Insanity!,Mother Says She Slashed The Throats Of Her Three Children ‘To Stop Them From Crying’
A woman arrested for
slashing the throats of her two-year-old daughter and six-month-old twins said
she tried to kill her crying babies so they wouldn’t disturb her husband.
Christina Booth, 29,
said she hit ‘breaking point’ when she put her children to bed and all three
began crying at her home in Olympia, Washington.
And Mrs Booth, who
suffers from postpartum depression, told police that she went downstairs and
grabbed a kitchen knife before slashing their throats because her husband,
Army Staff Sergeant Thomas Booth, got ‘very annoyed when the children cry’ and
if she killed the children ‘the house would be quiet for Thomas’.
‘During the
interview, Christina broke down crying several times, yelled about Thomas never
helping with the kids and vomited once. Christina made the comment “they will
be quiet now” several times,’ detectives wrote.
Sgt Booth told police
that when he went upstairs he found his wife in her underwear and the
children gushing blood.
Detectives said their investigation shed light on a family in
stress (Picture: Facebook)
He said he screamed
at his wife to call 911 while he wrapped his children’s wounds
to stop the bleeding.
Olympia police
Lieutenant Jim Costa said that conversations with Sgt Booth and neighbours had
shed light on a family in stress and ‘friction in the household’.
‘A lot of dynamics
pushed [Mrs Booth] over the brink,’ he said.
A judge set bail
at $3million for her three counts of attempted murder.
The children were
said to be stable on Sunday following surgery at hospital. They have been
placed in custody of state Child Protective Services.
Insanity!,Mother Says She
Slashed The Throats Of Her Three Children ‘To Stop Them From Crying’
A woman arrested for
slashing the throats of her two-year-old daughter and six-month-old twins said
she tried to kill her crying babies so they wouldn’t disturb her husband.
Christina Booth, 29,
said she hit ‘breaking point’ when she put her children to bed and all three
began crying at her home in Olympia, Washington.
And Mrs Booth, who
suffers from postpartum depression, told police that she went downstairs and
grabbed a kitchen knife before slashing their throats because her husband,
Army Staff Sergeant Thomas Booth, got ‘very annoyed when the children cry’ and
if she killed the children ‘the house would be quiet for Thomas’.
‘During the
interview, Christina broke down crying several times, yelled about Thomas never
helping with the kids and vomited once. Christina made the comment “they will
be quiet now” several times,’ detectives wrote.
Sgt Booth told police
that when he went upstairs he found his wife in her underwear and the
children gushing blood.
Detectives said their investigation shed light on a family in
stress (Picture: Facebook)
He said he screamed
at his wife to call 911 while he wrapped his children’s wounds
to stop the bleeding.
Olympia police
Lieutenant Jim Costa said that conversations with Sgt Booth and neighbours had
shed light on a family in stress and ‘friction in the household’.
‘A lot of dynamics
pushed [Mrs Booth] over the brink,’ he said.
A judge set bail
at $3million for her three counts of attempted murder.
The children were
said to be stable on Sunday following surgery at hospital. They have been
placed in custody of state Child Protective Services.
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