26, of Gainesville near Atlanta, is charged with stabbing five-year-old Mateo Miranda Jaramillo and six-year-old Katherine Miranda Jaramillo on Friday.
She faces two counts of felony murder, malicious murder and aggravated assault.
The Hall County Sheriff’s Office called the incident “heartbreaking.”
A mother in Georgia is facing murder charges after she “stabbed her two children to death before turning the knife around”, according to reports. Pictured are police officers outside the house
Relatives of the siblings were notified, and authorities announced that Jaramillo-Hernandez would be charged.
On Friday afternoon, police received a 911 call about a woman who had cut herself and when officers arrived at the home they found the injured mother and the bodies of the two young children.
Preliminary stages of the investigation indicate that “Jaramillo-Hernandez killed the children with a knife and then turned the knife on herself, resulting in serious injury,” the sheriff’s office said.
Investigators say Berenice Jaramillo-Hernandez, 26, of Gainesville near Atlanta, is charged with stabbing five-year-old Mateo Miranda Jaramillo and six-year-old Katherine Miranda Jaramillo on Friday (file image)
The mother was taken to a medical center after being found at home around 2 p.m.
She will be formally charged once doctors finish treating her injuries.
It was not immediately clear if Jaramillo-Hernandez had an attorney.
On Friday, before the mother was named a suspect, the sheriff’s office said the incident was isolated and it was not looking for any other suspects.
“There is no danger to the community as a result of the incident,” the sheriff’s office said.
The investigation is ongoing.
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