Mother charged with stabbing 3 sons

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[glow=red,2,300]Mother charged with stabbing three young sons [/glow]
Police investigating three stabbings in Hartford

story by Tricia Taskey

(Hartford-WTNH, November 18, 2006 Updated 9:55 AM)

A 22-year-old Hartford mother is in police custody and charged with attempting to kill her three sons.

Police say 2-year-old twin boys and one 7-month-old boy have been stabbed multiple times inside a multi-family on 145 Ashley Street.

The 911 call came in around 2 AM. We're told the children were stabbed in the torso.

Carmela Ortiz is at a local hospital for evaluation and is in police custody.

She faces a long list of charges including three counts of attempted murder.

She is being held on a $2.5 million bond.

Two of the children are at Yale New Haven Hospital and the third is at a Hartford Hospital. All three are expected to survive.

No further information is being released at this time.

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[glow=red,2,300]Motive Not Yet Released For Mother Stabbing Toddlers, Baby
Police: She May Have Tried To Harm Herself, Too [/glow]

November 18, 2006

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Hartford police have not yet released a possible motive for the stabbing of three children Saturday. Their mother was arrested as a suspect.

Twin two-year-old boys and their seven-month-old brother remain hospitalized, but authorities said they're expected to survive.

The mother, Carmela Ortiz, 22, was charged with three counts of attempted murder and three counts of first-degree assault. She was held on $2.5 million bond and was expected to be arraigned in Hartford Superior Court on Monday.

Authorities said they planned to file additional charges against her.

Police said Ortiz stabbed her 2-year-old twin sons and her 7-month-old baby boy at about 2 a.m. in her apartment on Ashley Street in the city's Asylum Hill neighborhood.

The twins were flown to Yale-New Haven Hospital and the baby was taken to Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford. All three were in critical condition.

Police Chief Daryl Roberts said Ortiz underwent psychiatric care at a hospital.

"We believe she may have tried to harm herself as well," he told The Hartford Courant.

What led to the stabbings was unclear.

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