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PC 187 - MOTHER ALLEGEDLY KILLED HER 3-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTERS, THEN SET FIRE TO APARTMENT TO TRY TO COVERUP THE DEATHS

By Walin & Klarich

California Penal Code 187 - Murder On October 13, 2010, police allege that a mother stabbed her two 3-year-old daughters to death, attempted to commit suicide, and set fire to her apartment to try to cover up her daughters? deaths. On October 12, after responding to reports of a late night fire, firefighters arrived at the mother?s apartment and subdued the flames. They found the daughters? bodies inside the apartment. The mother, Monica McCarrick, 28, was also inside the apartment with what police suspect to be self-inflicted stab wounds. McCarrick was taken to a local hospital and is expected to recover from her injuries. When she is released, she is expected to be charged with murder, child abuse resulting in death, arson, and destruction of evidence...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on October 14, 2010 (boomark / email).