UT - Mom accused of stabbing two children charged with attempted murder

SALT LAKE CITY — A West Valley mother accused of stabbing her two children accepted a plea deal with prosecutors Monday.

Mary Galvis, 47, of West Valley City, pleaded guilty in 3rd District Court to two reduced counts of aggravated assault resulting in serious bodily injury, a second-degree felony. She was originally charged with two counts of attempted murder, a first-degree felony...

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Third District Judge Paul Parker on Monday ordered Mary Galvis spend 131 days in jail and serve three years probation for the Sept. 13, 2014, incident that left the children seriously injured...

According to the terms of her probation, Galvis must continue mental health treatment and may only have supervised visits with her children...
Prosecutors said in court papers that Galvis stabbed her 10-year-old son in the chest, forearm, the side and back of his thigh, and three times in his knee. A daughter, 12, was stabbed twice in the upper chest and suffered a collapsed lung...

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