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5-Year-Old Girl Stabbed In Apparent Murder-Suicide
LATimes ^ | July 18th 2009

Posted on 07/18/2009 12:31:59 PM PDT by Steelfish

5-year-old girl stabbed in apparent murder-suicide

July 18, 2009

A 5-year-old girl in Highland Park was apparently stabbed multiple times today by her 30-year-old mother, who then slit her own wrists, authorities said.

The mother and daughter were pronounced dead at the scene, said Los Angeles Police Department Officer Rosario Herrera.

Herrera said the apparent stabbing and suicide occurred about 9:37 a.m. in the 300 block of Vista Place.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: crime; murdersuicide

1 posted on 07/18/2009 12:31:59 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Heartbreaking.


2 posted on 07/18/2009 12:34:02 PM PDT by TXBlair (www.ragingelephants.org)
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To: TXBlair

The liberals have collapsed our culture of responsibility and accountability with broken families and fatherless children with deadly consequences on an almost daily basis


3 posted on 07/18/2009 12:39:57 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

Yeah, I wanna die, so I think I’ll take you out with me.


4 posted on 07/18/2009 12:45:25 PM PDT by Clara Lou
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To: Steelfish
You are exactly right. This poor little one didn't even stand a chance. And if by some chance she had made it through her childhood, she may well have ended up like her mother sometime down the road. It's sad and disgusting.
5 posted on 07/18/2009 12:46:52 PM PDT by TXBlair (www.ragingelephants.org)
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To: Steelfish

How selfish of her to take the baby with her.


6 posted on 07/18/2009 12:48:21 PM PDT by trussell (I carry because...When seconds count between life and death, the police are only minutes away)
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To: Steelfish

And dad was.....evidently just a donor??


7 posted on 07/18/2009 1:04:51 PM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: Steelfish; Lead Moderator

Update ~ It was a boy. Could the moderator please update the title?

Prayers up.


8 posted on 07/18/2009 1:54:20 PM PDT by BykrBayb (I am JIMima THOMPSON. ~ Þ)
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