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Vigil grows in Reseda for 3 children who were allegedly killed by mother
A community is in shock after three young children were found dead in a Reseda apartment on Saturday.
RESEDA, Calif. - A 30-year-old woman is in custody after her three kids, aged 3, 2 and 6 months, were found dead inside a home in Reseda Saturday.
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Mother in custody after 3 children killed in Reseda
So many questions remain about the deaths of three children at a Reseda apartment on Saturday. Their mother is in custody and relatives of the family have said that she had been having ongoing mental health issues.
The Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call from an apartment in the 8000 block of Reseda Boulevard around 9:30 a.m. Upon arrival, officers found the bodies of three young children, prompting a search for a suspect.
LAPD later identified the children's mother, Liliana Carrillo, as the person of interest in the triple murder.
Carrillo was eventually taken into custody in Tulare County in Northern California.
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3 children, aged 3, 2 and 6 months, killed in Reseda, their mother in custody
During the search for Carrillo, LAPD said she may have carjacked a Toyota pickup truck in Bakersfield earlier in the day. She was also identified as the sole suspect in the deadly attacks.
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Mother of 3 children found killed in Reseda taken into custody, LAPD confirms
A GoFundMe has been launched to help the grieving family. Those interested in helping can click here for more information.
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According to the children's relative, the children's parents had been at the center of a tense custody battle. The father's cousin, Teri Miller, told FOX 11's Christina Gonzalez that the children's father, Erick Denton, had reached out to DCFS and police for help as Carrillo "needed help."
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