I didn't see this anywhere else, and I haven't started a thread here before (forgive me if I mess anything up :crazy. She apparently called 911 yesterday, telling them she was killing herself. They asked if she had children in her home, and she told them "they were already in heaven."
She was treated for superficial lacerations on her wrists, and released to Castle Rock police yesterday afternoon.
Stories like this always really get me. I have a 13-year-old and a 4-year-old.
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_18121053
Castle Rock woman distraught over divorce faces murder charges in 2 killings
By Carlos Illescas and Kieran Nicholson
The Denver Post
POSTED: 05/23/2011 09:51:03 AM MDT
CASTLE ROCK — The mother arrested Monday for the murder of her two children called police at 7:48 a.m. to report that she was trying to commit suicide.
When asked by a police dispatcher whether there were any children in the home, the mother replied: "They are in heaven."
When police arrived at the Founders Village home of Kelli Lynn Murphy, they found 9-year-old Liam and his sister, Madigan, 6, dead in their bedrooms. Castle Rock Police Chief Tony Lane said the bodies had no visible signs of injury.
Murphy, 41, was treated at the hospital for wounds to her wrists and arrested Monday afternoon, Lane said. She faces two counts of first-degree murder, child abuse and possibly other charges in the deaths of her
Police say the children's father, Robert Eric Murphy, is not a suspect.
The last year had been a turbulent one for the couple. They filed for bankruptcy and divorce, records indicate, and Kelli Murphy got a protection order. A hearing was slated Monday to discuss a parenting schedule.
She was treated for superficial lacerations on her wrists, and released to Castle Rock police yesterday afternoon.
Stories like this always really get me. I have a 13-year-old and a 4-year-old.
http://www.denverpost.com/ci_18121053
Castle Rock woman distraught over divorce faces murder charges in 2 killings
By Carlos Illescas and Kieran Nicholson
The Denver Post
POSTED: 05/23/2011 09:51:03 AM MDT
CASTLE ROCK — The mother arrested Monday for the murder of her two children called police at 7:48 a.m. to report that she was trying to commit suicide.
When asked by a police dispatcher whether there were any children in the home, the mother replied: "They are in heaven."
When police arrived at the Founders Village home of Kelli Lynn Murphy, they found 9-year-old Liam and his sister, Madigan, 6, dead in their bedrooms. Castle Rock Police Chief Tony Lane said the bodies had no visible signs of injury.
Murphy, 41, was treated at the hospital for wounds to her wrists and arrested Monday afternoon, Lane said. She faces two counts of first-degree murder, child abuse and possibly other charges in the deaths of her
Police say the children's father, Robert Eric Murphy, is not a suspect.
The last year had been a turbulent one for the couple. They filed for bankruptcy and divorce, records indicate, and Kelli Murphy got a protection order. A hearing was slated Monday to discuss a parenting schedule.